Low price, quality cables for avalon ,CAT, shindo

I have always found that Harmonic Tec Pro Silway II, for the money, especially now on audiogo, used, are a great value. I believe I have seen them here for less than 250 used. I agree with trying the Cable Company though, seems like a small price to pay to match your system up.

You have an outstanding setup here......don't compromise on the cables. One key area that so many ICs destroy in the preamp-to-amp link are the decays, ambiance, harmonic overtones, etc. You have this capability in spades ..... don't throw it away with mainstream cables.

I have found two ICs that work incredibly well between the Aesthetix Callisto Sig and CAT JL-3 amps: Stealth Indra and Jade Audio Hybrid. The Stealth has a little more extension on the top; the Jade Hybrid portrays the 3D and decays more beautifully. These are both in the $2k range but to go for something with much less performance just does not make sense here.

For speaker cables (I have SoundLab A1 speakers), surprisingly I find the Purist Opis to work very well ..... no obvious tonal peaks or valleys and quite good in dynamic contrasts.....the latter is the key strength of the CAT amps. The other speaker cable I have heard that stands out is the new Jade audio but it runs twice the price of the Opis. This fleshes out the 3D in the music much like the Hybrid IC.

Give the Jade cables a listen. You can try them out for a month no obligation and you will likely be mightily impressed.

Once you find cables that work, I can give you some tips on small-signal tubes for the CAT amp that will take it far beyond the stock Sovtek and Ei tubes.

John

Home Grown Audio great cables, very low price and a free thirty day trial period if you don't like them. How could you ask for more.

Chuck

I'll second John's (Jafox) recommendation for Jade Audio Hybrid and Vermeil speaker cables. The best that I have heard in regards to tonal accuracy, palpability and 3D soundstage. Not mass market, but really special cables made by a very special man, who also just happens to be a prestigeous AudiogoN member. J.D. MacRae, AudiogoN handle Jadem6. Look him up and try them out for 30 days, risk free.

Cheers,
John

I vote for Stealth.

They are a great match for CAT--SL2 Ultimate/JL2 Sig.

After a long search...I located a couple of dealers who have some cables to audition. Odd not all seem to want to do this.

Randy