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Good Copper IC's for 2.5M RCA pre to amp?

I am looking for a 2.5 to 3M RCA terminated interconnect to replace Purist Venustas cables from my preamp to amp. Prefer something a little richer sounding than the Venustas, even if it means sacrificing a little of the Venustas' detail. Would like to get out of it with a used cable in the same general price range as what I can sell my cables for used. Are the Gregg Straley Reality Cables a real contender here, or not in the same league? How about their speaker cables to replace Venustas? Any others? Thanks.
mitch2
tweak1
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The big problem you have is the long length combined with RCA connections (signal loss). 1m or less reduces the problems. So if at all possible, reconfigure your components to accomodate shorter cables.
blindjim
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Synergistic Research Resolution Ref x2 active. I went to the RR x2 instead of the Venustas and several others for the body, imaging, midrange, and bottom end they possess.

You'll save some money in the process. other than the RR's I'd say try the SX Ltd. from Nirvana, above the SX's I'd say the Acoustic Ref active, also from SR. The SX's are the imaging champ of the lot however. Their ambient retreval is flat out scary.
mitch2 OP
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Thanks guys so far.
Tweak1: Not sure how much signal loss is associated with a 3M run, but Vladamir at Lamm did not think that would be any problem with the LL2, and it certainly was not a problem with the CAT Ult MkII or my Lector Zoe. I am running from a cabinet to monoblocks positioned between the speakers, so 2.5M is my minimum, and I would not want to go over 3M. Unfortunately, virtually none of the tube preamps I have liked have single-ended outputs, since with my new Lector Digidrive/Digicode, I could run a fully balanced system if I found the right preamp.
Blindjim: I will look into those you mentioned, although I have no experience with either Synergistic Research or Nirvana.
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