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As I said in my earlier post, I have a slightly unique setup with Tannoy’s. In addition to bi-wiring functionality of Canterbury’s, I chose to add optional Super Tweeters for enhanced WideBand frequency response to Prestige GR loudspeakers. Based on my assessment with speaker cables, in a bi-wire or tri-wire scenario; you always want to use a cable that renders the highest resolution with finesse on HF terminals. This is not to say that speaker cable connected to LF post is not important, a high quality 12AWG speaker cable like Zavfino Nova is far more capable in delivering the bass frequencies accurately. In direct comparison between HIJIRI “Million” vs Nova on LF channel, I honestly couldn’t tell them apart. If there were any differences, they were subtle at best and certainly not justifiable at 15x the cost difference in this particular application. When I swapped the Nova on HF terminals, HIJIRI was sorely missed. The tonal richness, depth, musicality and resolution took a noticeable hit in scalability. The vocals were not as palpable as heard through HIJIRI. I am not trying to knock down the Nova but HIJIRI “Million” plays in another stratosphere, as it should given the price and its artisan heritage.
And lastly, the Sternklang speaker cable was a better fit for my Super Tweeter. Their low mass design, livelier, slightly forward tuned and detailed sound allowed the tweeters to sound more alive and louder. Thankfully my hearing is still good but in ten to fifteen years I may not able to appreciate the cymbals splashing like confetti falling to the ground…LOL! Sternklang speaker cables were able to render the definite trails of textural nuances such as reverberation trails and delay repeats more succinctly than any other cable I’ve tried in this application. In my system, the combination of these three cables has elevated the sense of excitement and listening experience.
Cheers!