After two days on the cooker the WE16/14 star-quad bi-wire speaker cables are now in my system.
They sound pretty darn good. I am not really surprised since I know you guys have pretty good ears but sheesh, I could have saved a bundle on speaker cables over the years!
Compared to the double run of HT Pro 11+/reterminated, the WE 16/14 wire sounds maybe just a little warmer with a little less (excessive) bloom in the bass, and a little more up front with vocals. Maybe a little wider and deeper soundstage. Tonal quality is very good. High frequencies sound quite natural. The bass I am hearing is full and has good punch. Not a night and day difference from the HT cables but a little more of this and a little less of that, mostly in a good way.
This is very similar to the sound I get with Jupiter copper wire in cotton, but maybe a little tonally warmer than the Jupiter, which sounds good tonight but makes me wonder whether the tinning is causing a sort of euphonic warmth.
The test will be to play them for awhile and then put the HT cables back in. Thanks for the suggestion to try this wire. Now I need to get busy on making ICs from the Belden cable I bought.
They sound pretty darn good. I am not really surprised since I know you guys have pretty good ears but sheesh, I could have saved a bundle on speaker cables over the years!
Compared to the double run of HT Pro 11+/reterminated, the WE 16/14 wire sounds maybe just a little warmer with a little less (excessive) bloom in the bass, and a little more up front with vocals. Maybe a little wider and deeper soundstage. Tonal quality is very good. High frequencies sound quite natural. The bass I am hearing is full and has good punch. Not a night and day difference from the HT cables but a little more of this and a little less of that, mostly in a good way.
This is very similar to the sound I get with Jupiter copper wire in cotton, but maybe a little tonally warmer than the Jupiter, which sounds good tonight but makes me wonder whether the tinning is causing a sort of euphonic warmth.
The test will be to play them for awhile and then put the HT cables back in. Thanks for the suggestion to try this wire. Now I need to get busy on making ICs from the Belden cable I bought.