Thanks for the recommendations. Some of the companies I am not familiar with. I agree that they don't make the wire due to tooling costs, but some of the wire construction, shapes are unique. I guess the only way to find out is to try it. :) |
JMC,I am currently using Music Hose 750. It is too forward sounding and a tad bright and not as clear/clean as a a QED Silver Genesis that I demoed in my system. The MH is quite old by todays standards. I am looking for more laid back smoother and cleaner sound. I was thinking about the Oval 9 or the Oval Silver 2. |
Ahhh, CableDyne offers a silver cable similar to the Analysis Oval silver 2 and they offer a trial period with money back. I think i have found something here. |
Timrhu, yes I wired the speakers with OFC wire and Jantzen caps etc.
JC: When I say forward, I mean that the midrange sounded "louder and not clean" which gave it a more forward presence. When I demoed my friends QED Genesis silver it was smooth. And because is it tame in the midrange it did not call attention to itself making it sound more laid back but in reality was probably just cleaner. Not sure if my explanation makes sense. From my past experience (a long time ago) with silver is it usually sounded dry, brittle and edgy. Not so with the QED. Now since the QED is not found so easily in the USA I considered another silver cable. Another option is the copper Oval 9. |
I prefer the deeper sound stage, not front row. Now the MIT that I have is pretty old so i don't know what the current stuff sounds like. Nordost is very expensive |
Ha ha JMC, everything is bright and not smooth to you, (I'm teasing you). Are clear, detailed and smooth mutually exclusive? Can something be detailed AND smooth? If so what cable has those?. my guess is that it may be revealing a not so great preamp/amo/source. (BTW my set uo is a AR SP8/Aragon 4004 mkII/Burson Conductor/Emotiva ERC-3 transport |
Jazz, absolutely!! UPOCC wire, Jantzen coils and caps, Cardas Solder and solid copper posts etc.
The one advantage i have is since these are my speakers i can tailor the sound if it is too hot on the high end or mids. etc. |
OK Cabledyne order is in. I purchased the silver series. I hope they sound good. I would hate to have to return them. Should have them in a week. |
OK so I have only about 50 hrs on the new Cabledyne cable and switched back to the MIT 750's and here is what i find. The Cabledyne is cleaner and has more hi end energy. It is not fatiguing, no edge at all. (sometimes more hi end means fatigue) Instruments seem more life like. The differences are subtle but are there. I need more time with them but that is the preliminary observations. |
Ok so here is the results of my audition period with Cabledyne Silver reference Speaker Cables"
The Cabledyne speaker cables are beautifuly made. Somewhat thinner than I expected and very user friendly.
The SQ was detailed & clean on the hi end, more pronounced bass than I expected but NOT bloated. However the sound was forward, can be a bit too much.
My current cable is MIT MusicHose 750. It was not as clean and detailed but very close. Leaner in the bass but not thin sounding either. The biggie here is that the MIT sounded more relaxed, more condusive to longer listening sessions, lower fatigue.
In the end I returned the Cabledyne, only becuase it wasn't better than my current cable. If I had nothing to compare to I probably would have ended up keeping it. I really wanted it to make an improvement so my search continues but I am doubtful of finding anything. |
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is there a specific "model"? I'm open to it as long as the price isn't crazy |
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Hey all. A good deal came up on an amp so I purchased and amp. I have to get back to cables as soon as I save some $$. |
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BTW, not done yet. Still have some "cheep" cable in my system to replace (spdif and usb) |
I am suprised by how good they are. I really didn't expect it. Better than many well know established brands. |
Saint, you are right ALL the reviews are great in fact. I am a skeptical audiophile. I research my purchases well and am rarely disappointed but I just didn't expect the degree of improvement that I heard. For example I have heard some systems with some very expensive amplifiers and was never impressed with them. And they were easily 6-7 times the cost of the Modwright and well reviewed. But I have heard this particular amp in different set ups many times and it always sounds lifeless to me. The Modwright is truly wonderful. |
EBM, I will check out Purist. On my short list was Elco, WW Silver Starlight, Blue Heaven. |
