Silversmith Fidelium

@ozzy   To be clear you are now using different amps than when you tried them and those are now tube amps? What amps were in there at the time?

I am still using the same amps, Bob Carver Raven 350. I have never had a speaker cable affect the sound quality as much as the Fidelium cables did. Best I could describe them is they acted like a big resistor. I seem to remember a posting stating they can create an impendence mismatch with some equipment.

I am now using the Townshend F1 speaker cables and am very impressed with them.

ozzy

I had the same experience as Ozzy did when I tried these cables.  I had to increase the volume a bit as well and I felt the dynamics and extension on both ends was a little curtailed compared to my other two speaker cables.

Both of the amps I used with them and still use are the Pathos twin towers hybrid integrated amp and the Tsakiridis Aelos all tube EL34 integrated amp.  

My speakers are 97 db and 8 ohm efficient.

I assume it is a synergy issue as I know the reviews are excellent.  I was able to sell them for almost no loss as they are very favorably reviewed.

I guess nothing is ever going to always work in everyone's system.

@mrotino how long did you have the cables for. I actually found the break in time to be quite long, weeks of consistent use each day.

Ref My post below. Darn spell check, I meant to say there is an impedance mismatch.

I had the cables for several weeks before returning them. I used the cables quite a bit, probably put several hundred hours on them, they never got better. At that time, I did have to pay for shipping (both directions) and the refund took several weeks to obtain. I think that has been improved now by the seller.

So, as long as you can try them and return them if they don’t work with your equipment then go for it. Again, there are many positive reviews.

ozzy