I run Iconoclast UPOCC Gen 2 from my M3 to A Coda CSiB integrated. It will run you 2k but they will pay shipping both ways with a 30 day trial. A big step above Audience SX which it replaced. You have to get 5 ft though as it is a stiff cable. They will custom make the orientation for you.
Once you have it you can’t go back. Townshend makes a real good XLR for about 800 if that’s more budget friendly.
Interconnects for Pass Labs X260.8
What balanced interconnects are you using with your X260.8 or X350.8?
Looking to potentially move on from my Acoustic Zen Absolute Copper XLRs. While they worked wonderfully with lower power amps I had with their plump bass, including the XA30.8, I find them (suspicion at this point) to be too much of a good thing with the X260.8.
What ICs would have the same natural tone but have better clarity and faster bass?
Gear (in my profile as well):
Bricasti M3, Wilson Sabrina, Pass XP22 preamp, X260.8 amps, Audience AU24SX speaker cables. Amps plugged into outlet on a 20A dedicated circuit.
Thanks in advance!
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I have a pair of Pass X260.8's driving a pair of Wilson Sasha DAWs. My preamp is an ARC Ref 5SE. I use Purist Audio Design Corvus power cords and speaker cables with the amps. A Purist Dominus XLR connects the preamp to the amp. All Purist Audio Design power cords and cabling in my system. I had to move up the Purist Line from the lower middle to the top middle and top level cables once I got the Sasha DAWs. I would describe Wilson speakers as perfectly clear glass windows looking back into your system. Any weak link in the component chain will stand out- especially cables. I've wanted a pair of Wilsons for decades but beware- cables are just as important as any other component in your system with Wilsons. Required some unplanned budgetary adjustments... I have never had a chance to hear Transparent cabling. I heard the upper end of the AQ line with Wilson speakers when I auditioned them at the store. Those are not bad sounding cables either but I think the Purist line- the upper end bests them. The bass and clarity is spectacular without even a hint of harshness in the mid highs. The imaging is spooky. Hard to listen in complete darkness. It feels like people are moving around in the room. Same experience as the OP with the room. The GIK bass traps and absorbers were a key addition to my system. |
@benzman thanks! Will read up on Iconoclast. @tonywinga hey Tony. I was wondering when you will move up from those PAD Museaus interconnects. LOL. Yea the Wilsons are a clear lens into what’s going on upstream. Still experimenting with speaker and panel placement. Making small changes and evaluating. Moving speakers no more than an inch at a time. Listening for at least a few hours before judging the change. |
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