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Looking for IC and speaker cable suggestion

My bug finally moves to cables. I have not upgraded my cables for over 5 yrs. I am using a pair of Audioquest Vipper between Oppo 105 and C-J 17LS2. The speaker cables between ARC VT100 and B&W 805s are hefty Monster M series (can't remember the number) that I bought over 10 yrs ago. All other cables are cheap less than $20. I am looking for upgrade to maximize the potential of my gears. Here is my list of components:

2 channel system: Table:VPI Aries I, Phono stage: Conrad Johnson Premier 15, Preamp: Conrad Johnson Premier 17LSII, Power amp: ARC VT100 MKI, Speaker: B&W 805S

HT: Source: Oppo 105, processor: Krell S-1000, Amp: Krell Showcase 7, Speaker: B&W 105S (F,C,R)

Thank you.  

cygnus_859
audioconnection
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((((..I tried every permutation of Cardas..from the cheap to the most expensive   awful...., Purist, Audioquest, Nordost, Wireworld, etc, etc....nothing working FOR ME as well as Clear Day.)))

Stan,
 Please lets be honest that was AQ 9 years ago and please admit you haven't tried anything new DBS AQ designs of cables.
 Best JohnnyR
 
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hifiman5
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@audioconnection  The shocker for me with Audioquest dbs was when I bought 12 new batteries for my pair of Colorado interconnects.  Good lord!!!  That gave me the full dbs effect.  The sound opened up immediately.  The soundscape had greater height, width and depth.  Someone could switch between old and new batteries on me in a blind test and I would score 100% and I don't say that lightly.  I have been involved in such trials in the past and did not always fair well. The difference in hearing the full dbs effect was ear-opening to say the least.

audioconnection
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Hifiman
 Agree DBS
 We are liven large.
 JohnnyR 
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