What to replace Nordost speaker cable?


I currently use Nordost Red Dawn speaker cables between a Krell 400xi and Focal Micro Utopia Be's. The cables are 2m long and I think sound pretty good in my system. That being said, they are a huge pain to connect and situate in my equipment rack because they are flat ribbon cables. I'm moving soon so now would be the best time to replace them.

I'm looking for recommendations, but I do like the "Nordost" sound or lack of or whatever it's called (no flames please). I've looked at Cardas, Kimber, Audioquest, etc. as they all have a good reputation and I'm not very familiar with other smaller companies. I will say this though. I tried Canare starquad cable and yes, it sounded different. Muted and rolled off highs, compared to the Red Dawn.

Another option might be to just get 3m Red Dawn for a little more slack.

Thanks,
gherrera1
gherrera1

Showing 3 responses by jmcgrogan2

Tom, have you heard the Odin yet? Now you too can go farther up the Nordost chain.

Ebm, I recommended the Stealth Hybrid MLT because I was under the impression that the OP was working within a budget, otherwise I would also have recommended the Dream. Though it does seem like I was right, and he is working with budget restrictions, like 99.99% of us.
I'm glad to see that you took my comment the right way Tom. Yeah, I'd love to meet up one of these days too. I'd also like to get me a nice man-cave like Earl has........but these kids today....they just won't leave home!!!!!
BTW, what speakers are you running with these days? I'm still running my Verity Audio Parsifal Encore's circa 2005. I've been playing with cables/cords, but not many hardware changes in the last couple of years. I won't be buying the Stealth Dream speaker cables anytime soon either. ;)

Sorry for hijacking the thread Gherrera1...please continue.

Cheers,
John