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Speakers cables that are warm yet detailed........

Need your help Audiogon members as I am in the market for a 3m bi-wired pair of good speaker cables that are warm to a degree yet present a great sounstage and are very detailed without being bright ...Holy Grail Cables you say !!!! I currenlty have Purist Audio Venustas...but would like to upgrade from them and which by the way are great cables. Current system is Avalon Eclipse, Rowland amp and pre-amp, dcs Delius and Purcell with a CEC TL-1 transport. Shunyata Anaconda's pc's and Synergistic Absolute Ref's ic's. Price ....around $3,500 to $4,000. Your thoughts....
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montytx
138 posts
 
Tara Labs, to my ears, offer a nice balance of warmth and detail with excellent instrument separation and bloom. They have that certain percussive poof quality that is tight and tuneful.

I have little experience with their latest generation of cables, but use the Tara Decade and I doubt that Bond has taken a different path with his house sound. The current Air cables are the only ones I've heard and they certainly have similar sonic characteristics.
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jmcgrogan2
6,346 posts
 
I second the Tara Labs reco, they balance very well between detail and musicality. I might recommend you try The One's.

Happy Hunting Gary,

John
mrtennis
3,295 posts
 
you can't have both. if you want warmth achieve the desired warmth and settle for the detail that comes with it.

if you want resolution, determine the level of resolution that you want and accept whatever warmth occurs. it is easier to approach your goal that way, than to try to be an alchemist.

given my suggestion, which is more important and what do you mean by warmth ? i may be able to make a suggestion, as i have auditioned many cables.
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jackaroe
19 posts
 
I would have to side with Montytx. I'm using 6ft. biwired Tara The One ISM Onboards with matching IC's in an all MBL Reference setup. The sound is neutral to slightly warm, but incredibly deep and detailed with excellent stage placement. Obviously the MBL omni's are perfect for just what I described, but with that front end you have going my guess is that you would see much of the same.
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