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warmest speaker cables you've heard?

I'm looking for a short length of speaker cables, which i need to be as warm as possible..
Price wise, looking at USD700 and below for 1m length pair.

it'll be placed in between an Apollon stereo 1et400a power amp and a RAAL-requisite SR1a speaker adaptor box.
The SR1a is ruthless and clinical and I am looking to add as much warmth as I can. 

Assume the rest of the gear and interconnects have been decided/cannot be swapped out. So just left with the speaker cables to sort out.

I've been told the following are good candidates:
Kimber 8TC
Tellurium Q Black II
Tellurium Ultra Blue

Anything else I should be looking at?
128x128docroasty
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I bought the Kimber 8s based on a Roy's recommendation
for my sensitive hearing. Like them for $300. They are much warmer
than say Nordost but I have not tried everything. 

That said my friend Danny Richie is now offering a cable that will
be well under your price and comes with a 30 day trial. GR Research.
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speakermaster
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The most warm cables in my experience are monster cable z3 speaker cables for a bright system and electronics but they are still good wires.
pauly
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@docroasty


Not sure how this would translate to you RAAL headphones, but I’ve warmed up my sound by wiring a low value cap across the amp terminals. You can get a couple of inexpensive orange drop caps to see if it works and determine which value hits the spot. When you find a value that does what you want you can get a quality film cap.


I used mainly 100nF and 47nF, but you can drop the value much lower if you feel it attenuated the tops too much.


Top shelf 100nF film caps can be had for around $30 a pop.
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jjss49
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I bought the Kimber 8s based on a Roy's recommendation
for my sensitive hearing. Like them for $300. They are much warmer
than say Nordost but I have not tried everything.


while i agree kimbers are warmer than nordosts, that hardly make them warm

greenland is warmer than antartica, but...
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phantom_av
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You might like the Purist Audio Neptune Liquid Fluid Damped Cable. They are fatigue free
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