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Need advice on cables for Constellation and Raidho setup

Hello,

I am buying my first nice two-channel setup and need advice on cables. I am a newbie so be kind. Here is my setup so far:
* Constellation Inspiration amp and pre-amp
* Raidho D1 Speakers
* PS Audio DirectStream DAC
* PS Audio P5 PowerStation

I would like to find reasonably priced cables to connect all my gear (XLR, digital and speaker). I usually try to buy the best bang for my buck in my hobbies. I don’t need the best, most expensive stuff, just cables that are suitable for my equipment. I don’t have a budget established but I am not going to be buying any $5,000 power cords for example. I would really like to hear from people who have similar equipment to mine since that seems to make a difference in reading some of the threads in this section.

Thank you in advance,

MM
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xti16
1,525 posts
 
When I had the D1's and later the D2's I had really good luck with Nordost Tyr2 IC's and original Frey's for SC's. I had an Octave V110 integrated and now the Aavik U300. I have since moved up to Ansuz Ceramics. The Ansuz MainzD8 (power distribution) with a Ceramic or Diamond power cord is quite magical.  Lowers the noise floor and makes everything sound even more natural and open regardless of other cables. As a side note I had an in home demo of the new Ansuz Diamond TC power cord. I couldn't believe how good it sounded but at 20K USD for 2M is a bit pricey

Other good cables with Raidho are Siltech and Kimber.
xti16
1,525 posts
 
I found some nordost blue heaven XLRs, thoughts?

To me the blue heaven and the red dawns sounded a bit bright and lacked 'meat' in the mids IMO. I had a Nordost demo case a few years back for about 30 days. That gave me a chance to really compare. For Ic's and Sc's. I settled on the Frey. To me they were positioned in the sweet spot of the Nordost line up for the money. But these were the original Norse series. When the Norse series 2 was released I ended up trading the Frey Ic's for the Tyr2. They had a much more liquid sound. I never tried the Lief Series. Also at that time I had Dynaudio C1's. I kept those Ic's and original Frey Sc up until shortly after getting the D2's.
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