Midrange heavy speaker cables, any recommendations?


It's fair to say that most all of my components are of good quality, are properly isolated and have a quite neutral personality. However my newer loudspeakers are a little on the bright side compared to my previous Dynaudios; and rather than swapping out components that have served me well I've changed speaker cables twice in an attempt to restrain the smoothly accurate, but somewhat abundant, top end. Rather than continuing cable experimentation I thought I'd throw the matter out there and get some feedback from my brothers out there the HiFi cosmos.

Any recommendations for reasonably priced (under $500) cables that have a more prominent midrange without compromising transparency and top end performance?

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Showing 3 responses by oldhvymec

How new are your speakers. Brand new?. 300 hours let the bass drivers break in a bit. Add a little deeper quicker response. Where are you at on hours OP?

A Good OCC/teflon weave 16 strand (NO silver clad) will sure help. 125-200.00 usd for a pair. Or buy your own and terminate. I'm listening to a pair right now I paid 150.00 for the pair 3 meters long. I cooked them for 14 days. Perfect with planars and ribbons.. I'm cooking 2 pairs of ribbons, they are silver clad. I cook them for over a month, then 3-500 hours of playing. Best I ever heard for 200.00 a pair.

2. Lamp cord it's a real close second.. :-)

3. Purist

4. Odin

5. ESP, that is pretty warm too. LOL

Cable is not a tone control, ok, sure can be though. I use tone control for a reason. I have a way of getting where I want to be. Sure not with a Line pre amp though. YUK. I've had a few too. Their in the pile somewhere. VTL, CJ, Dodd, Krell. SST I wound up using a Manley tube super EQ. I went back to tone control every time. 

I like to many kinds of music you have to have a way to EQ. Leaves way to much music out. Indian music and a lot of the South American and Caribbean music..

Jazz, Rock and Roll, and Country, there is just a tad more out there. Me singing in the shower, too. :-)

You may find better, I'd really doubt it though. Ribbon there are several I use. 1-200.00 at the most.. 3 meters

If my finger would hold up for more than 15 minutes at a time, I’d do it for ya.

Somebody help jetter out here. :-) Let me think

OK.. BUT the terminal ends are actually the most important part. I have two mom and pops in China I’ve used for a few years. 5-14 days to make and ship. I change the terminal ends though. I get them at a different place.. My combo works pretty good to tell the truth.

red copper terminal ends and pick a cable, I cold weld or use screws NO Solder.
Add armor if you like (I don’t usually) check for the way the wire went through the dye, add an arrow, add shrink tube and cook the heck out of the whole shebang for 2-4 weeks.

 

You can give them a shot without changing the ends too. they are still pretty good. Better than eatin’ bugs.. Though my chickens might disagree!

Regards