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Recommendation for an audiophile speaker cord that is not "bright"?

A friend has loaned me the Nordost Valhalla I and II as well as Nordost Frey 2 cables. They are wonderful speaker cables but do emphasize the "brightness" of my system including my Wilson audio Sahsa 2 speakers.

Any suggestions? Would used Transparent cables provide a richer bottom end? What about Audience Reference?

Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated. - Thank you - Gerry
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geoffkait
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When cables are in the wrong direction ๐Ÿ”œ guess what? They sound....wait for it....bright! Hel-loo!
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ruraltraumasurgeon OP
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Folks-

I use twisted copper cables without terminators. The system sounds better, so that's where I may end up (at the beginning, pointed in the right direction).

I am borrowing some hi Z (high pass roll-off?) Transparent reference cables to try out today.

Thanks...
audiozenology
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When cables are in the wrong direction ๐Ÿ”œ guess what? They sound....wait for it....bright! Hel-loo!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naoknj1ebqI
mjmch2003
243 posts
 
@audiozenology makes a great point.ย 
There is complex interaction among amp/speakers/speaker cable.

I love Nordost interconnects (currently using Tyr 2), but have never had luck with their speaker cables.

Iโ€™ve been using Audience AU24se speaker cables for 10 years with no desire to change.
oem-wheels
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Stay away from silver plated copper cables. I've have good luck with just pure copper. Verastarr makes a very good pure copper flat cable. Love them. Really helped with the brightness I was getting before and still delivers all the detail your system can deliver.ย 
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