Having upgraded almost my entire system over the last two years it has been interesting listening to the changes. One cable will sound harsh with one preamp but spectacular with another. From my limited experience: Audioquest Clear is a very nice cable, Straightwire Serenade works well with everything but does not excel, Straightwire Virtuoso can be harsh with some systems: but in the right system it sounds great. My favorite cable happens to be the Audience AU24. It sparkles where the other cables shine, and its so small. That said, the best advice is above, find a dealer or one of the internet cable companies to let you try out cables or, buy them used at audiogon for 1/2 price.
Is High End Cable Really Worth It and What Brand
Hello. My system is almost complete. I'm just waiting for the Dynaudio Center to arrive and my McIntosh AV system will be up and running. The dealer wants me to change out my speaker cable (which I paid a lot for), claiming I will get much better performance out of the dynaudio speakers. The cable I bought (from another dealer) was expensive, but not by the standards of what I'm being told I need. Any advice here would be most appreciated. Is it worth $500.00 of cable? I don't want to have things just for the concept. I will pay if the results are real. I just don't know. Thanks for your advice.