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Cable Suggestions

I have built my system slowly over time and now need to replace interconnect and speaker cable. My cable is 10 to 13 year old Cardas "golden" (Cardas top of the line at that time). There are so many cables now that I would appreciate perhaps 3 suggestions to narrow my auditioning. I have mixed musical tastes from rock (U2, Stones) to female vocals (Ricki Lee Jones) and a fair amount of jazz (coltrane, Miles). My current system is Cary 303/300 to CAT SL1 to VTL 450's to Martin Logan Sequel II's (can't get rid of these classics yet). For ic I need 1M from cd to pre and 2M from pre to amps. I need 1.5M for the speaker cable. My budget is about $3000 max for these cables. I would like to start with the ic ($1750), then work on the speaker cable ($1250). I have heard about wireworld, xlo, au, synergistics research and numerous others. Thanks very much for a few suggestions.
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kmiller5
86 posts
 
I went through Cardas Golden Cross, Signal Cable, Transparent, and ended up with Synergistic Research. You can try the stuff at a reasonable cost from usedcable.com. Every system is different. Think about trying some stuff before buying.
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pehare
835 posts
 
Try to audition AU24. You may wind up saving yourself some money at used prices.
lacee
811 posts
 
I have always been a cable believer,but recently I made some changes in the placement of my system.I used to have 1 metre lengths of Cardas golden Hex 5 from my mono block amps to my speakers and 1 metre lengths of Shunyata Aries inter connects from pre to power amps, the gear between the speakers.I moved my speakers to a different room location and required longer lengths of speaker wire.I had some old Monster cable cx2 from my surround system and gave them a try.The length of the new speaker wire is now over 20' a side.Should have heard a degradation in sound quality, but instead I now have better definition,soundstaging, and enjoyment, with not quite as good bass reproduction.I still plan on upgrading to better speaker cable in the future, but for now going to this inferior cable at 20 foot runs bettered the old set up. Live and learn.BTW I have Classe DR 8 power amps and ML CLS11Z speakers in a quite large room.
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