Sorry, I did not see that you posted that you were using the Conductor for all tests with the RAAL......however, I just now looked quickly at your posts and did not see it mentioned. Glad you are just changing the amps and not the cable.
Sniff tests might be good for low level detail but we don’t listen to sniffs.....we listen to music. Sounds like the LSA is still a little bit "flat" on music? Will be interested in how much it improves with more burn in (probably not much) and of course, how much better it will be with mods.
Benchmark is a "testing for numbers" company. Their ranking of speaker connectors reflects their tests using resistance numbers....probably. I personally rank bananas as the worst sounding......the best is bare or tinned wire to wire (available only with my binding post bypass system).....then spade to bare wire.....then spade to super low mass binding posts (Furutech or WBT) and lastly bananas.....locking or not. I have never heard Speakons so cannot rank them......they are fairly low mass and simple....so they might be fine.
Sniff tests might be good for low level detail but we don’t listen to sniffs.....we listen to music. Sounds like the LSA is still a little bit "flat" on music? Will be interested in how much it improves with more burn in (probably not much) and of course, how much better it will be with mods.
Benchmark is a "testing for numbers" company. Their ranking of speaker connectors reflects their tests using resistance numbers....probably. I personally rank bananas as the worst sounding......the best is bare or tinned wire to wire (available only with my binding post bypass system).....then spade to bare wire.....then spade to super low mass binding posts (Furutech or WBT) and lastly bananas.....locking or not. I have never heard Speakons so cannot rank them......they are fairly low mass and simple....so they might be fine.