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Quattro Fil vs Poeima vs Omega Mikro

Has anyone had a chance to compare any of these to each other?
I am using Quatto Fil's, currently, from my phono preamp to my Jadis. But, recently, I tried an old Clearview and was blown away by the clarity, transients and "liveness". However, the sound is unrefined and the harmonics, pinched--especially in the upper registers. Brass sounds like it's being strangled!
Would stepping up to the Omega Mikros bring the musicality back. Or, should I look elsewhere? I've heard good things about the Poeima!!!s. Would that be somewhere in between? Or, I could just go back to my AZ Silver Reference's. Then, again, I've always liked XLO's. . .
I've got Martin Logan Sequel IIs, driven by two mono-ed Sonic Craft-modified amps on the panels and a YBA 2a on the woofers. Thanks.
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sbrown
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I thought the MSE's were more tonally complete than the Fil's by a fairly large margin. Less grain in the treble also. My system is Quad based with tube electronics and both analogue and digital sources. Put it this way, I got off of the cable upgrade wagon and have stayed of with the MSE's.

All of the improvements the reviews raved about in the Valhalla over Quatro-Fil, I heard simular improvements with the MSE's at a fraction of the cost.
sbrown
148 posts
 
I replaced all of the Quattro's and the Nordost speaker cable with the Ridge Street MSE II. Big improvement for a lot less cash. The P!!!'s are better yet.
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