I'm looking for suggestions for the best cable combination with Krell gear. I have a Krell 500i, 300cd which I use for two channel. If anyone has good suggestions for power, speaker, and interconnect cables, I'd love to hear it... but I'd also like to know what you like about the cables and what expect when listening to them on Krell gear.
I currently use Cardas Neutral Reference speaker cables and have an Audioquest Viper ballanced interconnect between the 500i and the 300cd. I'm not too thrilled with the Audioquest but it does sound better than "free/give away" RCA cables. Suggestions please..
I have Krell electronics and Legacy Focus speakers. After copper vs silver, rca vs xlr, solid vs stranded wires, less than $100 a pair to several hundred a pair I finally settled on Stealth interconnects. Did the same thing with speaker cables. At one point I had AQ Midnight 3 hooked up on one channel and household 12ga on the other---both channels sounded the same. Ended up with 10ga Phoenix wire. Biggest improvement however was speaker placement. And make sure the polarity is the same throughout---a simple thing but so easy to make a mistake with if the wire is not marked clearly, or it is dark in that corner, or you are tired etc. So it is more than just wire-----
Transparent cable and power cords are the best for people who actually listen to great music and are familiar with a live concert experience i.e..Boston Symphony Hall or Kimmel center etc. Much experience and money goes into what I say..not hype or flavor of the month prose! Most people listen to crap however, as evidenced by the dwindling supply of great music at our local music stores.
For what I've owned..Krell, ARC, BAT, Levinson, wilson, dynaudio, musical fidelity etc.., Transparent allows more of the music and it's dynamic contrast thru without unrealistic emphasis on any particular frequency range! Most reviewers are extremely understanding..they have to sell product.
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