2017 Honest Cabling that doesn’t promote bankruptcy
If you not aware already, try the Cable Company. Demo a handful of suggestions, and let your ears and wallet decide. I've heard great results starting with power cables. https://thecableco.com |
Clear Day speaker cables. Owner /designer/assembler, Paul Laudati is a very honorable man making high end cables at very affordable prices compared to the big boys. I swapped out Cardas Neutral Reference for the Clear Day. Clearer and more dynamic without the silver brightness. And, way less expensive. I use with VAC amplification. Paul has 8' demo speaker cables sent out free of charge. You must return them and then he'll make you a new pair to your specifications. The new pair is sent with free shipping. I've used Grover Huffman's latest and greatest cables as well. I found them less clear sounding and also lacked the dynamics. Good luck in your search. |
I agree with the Cerious Graphene Extreme (GE) recommendations for their build quality, sound quality and unprecedented value. I have a full loom and in my system they're more extended (better high & lows) and three-dimensional than Synergistic Research's (SR) top of the line Atmosphere Level 4 cables. I'd start with the Cerious GE speaker cables to form your own opinion. |
I own both Morrow and ANTICABLES products - both are highly recommended. Both companies offer try before buying audition periods and are responsive to their customers. If your system components would benefit from a more smooth sound - go with Morrow. On the other hand if a component would benefit from a more neutral sound - go with ANTICABLES. As well, I recommend giving the Reveal line of High Fidelity Cables an audition. The bottom-line is auditioning cables in your components is required so you can select what cables fine tune your system components to the sound you prefer. |
Sorry I’m late getting back here. FYI - Wires currently on hand: Audio Art RCA 1.5M Harmonic Tech magic link II RCA 1M Micro Pearl 1.5M Syn Res Sig 10 Active bi wire spkr cables 21ft. Syn Res active (?) 15ft bi wire spkr wires. Syn Res alpha non active 10ft spkr wires Belkin Gold USB 100ft or so of some highly praised non descript bulk wire for center and surrounds in former main HT array. Oyieda (?) BNC 1.3M Gotham 1.5M AES from Links sound card Elrod Sig 3 PC 1.5M 2 Shunyata Taippan Tesla helix PC 1.5M 2 VooDoo GoldDragon 1 Voodoo ref 1M Voodoo black dragon 1.5M Nirvana PC 1.5M Dynamic Research (?) Canadian power cable co. – very stiff and heavy for its size, clean and neutral sounding. Appox $100 - $125 Some are in this rig or that. Some are simply sitting around waiting for jobs. The number of new or since ’09 models is staggering. So are their prices in most cases. Some no longer exist. iIm leaning on lists from here and well redarded audiophile mags. None of the interesting wires I feel I’d want to interview exceed $2K. most are under $1K. Crystal and Siltech seem very good candidates to begin with as does the newer AQ wires. Some others I’ve forgotten but are elsewhere in my notes. 4425 Thanks a lot. Really. AQ never did it for me when I was building my last arrangement. The press now says otherwise. They will have to be checked out very likely. maurice1937 THX Jayctoy Tanks. + 2 for Clear day, huh? Hmmm. Joe B “Don't drive yourself nuts” Its too late. mani-2 Tanks. boxer12 finding pearls in cabling is not terribly hard, just time consuming. Especially if you are as pedantic as myself….. at times. listener57 Both companies play well with tubes and solid state, and offer other options and prices depending on your own systems and preferences. . Tanks. OK. Right there is the foreboding issue giving me pause. I’ve not fully decided on which way to go yet with some of the source paths or power amp. Speakers too are yet a large dark question mark. Keeping my line stage pre the amp would need to accommodate SE inputs but adapters can work very well if only XLR ins are the only option. I’ve got a very decent set of SA Sig 10 active spkr cables which I believe I’ll have SA cut down to shorter lengths from the current 21ft. as Bi wires, perhaps even reconfigure and re-terminate them… after landing on an amp & speaker combo.. These Sig 10s have proven themselves as neutral and quite complimentary cables regardless the amp or speakers. jmac7 no sense in paying for what you can not realize. Tanks. phillipsus Been there. Done that. I have to disagree in some cases. A - B anything is problematical apart from sources connected thru the same reamp or network, which can retrieve the exact same audio info, immediately. Cables like components are different once moved, de energized, then re-inserted and power up again.a primary issue is with sonic memory, then re-establishing the exact same operating temps, signal flow and quantifying the disparity (s) objectively. Its no real wonder why one cable or some other being slipped in and out of a system can right off sound very similar. Its also why every system I’ve ever owned or previewed, sounded better after working for 30 to 60 mins, instead of right after a 10 or 20 min no load warm up. Its also why borrowing cables for very brief periods is nothing much beyond being like watching a two minute movie trailer or watching 30 seconds of scenes from next weeks TV episode.. Moving up the cable ladder takes a lot of familiarity with your own rig, and a very open mind. knownothing thank you very much for the option. I did retain some of my last system’s cables which have sat idle for so long even these will sound unfamiliar to me going forward. So, my best response will be, we’ll see. jgandy been there. Done them too. Not a good fit for what I had back then. Worked oK in my receiver based Bedroom HT sys. geoffkait you had me going until I saw the Navy thingy. Sorry. Its going to be a philosophical thing that prevents me from going down that road… but thanks very much for the heads up. bumperdoo that was insightful. THX I’m just trying to catch up not having been in the ‘loop’ for some time. I’ve some experience with isoalation and good amp stands and so forth do go a long ways with every component. Mine will be almost entirely isolated into another space from the speakers or listening area. pops more or less, I’m fully on board with your idea. The problem as I see it is having a known quantity at some point with wires. Even placing an IC into source to per, from pre to amp can alter things substantially. But I’d thereafter not revert to a configuration which lessened the outcome. Regardless. I’d simply sell the wires I’m not digging in my rig, IF trickling them down into another system was a poor notion. Trickle first, sell after, when possible. schubert I believe I have several of these cables already. Not bad at all. IMHO. erik_squires appreciate it greatly. tablejockey yep. Getting reacquainted with FAT wire is on the list of things to do. Tanks. safebelayer Cardass NR = brightness? It was never my experience and I at one time had NRs from source to amp as XLR in an all BAT power train. Tanks for another plus to Clear Day. cycles2 that’s interesting. Did you have a full set of Syn res wires previously, front to back? I did. I found it outstanding, though not the upmost in every aspect. Naturally, this was 7 or 8 years ago and before the insanity of the Galileo grounding blocks, needing an engineer to connect it all, and now their Atmosphere wires with interchangeable ‘mood rings’. However, the ‘mood ring wires are of interest and have found a slot into definite possibilities as certain maybes.. One thought does pester me…. When one reads the reviews on ultra high end gear the idea comes to mind that folks who possess systems new housing could have been bought with instead, ought to be able to have what ever cabling they choose, why did they spend whatever on this one or that one, or all of one brand to connect their arrangements? I know a few very wealthy people. Spending money is not ordinarily their ambition, saving money seems to be however. Sure, some items therein might be on everlasting no time limit trials. Some could be sheerly ‘accomodations’ at no charge just to get the perennial press as a part of the ‘sidebar’. But one has to consider this… Very expensive systems reviewers use as baselines are not owned by dummies. Likely not foolish people at all. So it begs the question, ‘if its all about the components and not the wires, why are not so and so, Blue Jean, or el cheapo wires the inter connects, and speaker cables rather than what is indeed present??’ If the answer is ‘its all about advertising!’ I’ve obviously gone deaf, dumb, and acceptably insane. So many options, so little time. Its interesting, regardless. |
