I agree with Priz, cables whether speaker, interconnect or power are impossible to determine their system synergy. I recently changed speakers in a system that was extremely musical and detailed. The cables were, ic from dac to preamp, Cardas G.R. Amp to pre-amp, Purist Audio, all digital cables Goldmund Lineal. All power cords, Shunyata. Speaker cables, Synergistic Research. System sounded outstanding. Changed speakers and installed MIT-MH-750 Magnum, speaker cables and everything fell apart. Although the midrange was good, the upper registers were wooden and lifeless. Bottom end, wooly and defused. Since the speakers were new along with the MITs, I guessed it needed break-in. After three weeks, the system did not get much better. I blamed the MITS and was about to pull them out of the system, when I came across an old pair of balanced MAS grey silver IC. I said to myself what the hell and took out the Cardas G.R. and the system started to sing. All was better in all the usuall areas, although not perfect, the silver Mas in this system was a bit silvery, in that the images were rounded with a
sharp edges. A audiophile friend is dead set on buying the Jena Labs Pathfinder IC to replace his Jena Labs Sineweave 7 IC. I told him to let me audition the Jena and if it worked in my system I'd take it off his hands. Out came the Mas Silver, In the Jena, and cold from the box the Jena Labs crushed the MAS. The system went from 7 (out of 10) to a 25. Midrange is clear and fully rounded, extended highs and cymbals sound scary and bottom end taut and well defined. Jena Labs Bravo, been an Audiophile for over 30 years, never experienced an IC like this.
Associated Equipment:
Krell Amp and Pre
Mark Levinson Dac
DCS Purcell d/d converter
Shunyata Hydra 8
CEC Transport
Rel Sub-woofer
Marigo Apparition
sharp edges. A audiophile friend is dead set on buying the Jena Labs Pathfinder IC to replace his Jena Labs Sineweave 7 IC. I told him to let me audition the Jena and if it worked in my system I'd take it off his hands. Out came the Mas Silver, In the Jena, and cold from the box the Jena Labs crushed the MAS. The system went from 7 (out of 10) to a 25. Midrange is clear and fully rounded, extended highs and cymbals sound scary and bottom end taut and well defined. Jena Labs Bravo, been an Audiophile for over 30 years, never experienced an IC like this.
Associated Equipment:
Krell Amp and Pre
Mark Levinson Dac
DCS Purcell d/d converter
Shunyata Hydra 8
CEC Transport
Rel Sub-woofer
Marigo Apparition