Morrow Audio Cables


Hi,

I just purchased some cables from Morrow and wanted to post my opinion. Up until now I've switched in and out of speaker cables (nothing expensive, 200-400 dollars) and would hear a difference, but not so much better or worse - just different.

I was pretty skeptical but wanted to make sure I was getting the most out of my systems, so I gave them a shot.

My main system is an Anthem 225i, Musical Fidelity A5.5 CD player, and Usher CP 6311 speakers. I bought Ma4 interconnects and Sp4 speaker cables. The cables made my system come alive. Before now I was missing a fair amount of midrange apparently. Highs are beautiful but not harsh, lows seem rock solid. Before now I felt I was compromising with cables, music seemed clear but thin, or rich but a little veiled. Hope that makes sense. I'm not the scientific type, so I'm unsure if the interconnects or speaker cables made the difference. But I know this, I'm not screwing with it to find out.

I also bought 5 Ma1 interconnects to place between my adcom prepro and 5 channel Adcom amp. My Monitor Audio speakers sound awesome. I've never had as much seperation in my setup, especially in my rear channels. Being 53, I have been struggling with dialog from my center- now that I have switched to the Morrow, clarity is awesome and no issues with dialog.

The guys at Morrow were nice and did what they said. Morrow has a pretty good return policy, and are easy to work with. Hope this helps someone looking for cables. (I have no affiliation with Morrow, FYI.)

In my case it was a great investment.
uncledemp

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I'd had good success with their cables too, though they're not the only ones out there. The solid core based cable really does make a difference though.
Their cables are made up of small gauge copper plated with silver. I think the 2 metals need more break in than what is typical.
I just broke in a pair of Morrow MA1 and installed them in my 2 channel system with Paradigm Sig S6 and Parasound A21. Even those entry level cables from Morrow improved the detail.

Mind you, that was between the source, Oppo 95 and pre. Between pre and amp I've got a pair of MA3, so maybe part of the improvement was unleashing the MA3's. Either way, I'm now convinced Morrow cables are the real deal. So I ordered another pair of the MA3, this time with Eichmann silver bullet RCA's, and Morrow's break in service. Typical copper stranded copper may not need the same break in, but the sound benefits are really worth the effort.
Nice set up, you've really looked after all of the details there! I'm hoping to run a couple of dedicated lines to my system next year, 2 15 amp breakers should do it, and see about a whole house surge suppression system, but the PS Audio unit would do that and more, I'm guessing.
I'd suggest that the cables are just settling in, I had that when I unplugged my Morrows to move some equipment and reinstall. Let them play quietly overnight and see if that settles them down.
Which Morrows did you get that impression from? And comparing to? I'd be interested in knowing from a price comparison level, but my impression so far is that Morrow is much cheaper than the retail based companies until you get into Morrows top 2 or so lines.

I've now got the pair of MA3 with Eichmann silver bullet plugs. They replaced the MA1 from Oppo 95 to pre, and I've got MA3 from pre to amp with Audioquest Type 4 speaker cables.

The latest MA3 addition added more detail and 3d imaging, but I think you'd have to have good cables all around for this.
Uh, the Clarity Organics IC's go for $1400 a pair, the Morrow MA6 $999. Looks like you sample expensive cables every so often. I think most of us can't or won't spend that kind of money on cabling. Nice to know there's more detail to be had, but I'll never go there!. MA3's with silver bullets give a large upgrade over stranded copper, and Type 4 Audioquest focuses the music like I didn't know was possible. I guess ignorance is bliss in my case!
No, Morrow is the only one that I know of recommending such a long break in. Actually, I think there may be other brands that use silver plated copper, I don't know what they recommend.

At any rate, apparently that's the reason their cables need such a long break in. The silver copper combo needs time to get groovy with each other. I don't know for sure, but I've got 3 pairs of their IC's, and they did take time, and sounded sibilant and off at times in my system. But once they broke in, they've been quite good.

On my most recent cable I went with their burn in service, and it did help.
Well RSA, it looks like you've started a thread on that as well. Hopefully someone will have experience with those.

Morrow is having a black friday sale, 50% off on their used cables starting friday. I got excited about this until I checked their pricing. I can confirm that the "used" prices seem pretty high. I checked, and the used prices for MA2 and MA3 1 meter cables are the exact same price as the brand new cables.

The used prices are supposed to be something like 30% less than the brand new prices. So you are not getting a true 50% off, at least on the above cables I checked. I got turned off after I saw this, I don't know if all of the used cables are the exact same price as the new, but why play games with the customer like this?