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Upgrading-Clear Days to Nordost Tyr 2 or Frey 2 vs Cerious Matrix IC's and speaker cables

Hello everyone. I need your help.
I’m in the process of upgrading my Clear Day double shotgun speaker cables and IC’s.
I prefer musicality, micro and macro dynamics, speed and transients, and air and soundstage width and depth vs warmth.

I am very happy with what my Clear days are delivering I just want a more refinement in what it does well.
The ClearDays are generally neutral with good soundstage width height and depth. Musical but not overly warm, or thick sounding. Good bass presense with nice but not overly harsh highs. I am looking for more front to back layering of the sound-stage, detail in the mids and lows, plus balanced bottom to top performance across the entire frequency spectrum.

My 2 channel listening system consists of a Modwright Oppo with a GEC U52 rectifier and 75 silver shield "holy grail reflectors" output tubes. My amp is currently a BAT VK-6200 feeding into PSB T3’s supplemented with a REL S5. I use REL bassline Blue and AQ Boxer cables to connect my REL S5.

Has anyone demo’d both Nordost and the Matrix lines?
How do they compare? What is the Matrix house sound vs the Nordost?
Performance wise how does Matrix compare to both Frey 2 and Tyr 2?

Thanks everyone for your input and help. :)


chazzzy007
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b_limo
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I have been super happy with my Analysis Plus Solo Crystal Oval 8 speaker cables!  You should look into a pre owned pair.  Just awesome sounding cables.

So sad to hear about Paul.  I had no idea that he passed on.  He was truly one of the, if not THE, nicest, warm hearted fellow audiophiles that I’ve had the pleasure talking with.  We talked on the phone for hours.  I will truly miss you friend.  
chazzzy007 OP
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Thank you for the suggestion @b_limo 
Not known to the community at large, was that during the last year or 2 of his life Paul was being treated for acute stomach problems. He thought it complication due to previous back surgery. He barely was able to sleep and it turned out in the end he had cancer. He will always be remembered for being a kind and generous man.

@b_limo 
In what ways do your Oval 8 better the Clear Days and what is there general sonic signature on the warm/analytical scale???
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https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/analysis-plus-solo-crystal-oval-8-omg
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What I experienced with the Analysis Plus Solo Crystal Oval 8’s are a warm, full sound.  They have great bass, as would be expected with an 8 guage copper wire but whats most impressive is how it untangles complex pieces of music.  They really allow me to hear each individual instrument and how they fit together to make music.  I’m guessing that this is in part due to good attack and decay, or good timing as well as the cable not “smearing” certain frequencies.  They don’t sound thin at all.
If you weren’t to notice how it untangles music, they may just sound full, warm, good bass, and slightly laid back highs but with the sparkle and micro details in tact.  But again, the way they untangle music with multiple instruments playing over each other, was the final selling point.

If you can score a used pair in 8 feet for $1k or less you might strongly consider them.  I’d go with the T1 spades if possible.

Clear Day double shotguns sound good but are not in the same league in my humble opinion.  The Clear Days sounded open, detailed, slightly thin to me.  For the $ new though, I really like the Clear Days.

Of course cables are system / listener dependent so ymmv, but I doubt it 😁
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Thank you for your response @b_limo !
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