I think some cables are just a little too expensive.

Prices for audio equipment are unbelievable. I inherited what was probably, at new prices in 1980, a system that cost about $12,000 back then. I inherited it from an audio dealer friend who passed away. I've listened to this system since 1998. It blows me away. The best part of this system is the preamp - a Spatial Coherence TVA1. There were only 400 ever made, and I am privileged to have one. Its sound has been compared to preamps costing $20K or more. This system does far more than keep me happy. 

chrismini

Thanks for sharing. This is a Top level cable system for a Top level audio system. One owes to himself to find such a set up in retail to hear all things possible. Audio Advice in Raleigh NC is one dealer/retailer to feature this experience.  Expensive- yes. Experience- priceless.

Happy Listening!

@mikelavigne  After you sold you VR9SEs, didn't you replace them with VR55s or the Ultra 9s?  I intend to purchase the VR9SE MkIIs.  I have a superb engineered listening room but I don't want to buy larger tube amps so I decided against the much less efficient VR55s.  I figure that the adjust-ability will make up for the new technology of the VR55s (the Ultra 9s are out of my price league).

The multiple times I've auditioned systems using Transparent Audio cabling, it seemed that the more expensive cabling levels resulted in worse sounding systems (even though the systems also were more expensive).  Just my experience.

I am a beta tester for a cable manufacturer and don't intend to change my cabling with any new equipment (cartridge and speakers only).  After 20+ years of testing and various lines, I purchased the top of the line Pharaoh GroverHuffman cables which retail in the $700 to $1000 range for PCs and ICs and double that for long speaker cables.  His Empress line now incorporates some of the new attributes of the Pharaoh line at 40%-50% lower price.  My system is high end but by no means SOTA.  The cabling is as important as the equipment.

A little expensive ?

After you sold you VR9SEs, didn’t you replace them with VR55s or the Ultra 9s? I intend to purchase the VR9SE MkIIs. I have a superb engineered listening room but I don’t want to buy larger tube amps so I decided against the much less efficient VR55s. I figure that the adjust-ability will make up for the new technology of the VR55s (the Ultra 9s are out of my price league).

@fleschler

my Von Schweikert story has a few twists and turns, a few i’ll keep to myself.

obviously i owned VR9SE’s in 2005-2006 until a friend (from Hong Kong) made me an offer to buy them i could not refuse. so what i did was try to purchase VR11SE’s. at first i was going to buy a set of VR11SE demo’s, but it turned out they were already sold. so i ordered a new set to be built. this was summer of 2006. Von Schweikert then sent me a set of VR7SE’s to use until my VR11SE’s showed up.

5 months later my VR11SE’s had not yet even been started, i had no idea what was going on, so i decided to buy a set of speakers from a new company, Evolution Acoustics. i bought the 2nd set of MM3’s to be produced. i was still waiting for my VR11SE’s to show up thinking when i got those i would choose which speakers to keep. i then had the MM3’s, the VR7SE’s in my garage crated up, and the VR11SE’s still on order.

turned out there was a dispute between my dealer and Von Schweikert which was causing the delay in starting my VR11SE’s. and eventually by mutual agreement the order was cancelled.....but not because i did not want those speakers. a few years later there was a legal settlement involved which i’m not getting into.

so i did not leave Von Schweikert, Von Schweikert left me! and i still love those speakers to this day.

btw; the ’Ultra’ versions of the Von Schweikert speakers did not appear until 5-6 years ago.....2014-2015; which was 8 years after my experience. when i was involved it was just ’SE’.

and.......my Evolution Acoustics MM3's and now my MM7's were designed by Kevin Malmgren, who also happened to be the designer of the VR9SE and VR11SE while he worked for Von Schweikert.....prior to moving over to Evolution.