Nordost Purple Flare for GoldenEar triton One.R


I just purchased a used pair of GoldenEar Triton One.Rs. I will be powering them with a Naim Uniti Nova in a 17' 6" x 29' by 11' room. I need some cables and have been offered a good deal on the Nordost Purple Flare. I understand that many GE owners use Nordost cables.

 

My concern is potential brightness, which I want to avoid like the plague. While I have  not found the GE bright on the occasions I have listened to it, my demoes were never super long and I was not able to turn the volume way up. I have never heard it with the Naim. I have read a number of comments about the brightness of the speaker and want to make sure I get a cable that will not sound bright with it while avoiding a colored warm cable. I have not read that the Purple Flare is bright but have read opinions that Nordost cables can be bright. 

 

Anyway, I am wondering what experiences people have had with this cable and anyone's thoughts on whether I need to be worried about this rig sounding bright.

 

Thanks in advance. 

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I’ve owned the NORDOST PURPLE FLAREs and also the NORDOST FREYs in prior systems, so I know their sonic signature , strengths, and warts very well,

MY EXPERIENCES

(1) In brief, the NORDOST models can sound great but only when you play the NORSE 2 – HIGH PERFORMANCE CABLES line or better … ( the FREYs are the middle rung of the three in the NORSE model line).

W,R,T the lower LEIF – UNIVERSAL CABLE SYSTEM line , for which the PURPLE FLAREs are 2nd from the bottom… I saw them ranked as “meh” or trending lower at their pricepoint. Lesser priced Brit cable designs ( e,g AG over Cu CHORD RUMOUR or ODYSSEY ) were a step-up that stoked me up to sell them pronto.

(2) I owned the PURPLE FLAREs and auditioned both the BLUE HEAVEN and RED DAWN models ….. the LEIF range was a disappointment for comparatively premium-priced NORDOSTs,at their pricepoint strata, and a noticeable step-down from the NORSE line IMO that is not subtle.

(3) NOTE: I had an entire FREYs cables loom , and the FREYs loom worked fine for me until I upgraded to new and better cables with my new speakers .

KEY POINT: The FREY speakers performance was noticeably better only with matched stablemate NORDOST FREY ICs. …something of an all same brand and same model loom synergy I found. Mixing ICs and speaker cables was a step down both ways if mismatched.

MY TAKE

Budgets matter, for sure The PURPLE FLARES may stir your drink, but I would strongly recommend that you avoid buying them blind, without an actual audition first. The FREYs were a go for me and likely the NORSE line blind buy without a large fear for you too.

Carry on but choose wisely.

 

Nordost on GE speakers sound thin and a bit shrill.  On my GE Triton Refs, I use Canare 4S11 cable and it works fantastic with the McIntosh electronics driving them.  I do not know of anyone using Nordost with GE, sounds like a recipe for disappointment.   

Thanks all.

 

I have been hearing amazingly good things about the Canare. At that price, not much risk in trying them out.