You want cables that are neutral. If you have overly bright speakers then maybe buy a warmer sounding speaker such as a British made speaker, wharfedale, tannoy, spendor, harbeth, etc..
warmest speaker cables you've heard?
I'm looking for a short length of speaker cables, which i need to be as warm as possible..
Price wise, looking at USD700 and below for 1m length pair.
it'll be placed in between an Apollon stereo 1et400a power amp and a RAAL-requisite SR1a speaker adaptor box.
The SR1a is ruthless and clinical and I am looking to add as much warmth as I can.
Assume the rest of the gear and interconnects have been decided/cannot be swapped out. So just left with the speaker cables to sort out.
I've been told the following are good candidates:
Kimber 8TC
Tellurium Q Black II
Tellurium Ultra Blue
Anything else I should be looking at?
Price wise, looking at USD700 and below for 1m length pair.
it'll be placed in between an Apollon stereo 1et400a power amp and a RAAL-requisite SR1a speaker adaptor box.
The SR1a is ruthless and clinical and I am looking to add as much warmth as I can.
Assume the rest of the gear and interconnects have been decided/cannot be swapped out. So just left with the speaker cables to sort out.
I've been told the following are good candidates:
Kimber 8TC
Tellurium Q Black II
Tellurium Ultra Blue
Anything else I should be looking at?
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i appreciate the good intentions! really, i do. again, the speaker cables i need are for hooking up to the following item: https://raalrequisite.com/product/ribbon-amp-interface/ which in turn hooks up to: https://raalrequisite.com/product/sr1a-earfield-monitors/ |
You want cables that are neutral. Why? Is there some kind of "audiophile" rule that we need to comply by? If you have overly bright speakers then maybe buy a warmer sounding speaker such as a British made speaker, wharfedale, tannoy, spendor, harbeth, etc.. Ok, so rather than swapping out cables to solve a possible brightness issue that would cost him $500 - $1,000 to change, you suggest swapping out speakers that may cost $1,000 - $10,000 or even more to change? Not an economically prudent approach. |
I was using Monster Power Line 3 cables. But I noticed a big difference when I auditioned Vampire Wire continuous cast copper. I ran them between to KEF Reference 104.2 speakers and an Onkyo Integra M 504 amp. I guess the idea is they can stretch the copper crystals to be up to 20+ feet long so that on a short run, you are never going through more than two copper crystals at a time. When friends came over I would do a blind A/B/A/B type demonstration and each person could tell a difference and preferred the Vampire Wire to the Monster Power Line 3 cables. Even people who did not care much about Hi-Fi preferred the sound with the Vampire Wire cables. I don't know how these would compare to the cables you mentioned but, for me they definitely warmed up the sound. I had tighter bass and smoother midrange and treble. |
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