Hi, I need some advice on IC cables. I'm looking for warmer, lusher, more romantic, "gold" type of sound - interconnects... It seems to me my system is a little bit too detailed and precise. I'm preferring gold/silver or alloy cables, like Gabriel gold or Silnote. Any advice would be appreciated :)
Yess the Cardas Golden Ref makes it a lot more musical. But there is a very big but........
You loose a lot of details, speed and drive in the low freq. This means you loose on the other hand.
Most people who have audio as a hobby are not able to listen to all different parts at the same time which need to be there for the absolute sound. What they do is changing a part to solve what they are missing. Just like you. They will loose quality for another part. Often they realize after some time what is missing next.
In the 16 years of time I work in sound and vision I have seen it quite often.
Fusion audio cables or KCI silkworm. Contact Eric Love from audio surroundings.He knows cables and great to work with. I agree with previous advise to try another speaker cables instead of Nordost.
Not overly warm but having great musicality I can whole heartedly recommend Antipodes cables. I don't have their latest cables which I was told is less laid back than the previous version, but regardless, I dont think these cables get the credit they deserve. I had MIT, ridge street audio, nordost, audience plus, cardas, synergistic research, acoustic zen, and high fidelity and prefer Antipodes to any of them.
So it looks to me as if you are seeking a warm interconnect to tame some of the brightness of the Nordost Valhalla speaker cables.
Yes, Jade cables are warm and sweet, and would definitely help. So would replacing the Nordost Valhalla with just about any other speaker cable.
Audioquest, Acoustic Zen, Harmonic Technology, Cardas, Kubala Sosna, Tara Labs, really, just about any other brand will sound less thin and etched than the Nordost Valhalla. The Valhalla will work fine in systems that are a bit too warm and slow, but you don't seem to need the Valhalla's.
Contact Eric Love at Fusion Audio on his Romance ic. Based on your system, the gear you have, and the sound you desire the Romance ic's are definitely ideal for you. I have no doubt you will be greatly pleased.
They deliver exactly what you are after and will compliment your already well assembled system with utter synergy.
I owned the Valhalla loudspeaker cable for over 12 years of time. When it came out it was for some years the reference in loudspeakercables. Based on speed and resolution.
But all tests with 100% Valhalla were all dissapointing. Because essential parts were missing for the absolute sound. These days there are more cables who surpass the quality easilly. Time and technique go on.
At the end all parts togheter of your set create the overwhole sound including your room.
We compared the Valhalla loudspeakercable wih the Cardas Golden reference in the past. Maybe it sounds warmer overwhole. I remember the faces of the people who owned the Golden Reference. The Valhalla had so much more details and separation. After this test they put there Golden Reference for sale.
Warmer sound with cables is possible, but you will loose in other parts.
I think you need to look for newer cables with newer techniques.
Silverline Sinfonia speakers (heavily modified) 320/520 B XLS single-ended amps (for powering up from 80 Hz) Rythmik-Audio 15" subs X 2,Rythmik-Audio bass amplifiers X 4 Quad CDP-2 (soon to be changed), Promitheus copper TVC. GG Revelation (Quad -> TVC), Silnote Poseidon Signature (TVC -> 320B amps),Nordost Valhalla (double run) speaker cable.
SE tube amps are wired with silver/gold Mundorf wire. Speed, clarity, transparency,details - it's amazing..
Zd542 - This is more a "personal preference" than a problem. I agree with your logic, cables are not for fixing problems. What led me to this thinking, is the result I got with changing from copper ICs to GG wire few years ago.
I will change from Quad+TVC to Sabre custom-made DAC. Sabre is very strong on details, speed - which my system already has in spades.So I'm more concerned when that change happens, not to further speed up and "cold" the sound. Also, speakers will be placed on Aurios Pro soon, which could also result in a similar change in sound.
What about Jade cables? Anyone had some experience with them?So far, I've heard only good things :)
What leads you to believe that getting new cables will fix your problem?
"I'm looking for warmer, lusher, more romantic, "gold" type of sound - interconnects... It seems to me my system is a little bit too detailed and precise."
I think you're asking a bit too much here. If it were me, I would get rid of the component(s) that are the source of the problem. New cables, in your case, is a band-aid fix. Fix it right the first time and move on.
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