Best Interconnects

Hi Chuck,
I know Wadia recommends running straight into your power amp and I can appreciate the logic behind this ie most people aren't going to be too happy to spend as much again on their preamp as they spent on their Wadia and it does soften the upgrade path. However despite shortest signal path philosophy a top tier preamp will get a lot more out of your Wadia, at a price of course. After a long affair with tubes I finally went solid state, pre & power for accuracy. I chose the SMC VRE-1 over Spectral by a whisker but both are great preamps. A great improvement you can make to your Wadia is to buy a really good power cord difference is night and day.

Essentialaudio,
Thanks for your input, I had never heard of these cables but they definitely sound interesting. I read on their website that they wanted to create a cable that would outperform Tara Labs Zero, and they did. That's a fine recommendation at a good price too.

Marco,
Yes I agree this is the dilemma, too much choice! And very good choices at that. Thank you for sharing your experience with the KS Elation balanced interconnect everyone confirms it is one of the very best cables, but can you remember any significant differences it had with the Stealth Indra? Was the Indra and Elation comparison pretty close or was the Indra completely outclassed or just different. I mostly listen to rock and acoustic music was there a major difference between rock and classical?

Best Regards,

David

Bernie,
Have you had a chance audition the KS Elation yet? However your recomendation to try a used Indra first is a good one especially considering the price. My setup is all solid state pre & power amps. Do you know if these cables have a bias or preference towards tubes or transistors? A lot of people have told me that the Sakra is the very best but with a long burn-in it's very difficult to compare. The compatability you mentioned with Wadia and Stealth is interesting.

Best Regards,

David