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Cables For Simaudio gear

Hi All,

I've been updating my Simaudio gear to a 700 series, and I have reached a point where I now need to start looking at cables (power and interconects). I've already read some posts and it seems in general the recommendation goes for Cardas. Since the reviews I read had some time now, I was wondering if there is something different/better nowadays.

I was thinking about the following cables:
Power cods: WW Silver Electra 7 or AQ Hurricane
XLR Interconnect: Cardas Clear

I am happy to look into other option, and looking forward to hear your thoughts and experiences.   

Many thanks in advance

Filipe

filipedine
mikeylee
7 posts
 
All of the above theory aside, I have a Simaudio 700i (version 1), which I greatly enjoy.  I REALLY like Transparent Audio Generation 5 cables throughout the system. I currently have Premium PCs to my 700i and dac, but have a Reference PC on its way to see how it sounds with the 700i. I have Ultra speakers cables and balanced interconnects to my dac.  I have Super rca cables to my phono pre-amp.  I upgraded each cable a time or two to get where I am now, and I am very happy with the combination. 
filipedine OP
36 posts
 
Hi Mikeylee5,

I’ve looked at the 700i before I bought my combo (740P + 760A) and the 700i is a killer of an integrated amp and I also use a 280D with MiND.  

My current IC are Mogami 2534 and on PC I have a bespoke UPOCC 5N silver copper cad.

I know and understand what copper and silver bring to the table, but a cable is not just this 2 parameters.. shielding, geometry etc... etc... all have impact on the result you get.

O don’t have an idea defined regarding the house sound of the Transprant cables. Will put them in my list of cables to check.

If you where to rate the shielding of the transparent cables How would you rate them ?

thanks for your input.

Filipe
filipedine OP
36 posts
 
Hi,
ga anyone used the Cardas Clear Cryo XLR, are they worth or is it best to go one level up?

thanks in advance

Filipe
filipedine OP
36 posts
 
Hi,
ga anyone used the Cardas Clear Cryo XLR, are they worth or is it best to go one level up?

thanks in advance

Filipe
turnbowm
353 posts
 

jwpstayman327 posts02-11-2021 1:22pm"...It is actually impossible for speaker cables to cause an amplifier to go into oscillation, no matter what the brand..."

Naim does NOT want owners of their power amps to use high-capacitance speaker cables because it can cause instability to the point of oscillation which can be destructive to their amps and to the tweeters in speakers. Naim does not use any inductors or "snubber" networks on their amps which makes them vulnerable to highly reactive loads.

Some years ago, Threshold amps were self-destructing when high-capacitance Polk Cobra cables were used. Nelson Pass, who was with Threshold at the time, worked with Matthew Polk and they both found that "snubber" networks on the amp outputs solved the problem. Polk received a patent for his efforts.
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