Canare 4S11

Thanks @mofimadness . The length is only 1.5m but I enjoyed what seemed to be a blacker background and higher S/N. I should mention I did a shootout between Audio Envy and Zavfino balanced. The Audio Envy was too warm and their Pro series (a custom order) was excellent but brought the soundstage too far forward, like I was sitting in row one of the concert hall. Zavfino OCC copper and silver was good but after hours of break-in, the highs dominated at the expense of the midrange. I was missing the sweet mids of the woodwinds and French horns, and I'm using all Amperex in my dac and pre.

@designsfx , That's a good point about the circuit. The amp is Atma-sphere fully-balanced differential and an Audio Note preamp using transformers.

Regarding the Mutec, I sent you a PM. I'm loving how it improved my digital in so many ways; jitter control and basically a fuller sound. I'll add comments to the Mutec thread.

@lowrider57 

I would go balanced- but that’s just my preference. I’m using Canare L-4E6S for all my balanced interconnects and have had no regrets.

Thanks, I'll stay balanced to the amp. Upstream components are SE.