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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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soix
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+1 @jayctoy Read about the Audiokinesis SWARM. 

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jeffseight OP
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OZZY- yes you are right about me and cables. I am liking the sound I am hearing today. Will have to swap back to my dogs and see if I think it is as good.

I was hoping to find someone in the Poulsbo, WA area to Jon in the fun.

Spoke to Swarmers in 2019 when the now $4k kit was $1,800.

Too big for my needs. 4 smaller 8" subs will be better for my needs. 

 

I have my room treatment needs met, thanks.

 

I think I have had the right advice here from a couple of you about

doing the Bass 1st. I never believed that cable choices should be about

fixing tone issues. I want more realism if I upgrade them. Or why bother?

 

I believe that or friend Wendell at Magnepan may be working on a Swarm style

sub package offering. Or maybe I just wish he would. 

 

More experimenting tomorrow!!

 

 

 

musicaddict
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The SVS SB-2000 is offered often at $499 del'd and I've no doubt that four of those 12" driver individually powered subs would do well as a distributed bass array with independent volume control, variable phase, and low pass filter.

I think you'll hear and enjoy a great DBA a lot more than fiddling with cables. Good luck; your system is very nice already.

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jeffseight OP
578 posts
 

Music Addict- what is DBA? Not Doing Business as ?

soix
9,695 posts
 

Distributed bass array?

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