I have Studio 20 speakers and used to have some problems with the Ss. Recently, I bit the bullet and made 2 pairs of Chris VH CAT-5 cables and the Ssshhh problem disappeared. Very happy with the result.
Good luck.
Chuso
Good luck.
Chuso
Paradigm Reference owners, Kimber, JPS or MIT?
I have the Studio 40s powered by a Nakamichi AV-10 receiver with everything below 80Hz crossed over to two Mirage BPS150i subs for both music and movies. My 6 month plan is to upgrade to an Anthem MCA5 amp and use the AV-10 as a pre, then finally upgrade to the Anthem AVM20 pre.
Cables I've tried so far: Radio Shack MegaCable OK bass, recessed in the mids, harsh highs. BetterCables.Com internally bi-wired muddy bass harsh midrange. Improved after breakin but not enough. Monster Powerline 2 external bi-wired (old cables I had for years) Great bass more forward mids, spitty sound on Ss and Ts and some overall harshness. Transparent MusicWave Plus sounded very nice, smooth and non-fatiguing. I have to admit that I fell in love with the sound of Transparent MusicWave Plus cables hooked up to my speakers but they are over my $300 budget. Then I found out about the similarities between Transparent and MIT.
So, here I am, after trying some cables and reading all the forums and magazine reviews my short list is Kimber 4TC external bi-wire, JPS Ultraconductor external bi-wire or MITerminator 2 bi-wire (internal). All are around my $300 budget for a 6ft bi-wire pair.
Your comments or recommendations are welcome. BTW, except for the spitty stuff, I don't find these speakers to be overly bright as some suggest. So I'm not too concerned about "bright" cables (JPS and Kimber?.
Cables I've tried so far: Radio Shack MegaCable OK bass, recessed in the mids, harsh highs. BetterCables.Com internally bi-wired muddy bass harsh midrange. Improved after breakin but not enough. Monster Powerline 2 external bi-wired (old cables I had for years) Great bass more forward mids, spitty sound on Ss and Ts and some overall harshness. Transparent MusicWave Plus sounded very nice, smooth and non-fatiguing. I have to admit that I fell in love with the sound of Transparent MusicWave Plus cables hooked up to my speakers but they are over my $300 budget. Then I found out about the similarities between Transparent and MIT.
So, here I am, after trying some cables and reading all the forums and magazine reviews my short list is Kimber 4TC external bi-wire, JPS Ultraconductor external bi-wire or MITerminator 2 bi-wire (internal). All are around my $300 budget for a 6ft bi-wire pair.
Your comments or recommendations are welcome. BTW, except for the spitty stuff, I don't find these speakers to be overly bright as some suggest. So I'm not too concerned about "bright" cables (JPS and Kimber?.