Talon Raven-C Owners please help


I have in my home right now a pair of Talon Raven-C speakers. I need some help with speaker cables. I tried my DIY cables that were recommended to me to use with my Pass Labs X-250 amp. I had comapred them to the Audience, Shunyata and Acoustic Zen Hologram mono speaker cables. They sounded better that the Audience and Shunyata at the time with my B&W matrix 803 speakers and were the equal of the AZ so I saved some money then. Now they seem to make the Talons sound too crisp/clear so I am afraid of long term listening fatigue. My friend lent me a pair of Analysis Plus Oval 9s and they seem to be overall smoother, more relaxed and more bass slam, but maybe rolled off the highs a little (for the better to my ears so far).

What are you using for ICs and speaker cables on your Talons and what have you compared them too. I am also intersted in knowing if you are using a tube amp and preamp that may also help to smooth out the sound.

Thanks and Happy Listening.
bigkidz

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I have the Talon Peregrine X Mark IIs (last version). I have enjoyed great success with the Analysis Plus Solo Crystal interconnects and speaker cables. I use to have a variety of cables including the Analysis Plus Oval 9s (Solo Crystal 8s are tad more refined), Harmonic Tech Silway IIs. Overall I have enjoyed the AP Solo Crystal cables more than any other cable in my many concurrent systems in natural manner in which individual instruments tend to meld as a coherent whole rather than being unnaturally hyped as I have gotten from other cables.