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is interconnect more important than speaker cable

Hi,

I have often heard from audiophiles and dealers that you spend more money on your interconnects than your speaker cables because they are more important for your system.

Does anyone venture to guess why people say that?

I still have my Nordost Red Dawn Speaker cables but have my final pieces for the rest of my system so its time for me to possibly upgrade it but not sure if worthwhile. I am very happy with system and would prefer of course to avoid upgrading the speaker cable to Nordost Valhalla to match my xlr interconnect.

Present system

Wilson Watt Puppy 7
Rowland 302 amp
Emmlabs DCC2 (dac/preamp) kimber kable power supply
Emmlabs CDSD (transport.....using emmlabs optic cable to connect to dcc2)...kimber kable power supply
Nordost Valhalla to connect amp to preamp
Nordost Red Dawn Speaker Cables
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fatparrot
1,314 posts
 
Pops, do you prefer your system, or a Bose system? :-)
pops
2,272 posts
 
I see what ya mean! I go to Boston about every 4 weeks on biz and just can't believe how brutal winters are!
eldartford
4,262 posts
 
Fatparrot...As a stockholder, I'd prefer Bose.

Pops...Brutal winters do make for good football teams.
And besides, only Massachusetts could bring you John Kerry, Ted Kennedy, and...oh never mind.
newbee
4,751 posts
 
Eldartford, I grew up in Massachusetts. I agree with you, there are many reasons for moving to Arizona besides the weather! :-)
david12
1,454 posts
 
To try and answer the question guys, I use an all Acoustic Zen loom and introducing Hologram speaker cable made a startling change, in comparison with the benefit from Silver Ref interconnects. I had recently changed my Living Voice auditorium to Avatar speakers. Well the jump in performance was very similar. Come to think of it, with the cost of high end cables, it should make a big difference.
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