Question for all Esoteric owners with clocks .....


.....I have asked this before but never received a response that answered my question, so, I will try it again. Does, upgrading the BNC cables to the Esoteric clocks have an improvement on the overall sound. Now, the stock cords are just that, the stock cords ....but would a $500 BNC cable improve the sound ......so, if yes, then would going to a $1,000 BNC cable be even better ???? You see what I am trying to ask......if there is an improvement over the stock great, but how far should you go on these cords to the clocks ???? Thank you in advance
garebear
Garebear-

as a "cable" guy, myself, I will advise to borrow the cord you seek. Contact a dealer/retailer that will lend the cord to you and trust your own ears. Second, The Cable Company, these guys have a good reputation for lending/loaning cables and cords out to the public.

Keep me posted & Happy Listening!
Jafant - see above. The Cable Company never has what you are looking for and are sometimes a real pain to deal with. Just my opinoin ...but the connections have to be BNC which narrows it down.
Hi Garebear!What really helps in these cases is having a group of audiophilers friends in the area you live, and lend eachother the cables in order to detect brands and models that could work.We usually do like this.Another method we use is buying under the condition that the cable should work as we want in our sistem, so we left paid the cable, make a week trial in the sistem and IF the cable doesn´t match then we return the cable and have the money back.We usually make like this and never had any problems.It saves a lot of money!So my advice is never buy anything if you haven´t tested in your sistem before.Contact a Purist Audio Design dealer in your area and ask him this week trial.Hope this helps!Raf
Graebear, It absolutely matters what cords you use. I have the G-01 clock, which I had mated with the D-02/P-02. I had Snake River Mamushi digital cables, which I perferred over the WireWorld Platinum Series 7 BNCs. I now have Valhalla BNCs, which better both by a lot.
You know cables always matter and change and shape everything we listen too. But you have to try them to know which ones work best for you. The Valhalla's are excellent cables and can be had for a good deal NIB as the series II cables are all the rage now.
I have found Esoterics are very sensitive to everything, clocks or no clock, footers or not, dampening, PCs, ICs, and BNCs, etc.
Hey Graebear, I am not familiar with your cables, but I have found all the clock cables I have used, the better the conductor purity the better I like them. The Valhalla's are 7n occ with silver, and for $800.00 NIB for 1 meter they are a steal. Right now I have Salon IIs, which have a Beryllium tweeter and it sounds much smoother on my ears with the Valhalla's. The deliniation of sounds and music is stunning with these cables. I spent silly money on the clock, which is an amazing upgrade to my system, the realism with the clock and good cables has been well worth the investment for me. I believe the clock cables make a big difference.