A while back i was at a freinds house who had a decent set up albeit like 15-20 years old. Klipsch Heresys etc. I looked at their cables and mentioned that newer cables would help. They thought I was crazy. So later I took some newer ones I had used but replaced. After hooking them up they could not believe how much better it sounded. I made them a offer they couldn't refuse. Nuff said. As for speaker cables I have gone through several over the years. And am now using Anti Cables at $10 ft/pr. I replaced a set that retailed for over $800.
Using older cable in new system? Need advice...
Hi,
I'm in the process of refreshing a system that I originally bought in the mid to late 1980's and need some cabling advice.
I sold my Vandersteen 2C's on Audiogon and will likely replace them with either Quad 21L's or Totem Arro's. I have a SOTA Sapphire (currently being refurbished at SOTA) for analog and just purchased a Music Hall 25.2 CD player for digital. My amp is a PS Audio Elite Plus integrated with 70 watts/channel. I also have a Tandberg tuner.
My 20-year-old speaker cables are Monster Cable Powerline 2, which was "pretty good stuff" back in the day. Should I keep on using it? Is this something that deteriorates over time? Also, in my new, much smaller listening room, the lengths are way, way longer than I need... would I want to have this cabling resized at a dealer?
Thanks for any and all enlightenment you can offer!
Peace!
I'm in the process of refreshing a system that I originally bought in the mid to late 1980's and need some cabling advice.
I sold my Vandersteen 2C's on Audiogon and will likely replace them with either Quad 21L's or Totem Arro's. I have a SOTA Sapphire (currently being refurbished at SOTA) for analog and just purchased a Music Hall 25.2 CD player for digital. My amp is a PS Audio Elite Plus integrated with 70 watts/channel. I also have a Tandberg tuner.
My 20-year-old speaker cables are Monster Cable Powerline 2, which was "pretty good stuff" back in the day. Should I keep on using it? Is this something that deteriorates over time? Also, in my new, much smaller listening room, the lengths are way, way longer than I need... would I want to have this cabling resized at a dealer?
Thanks for any and all enlightenment you can offer!
Peace!