Thiel Owners

jafant,

I've had the Vovox in and out of my system over the past few weeks. I haven't decided if I want to live long-term with the smoothness of the Cardas Clear Reflection or the sparkle of the Vovox Sonorus interconnects. When I have time to listen carefully, I'm going to try the Vovox between my DAC and preamp instead of between the preamp and amps to see how that changes the sound. 

For digital signal handling, I had been running a DH Labs USB cable from the Innuos Phoenix to the DAC, but I recently replaced the DH Labs with a Network Acoustics USB Cable III. The new NA USB sounds a bit more open and clear than the DH Labs USB without sounding as bright. I'm still running a Shunyata Alpha USB from the Innuos Zen Mk3 to the Phoenix, but I may switch the two USB cables around to see if the sound changes in a way that sounds even more musical.

I continue to be surprised at how much the sound of my system can change with just a little bit of cable shuffling.

I hope you're making progress in your cable search.

sdl4

Thank You for the follow up on Cardas vs. Vovox. You are running a very interesting combination in Cabling.  Yes, the search continues...

Happy Listening!

@yyzsantabarbara  Can you give the prices of 3.7s tweeters and baffles.One of my friend damaged one of the baffles on his 3.7s
Thanks.

@thieliste The COAX, with mid and tweet, was $500 from Rob G. He also provides a really good solder to help attach the COAX to the speaker. I am not sure if Rob sells individual tweeters. He did say to repair my tweeter was around $250.

There were 2 iterations of the COAX. I had the very first iteration with the extra capacitor (?) to fix some gremlin. I opted for the later iteration (maybe called black) instead of repairing my older iteration, which did not have the extra capacitor. I got 2 of them to match the LEFT and RIGHT.

I sold my 2 old COAX’s to a DIYer for I think $250.

jafant,

"Interesting" is a good way to describe the evolution of my cable selection. At this point, I am unlikely to use a full loom of any one cable brand in my system. I guess I've kind of standardized on Shunyata for power cables and Cardas for analog signal cables. My digital cables are more of a mix. 

My choice of analog cables has been strongly influenced by trying to avoid cables that make the music sound too bright or harsh. Brightness has tended to result in rapid listening fatigue for me, which has led me to trade away a bit of high frequency detail for smoothness/sweetness in the overall sound. However, as I have gradually reduced noise in my digital signal chain (using an ENO filter for Ethernet and an Innuos Phoenix reclocker for USB), I have experienced a more relaxed sound that allows for greater detail retrieval without producing listening fatigue. This has allowed me to consider cables that I would not have considered in the past.

Fortunately, I'm pretty happy with the overall sound of my system right now, so my cable explorations are focused on tweaking the sound rather than starting over from scratch.

If I remember correctly, you're using Ayre equipment in your system. Is that an integrated amp with a built-in DAC? If so, do you use your CD players as transports or have them send an analog signal to your amp? Just trying to figure out if you're relying on any digital cables that would also be part of your search for reference cables.