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what cable should I buy for my system?

Elements of my system:

 

Source Esoteric K05X

Rotel Michi m8 monoblocks

B&w 802d3 speakers

 

With a simple high-quality copper cable, the sound is currently neutral, forward, with an unfavorable wind, but mainly with depth and short decays. It’s dynamic, fast, tight, but it lacks sophistication, especially the ideal space mapping and the long, delicate decay of the sounds. I would think about used cables.. Budgeting is obviously important, but I haven’t done it yet, first of all I would be interested in your opinions on which cable brings what and in what price-value ratio.

Thank you very much for your help.

rolee910
kennyc
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High value (performance above their price points) cable brands:

  • Albedo
  • Darwin
  • Empirical Designs
  • LAVRICABLES
  • RSX
  • Silversmith Fidelium
  • Vogue Audio
  • Zavino

Power Cables (old prices)

  • 0.4 Black Cat Silverline
  • 0.4 LAVRiCABLES Grand 30 CORE Silver Mains
  • 0.6 Morrow Map4
  • 1.7-1.9 PowerKord Kimber PK10/PK14
  • 1.0 Zavfino OCC Silver Dart Graphene
  • 2.0 Siltech Classic Legend 880P
  • 2.5 ZenWave PSR-14,11.
  • 2.5 RSX Beyond

Speaker Cables (old prices)

  • 0.8 Silversmith Fidelium (bargain)
  • 0.9 Kirmuss Adrenaline (bargain)
  • 2.0 Iconoclast ,
  • 1.3/1.7 Zenwave SCR-14/11
  • 2.7 Albedo Monolith Reference
classicrockfan
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"neutral, forward, with an unfavorable wind, but mainly with depth and short decays. It’s dynamic, fast, tight" cables don't do any of these.

Try Amazon... actually WorldBestCables are amazing and you should be able to find great audio cables under $100 on Amazon... just do your research

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pindac
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@rolee910 If your speakers have ports the easiest and cheapest of experiments that can be carried out is to investigate the Ports Dimensions as described in a earlier post. The effect this practice can have on coupling the Speakers to the room is well worthwhile learning. I will be feeling very confident the dimensions 'as is' will be kept. 

It is a known fact a Manufacturer can't design a Speaker that performs as per their R&D in all environments that the Speaker Design will eventually end up in.

Once the coupling is corrected, the idea of introducing Absorption and Deflection panels into the room, will become quite interesting. These are also not too expensive to introduce, if only wanting to learn of the impact they can have. To have them in use permanently, may require a extra thought for the aesthetics, which will add cost. There are very nice Acoustic Fabrics that cost approx' $15-30 per 3' x 3' 

There are numerous Fabric Colours and even Printed Designs if one searches.

The Links will give the general ideas of what can be achieved

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