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Speaker cable recommendations for Pass Labs INT-250 & Dynaudio HS

Completing my new system and have finally gotten to the cable choices. Kind of overwhelming to be honest. Have spent a fair amount of time reading various threads here but it all seems to come down to 1-match cables to your particular component choices, and/or 2-audition various options using something like the Cable Co. lending program. So I'm looking for starting recommendations given my system. Source will be Roon endpoint running into a Holo Audio May KTE DAC feeding a Pass Labs INT-250 into Dynaudio Heritage Specials. So far, from reading here, it seems these are some good options:

- Reality Cables

- Cerious Tech Graphene

- Zavfino

- Audio Envy

- Silversmith Fidelium (not crazy about ribbon cables as I have to run my SC under my living room floor for WAF.)

Can the 'experience trust' here at Audiogon make any specific recommendations given my components? Thank you!

misterwiggles113
facten
2,723 posts
 

Agree with millercarbon , describe what sound you are looking for so that you can get more speciifc versus generalized comments and/or do your research based upon that specific sound. The likelihood of anyone being able to provide recommendations based upon your specific equipment combination  I’d suspect is pretty low

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jerryg123
3,429 posts
 

Yep @millercarbon had a very good point, great advice. 

wjob
60 posts
 

FWIW, I use Kimber 8TC with my Heritage Specials and Kimber Hero interconnects. There is a reason these are classic goto recommendations.

mrklas
441 posts
 

Listen and compare. 
 

And I would resist buying the 'best' cables and interconnects until you have the major components you like.  
 

I had Canare 4S11s and was very happy. And then I upgraded my amp and speakers- even happier. 
 

Then I experimented with interconnects and cables and they improved my experience further. But the biggest impact in money spent was definitely on the speaker upgrade and the amp not the cables.

geof3
1,122 posts
 

Budget is key? Not saying that expensive is necessarily better, but budget gets the ball rolling. FWIW, I just added Transparent Reference speaker cables to my system and found the end game. I've tried many, many others. These are the sweet spot of $$ and sonics. Just excellent.

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