Hey, if you like them... that’s all that matters. Never been a huge fan of Monster Cable, but only ever owned their entry stuff when I was a young guy in the mid 80’s. Monster Cable and Bose are marketing giants and a lot of people enjoy their products apparently but I don’t think many audiophiles take them too seriously. See if one of your local audio shops will let you drag home other cables to compare. I suspect the Monster is not too open or revealing but that might give it a warm sound that you may prefer.
Worked for an Audio store in the early 90’s and we sold Monster and AudioQuest did much better sales wise on the mid and upper models. Sold a ton of the entry level stuff. We also sold Dunlavy so I knew their speakers well.
You mentioned some cables you have tried. Unless you get into the upper middle or top range Nordost or Cardas there’s much better value, better sounding cables out there. Not tried Groneberg so can’t help there.
I had a set of Dunlavy’s back in the early 90’s and used John’s SC and IC’s. Dunlavy’s cables sounded very good on his speakers and I always wondered if Monster didn’t make the cable. Was extremely flexible stuff.
I would definitely stay clear from silver cables with any Dunlavy speaker as they measure extremely flat with little to no coloration to give them some warmth. Not surprised you’re liking the Monster cable on them actually. If you’re using the jumper strips instead of bi-wiring them, you’ll be surprised what a decent set of jumpers will do over the metal strips. Make your own to experiment with first. That might open things up a little.
I use WyWires Silver SC and I believe these would have great synergy with your Dunlavys. It’s a copper cable; Silver is just the model number. Alex might send you a set to try and I think the Cable Company sales them too, so that’s an option as well. Very open, extended but smooth sounding cables. Very little of a tone control if any. They make my Aerial’s completely disappear in my room. Great speaker cable.
Worked for an Audio store in the early 90’s and we sold Monster and AudioQuest did much better sales wise on the mid and upper models. Sold a ton of the entry level stuff. We also sold Dunlavy so I knew their speakers well.
You mentioned some cables you have tried. Unless you get into the upper middle or top range Nordost or Cardas there’s much better value, better sounding cables out there. Not tried Groneberg so can’t help there.
I had a set of Dunlavy’s back in the early 90’s and used John’s SC and IC’s. Dunlavy’s cables sounded very good on his speakers and I always wondered if Monster didn’t make the cable. Was extremely flexible stuff.
I would definitely stay clear from silver cables with any Dunlavy speaker as they measure extremely flat with little to no coloration to give them some warmth. Not surprised you’re liking the Monster cable on them actually. If you’re using the jumper strips instead of bi-wiring them, you’ll be surprised what a decent set of jumpers will do over the metal strips. Make your own to experiment with first. That might open things up a little.
I use WyWires Silver SC and I believe these would have great synergy with your Dunlavys. It’s a copper cable; Silver is just the model number. Alex might send you a set to try and I think the Cable Company sales them too, so that’s an option as well. Very open, extended but smooth sounding cables. Very little of a tone control if any. They make my Aerial’s completely disappear in my room. Great speaker cable.