Best cable placement


Looking for the best placement of my IC cable. I have a Transparent Audio Ultra MM IC cable and a Transparent Audio Ultra MM2 IC cable.  I am connecting Mark Levinson No 30.6 Processor to my Mark Levinson No 32 Pre  Amp.  I also want to connect from my Pre Amp to my Mark Levinson No 336 Amp.  Where should I put my MM2 cable (the better cable) from the source to the Pre Amp or from the Pre Amp to the Amp? 

My speakers are 801D4 and speaker cables are Transparent Audio Ultra Gen5 bi-wire. 

 

oldschoolml

I think the logic is what is lost up front is lost forever and that the signal tends to be stronger downstream so is less prone to loss. 

OP…There’s no right or wrong way to do it. It’s what creates better synergy and sounds best to you.

Here’s an example…

Acoustic Zen Matrix Ref II vs Silver Ref II. Or Acoustic Zen Silver Ref II vs Acoustic Zen Absolute Copper. I am talking about same make cables here. In both cases the Silver Ref sounded best between source and preamp. And it is not because the Silver Ref II is a better cable than the Matrix or the Absolute. It is because in that configuration in my system that was the best synergy. Having the Silver between preamp and amp was too hot. In both cases the copper set balanced out what tge silver had to offer and made the best out of it. So just experiment and go by what sounds best to you and hit us up with your findings  

+ mostly everyone 

Generally source/upstream first, but easy to try other components to see which you like sonically best.