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Audience AU24, are they good?

Hi,
I almost have my system complete, just need a pair of good and affordable speaker cables. My system (budget system):
Jadis JD-3 CD
AudioNote DAC2 (old version)
Sonic Frontier SFL-2 (upgraded some tubes using Siemens & amperex)
Krell KSA-250 (i know it's a very old amp, but no $ yet)
Dunlavy Aletha
Cardas Golden Ref ICs
Cardas Quadlink speaker cables (this may be the weakest link in the system).

So, my wife plan to visit to Singapore, and here is my opportunity to get a pair of good speaker cables (I live in Indonesia, hard to get use stuffs here). Thus, I won't be able to audition whatever I will decide to buy.... I got some offer of:
Audience AU24, Nordost Red Dawn Rev II, Audioquest (forgot the model), and some other. But from all, the Audiences seem quite affordable, about US$525 (single wire, spade ends). The question: how good are they compare to Red Dawn, etc or even my old quadlink? I mostly listen to some pop and light jazz music.

Thanks in advance..
Regards,
Adinata
atjandra888

Showing 3 responses by mikesinger

mikesinger
572 posts
 
the audience au24 is a very, very good cable and sounds even better when combined with the power cords... hence, would also suggest upgrading your power cords if you havent done it yet(it is a night and day difference)

the real question is how will it sound in your system..
mikesinger
572 posts
 
i would not underate the importance of power cords... they are just as important as interconnects and speaker cables...

it is really hard to audition cables without them...i went through 10 different speaker cables and 6 sets of interconnects till i auditioned the audience power cables with my classe cam monos and ap libra speakers....needless to say i bought them for my system.
mikesinger
572 posts
 
signal wires do have a big impact...however, going from cardas power cables to audience was pretty much at the same level as a interconnect change (in my system)....
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