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Recommendation for an audiophile speaker cord that is not "bright"?

A friend has loaned me the Nordost Valhalla I and II as well as Nordost Frey 2 cables. They are wonderful speaker cables but do emphasize the "brightness" of my system including my Wilson audio Sahsa 2 speakers.

Any suggestions? Would used Transparent cables provide a richer bottom end? What about Audience Reference?

Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated. - Thank you - Gerry
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audiozenology185 posts12-27-2019 3:14pmThe change in resistance of the cable will be minimal from the ones you have described so that punch is not from improved current flow which will be minimal to 0.


The brightness/detail (and harshness) was likely an unstable amp with your Nordost that went away with cheap cable if I remember. The "Transparent" has a few dollars (or pennies) of parts to address instability in wide bandwidth amplifiers.


That detail was just high frequency emphasis ... It was not real. That midrange - upper base punch is because you are now hearing it properly without it being masked by high frequency "hash".
So it's either the OP is hallucinating, or wasting money on cables that cost pennies in parts. That's the gist of what you are saying, right?

Do you have anything to say to help the OP on this? Other than just denouncing cables as snake oil. What is the purpose of your participation in this thread?
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Neither your lack of reading comprehension, nor your laziness to actually read my posts in this thread, nor your lack of understanding of amplifier/speaker and cable interaction in limited cases justifies your childish and ignorant post. It says much more about you, than it does about it.


So it’s either the OP is hallucinating, or wasting money on cables that cost pennies in parts. That’s the gist of what you are saying, right?

Do you have anything to say to help the OP on this? Other than just denouncing cables as snake oil. What is the purpose of your participation in this thread?

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Hey @audiojealousy --- keyboard warriors, pseudo-scientists copy cats like you are dime a dozen in the internet. 
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Oh, geez, this is starting to look like that last know it all dude. He would also say no one else understands. Are they the same person? Are they both Ethan? 👯‍♂️
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