I've read a lot of good things about Veritas cables, and have one of their power cables in my system which seems to perform quite well. Now I'm interested in a pair of their Argentium X XLRs to connect my Denafrips Pontus 15th DAC to my Modwright KWI 200 integrated. I'm currently using a pair of Audience AU24 SE XLRs and I'm pretty happy with them. They sound quite musical and present good detail and imaging. To me their most compelling quality is the sense of composure they impart to the music, that is, how everything seems well balanced controlled.
What I'm hoping to achieve with a different set of cables is a slight sharpening of the detail, but not at the expense of fullness and all-around musicality. For example, I tried out a pair of Cerious Technologies (graphene) XLRs a couple of years ago, but I thought those were a bit bright and not as pleasing to my ears as the Audience cables.
Veritas uses silver conductors, and this gives me some cause for concern, as my pervious experiences with cables that contained silver were not very pleasing. Bright, slightly brittle, and in some instances, downright shrill.
I have some budget constraints, which is why I was looking at the reasonably priced cables from Veritas. I can't see spending on cables whose price would be out of proportion to the value of the components they're connecting. Probably wouldn't hear the difference.
Would love to hear opinions from Argentium owners--would this be a worthwhile experiment, or should I just stay put?
(Speakers: Ryan R610, sub: Elac Varro RS500)