??? Full Loom vs Mix ???


I'm curious as to whether most of you folks have gone with all one manufacturer of cables or you have a mix???
 If you have a mix,why did you go that route?

freediver

I am going for full loom of nordost Norse 2 line and each missing link I'm replacing is improving my sound. Interestingly a huge jump happened when I swapped my Transparent Musiclink Gen 5 interconnects between preamp and amps with Frey 2 interconnects. Is that because Frey 2 is way better cable or because it was the last remaining non-Nordost analog cable in the set? Not sure, but sounds amazing. 

I use Nordost Tyr 2 XLR, Frey 2 power cords on DAC and amp, Heimdall 2 power cord on a streamer. 
Speaker cables are Audience FrontRow. I use AQ Diamond USB and Purist Audio Designs Ethernet 🐈‍⬛ 7

I never had a full loom but got very close with Acoustic Zen cables. I really liked their Absolute Copper XLRs but when I tried adding the matching power cords and speaker cables I hated the cumulative effect. I can accomplish much more balanced presentation with mixed cables. I am curious though to try Tyr 2 speaker cables to see how they compare to Audience and how the sound signature would change. I have a feeling it would work out just fine. But I’m content with my system now and don’t feel like disturbing the synergy. 

@average_joe 

If those are base gen 5 musiclinks they are about $200, where the Frey 2 are about $800 used prices, so not surprising there was a noticeable difference.

The Transparent Ultra gen 5 compared to the Frey 2 would be more apples to apples. 

Full loom, all my cables are from Blue Jeans, most of that is they are local to me. 

Would like to try out a lot of other cables, but don't have the time, effort and cash to mess with all of it. Right now, everything sounds "good" not sure what needs to be changed. I guess my streamer can be on the bright side, usually I just dial down treble to compensate. 

My main rig is vintage, so can't change power cables, weirdly, my tuner, even has built in RCA cable.

I have found the perfect mix for my system a combination 

Of  Shunyata Omega and Italian cable company VYDA 

 VYDA : speaker cables, interconnects, three power cords. 

Shunyata Omega: all digital cables,  AES/EBU, USB, Ethernet,

SPDIF, and Four power cords.

Upgraded this year,  bought used and new, All these cables were the icing on the cake.