05-11-13: Audiolabyrinth
@ jmcgrogan2, The Tara the 2 was a bad choice for your experiment!, should have done another, the one i/c or the 0.8Ex !!,, Taras cable loom works best if you have all the same model like I do and waxwaves does!, my recent experiment with cables post revealed those findings!, remember, I switched the cables around for temporary fun!,, cheers!
Your post makes no sense whatsoever Keith. First of all, from what I have read, neither you, Pops or Waxwaves are using Tara Labs cables all from the 'same model'. Pops does not have the 0.8EX throughout, you do not have the Zero Gold throughout, and Waxwaves does not have the Air 1 throughout. Secondly, buying one 0.8EX or The One would not give me 0.8Ex or The One throughout either. I still have Air 1 speaker cables, remember?
Second of all, I had a low degree of confidence in this experiment to begin with, from many decades of trail and error. If The Two had even a hint of possible success, I may have entertained the thought of dumping more money into a more expensive model. Unlike Pops though, I prefer to dip my toes in the water before taking the Nestea plunge. :)
If you bought a CDP that you didn't care for the sound of, would your first instinct be that you must buy a more expensive model in the same line? Probably not. Most likely you would want to try a CDP from a different line.
I know you love your Tara Labs cables, and believe they are the best thing since sliced bread, and there is nothing wrong with that. However, ease off the throttle dude, you have to learn to understand in this hobby that what floats your boat does not work for others no matter how bad you want it to. There are too many variables in synergy and tastes to harass others to see things your way. After all, I'm not telling you that you are wasting money fixing the Krell up, that you would be much better off buying a VAC tube amp that will sound much better than your Krell. It would probably get on your nerves if I told you every other day to dump the Krell and get a VAC amp so that you can hear what you expensive cables are capable of.
I'm not a high pressure salesman like that though. I allow you to enjoy your Krell and Ayon and JBL speakers, I would simply ask that you respect my rights to choose the gear that suits my tastes best.
I have discovered through the years that people must find gear that suits there own personal tastes. You can't just force-feed people what you want them to 'like'. It doesn't make for good relationships, trust me.
Now I am sure that it will please you to know that I have sold the Auditorium 23 speaker cables, and I am back using the Air 1 speaker cables, they work well with The One interconnect between preamp and amp. Tara Labs is made by humans though, not by gods, so I was not surprised to find out the 'full loom' did not work for me, no cable manufacturer has done that yet, and believe it or not, many of them are on a similar performance level as Tara Labs. Now maybe you are right, maybe if I sold The One interconnect and replaced it with an Air 1 interconnect, the Tara Labs cable matching 'loom' or whatever would work better. Maybe one day I'll know, but not today....or tomorrow. Cheers!
