i found it to be a excellent cable. i am not a monster cable fan ( ie mass market crap ). but this is a excellent cable as is the 2.2s single wire cable.
i use them with:
pse studio v mono blocs ( transparent)
arc ls-12 ( just sold )( transparent)
marantz sa-8260 ( a little warm)
xlo signiture 2.2 ( neutral)
alon II ( very revealing)
the 2.4s displaced a $2200 of tara in my system. i have tried many other cables in my system costing 3 to 4 times as much and i havent found them. i live in san diego,ca and harmonic tech and acoustic zen is right down the street).
if you are looking to upgrade, i would suggest:
phillips sa-963 sacd player ( start with the source) audible illusions / arc ls2bmkII pre-amp ( great preamps for the $$)
muse 160 stereo / muse mono's/pse studio v mono's ( these were all $2k to $3k amps that can be found for $500 to $700 that have clarity, imaging, transparency and will allow the musicality of your source and pre to come through ( the adcoms have no transparency in the mids and highs). they are also just as dynamic.
as far as interconnects - xlo type i or signiture 1 are very transparent and can be had for a resonable price. i found the cardas too warm with no image specificty ( from hexlink 5 to golden cross )also the tara decade and air 1 was a little to warm.
i think with the above system you will be surprised.
i have compared the phillips 963 to the sony sacd 555, 333, and 999 and the dodson 217 da and it blew it away. i went with the marantz because of the redbook playback. the sound quality you get for so little money is amazing.
hope that helps !!
mike
i use them with:
pse studio v mono blocs ( transparent)
arc ls-12 ( just sold )( transparent)
marantz sa-8260 ( a little warm)
xlo signiture 2.2 ( neutral)
alon II ( very revealing)
the 2.4s displaced a $2200 of tara in my system. i have tried many other cables in my system costing 3 to 4 times as much and i havent found them. i live in san diego,ca and harmonic tech and acoustic zen is right down the street).
if you are looking to upgrade, i would suggest:
phillips sa-963 sacd player ( start with the source) audible illusions / arc ls2bmkII pre-amp ( great preamps for the $$)
muse 160 stereo / muse mono's/pse studio v mono's ( these were all $2k to $3k amps that can be found for $500 to $700 that have clarity, imaging, transparency and will allow the musicality of your source and pre to come through ( the adcoms have no transparency in the mids and highs). they are also just as dynamic.
as far as interconnects - xlo type i or signiture 1 are very transparent and can be had for a resonable price. i found the cardas too warm with no image specificty ( from hexlink 5 to golden cross )also the tara decade and air 1 was a little to warm.
i think with the above system you will be surprised.
i have compared the phillips 963 to the sony sacd 555, 333, and 999 and the dodson 217 da and it blew it away. i went with the marantz because of the redbook playback. the sound quality you get for so little money is amazing.
hope that helps !!
mike