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Upgrade Cables or Just Upgrade Equipment & Live in Shame?

I have a perfectly adequate hodgepodge of cables.

Basically a dog from each town.

 

Kimber 8T speaker cables

Mismatched length Transparent Audio I/Cs. DAC to Integrated

Basic Shunyata Ethernet cable. DAC to Streamer

Cable company Ethernet lines from Router to Streamer-Yes the ones from Comcast, Cox, Infinity etc-Amir says they are lovely BTW.

GR Research Power Cable + Assorted Pangea A9s

Some Chinese Fiber from TV to DAC.

StraightWire Digital- DVD to DAC

 

The only thing I have two of are the Pangea Power Cables!

 

Believe it or not I am pretty happy with the sound overall.

 

I use SolidSteel Tables and Dynaudio Stands + assorted room treatments.

 

Gear list just so you have a complete picture:

Pass Labs INT25

John "Fritz" Heilor Carerra 7 BE standmount Speakers

REL 5Ti Subwoofer

Innuos Zen Mk 3 Streamer/Burner/Storer

ANK 4.1x DAC

Balanced Power Transformer

Uptone Audio EtherRegen

 

If I avoid going the "Cable Envy" route I would instead buy 3 more subs

to have an array

 

What say ye???

Anyone with a system analysis ??

 

 

 

 

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jeffseight OP
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A lot of good thoughts to mull over, thanks to you all.

I happen to have a bunch of cables in hand that were sent

by folks who sell them.

From a scientific approach I should use one at time and judge the

change.

Boring!

Well I did add one at a time and listened for 1/2 hour before I added the

next item.

I now am using New I/Cs, New Speaker cables, New USB cables,

new Ethernet cables, New power cables, new power distributor.

I figured if they all add little to nothing I would send them all back.

 

 

 

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jeffseight OP
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Ozzy,

Your point is correct. RELs do not offer infinite phase adjustments.

I also received some ridiculously misguided advice from REL CS

when I asked about how to best isolate them. I plan to sell the one I have

and buy a Non-Chinese made set of 4. Unpowered and to employ a second power 

source.

 

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jeffseight OP
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My goal is to achieve more "magic".

I have listened to some other home systems

that I want to emulate as best I can. 

All had multi subs. 

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jl35
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well if every system you want to emulate has multi subs...

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