DON'T ever do this...


You know the feeling. Everything's going great. Your stereo sounds awesome, and you're happy. You're thinking, "wow, how could this be better?". Of course, that little thought starts the wheels churning...

You have a source, line stage, and amplifier. You are running two different IC's between them. You think "what if I swap the two to see how it sounds?"

Dum dum dum duuuuum...It's horrible! You've lost bass, fullness, voices are thin and sibilant.

Well, switch them back and everything will be alright, you say to yourself. You know you can't...you're thinking, one of the IC's is a "weak link"...you must purge it and try new cables again...AARRGH!

Anyone try Madrigal CZ Gel or XLO reference 4 IC's? Let me know.

"If it ain't broke..."
mapleleaf

Showing 1 response by ton1313

Do you want to really have an experience?? I totally rewired my system over the past year. I went through 4 different kinds of interconnect, 4 different digital cables, and 3 different speaker cables and 2 different powercords. I tried a balanced Madrigal cable (on loan from an uncle), it truly was great, but the cost was a little more that I could justify. Zu cable Julian speaker cables and their firemine Digital coax are great price/performance cables. All of my interconnects are custom made by a guy in California. They are sold on ebay, do a search for CABLEPLEX. The Nirvana is @$75 per 1 meter pair. These cables bested a $400 pair of straightwire interconnects. As I stated before, this guy is making them in his house, build quality is A+ and the value is incredible. so far my uncle (levinson, lexicon and sonic frontiers) has done both his stereo and HT in these cables, my inlaws also have there systems done in these custom cables. Custom lengths, and terminations are available.

If you are looking for a quality cable that everyone can afford, look no further.

post or email me if you want any further information.