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Best Cables for ARC gear

OK, I started a few months ago upgrading and can't stop! The current question is one frequently asked but if I may I will pose this question again:
Best balanced cables for ARC gear, ACR CDMKII-ARC LS25MKII-ARC VT100MKII. I have Single ended cables (Cardas Gold Ref and Transparent Plus) They each sound different for sure but when switching to standard mic cable, it totally blows the RCA's away. Not just more gain but cleaner, clearer,deeper, stronger, etc. I cant let my friends see cheap mic cables in my rig so I would like some opinion from those who have ARC gear. BTW for the purpose of this IC quest I have paired CD/PRE with my pair of Genelec studio monitors which in the near field can reveal EVERYTHING! Thank you
vdosc
cmalak
681 posts
 
Vdosc...I have Ref 3, Ref 110, and CD 7 set-up and I actually use Nordost Heimdall ICs and SCs and Shunyata PCs. The Shunyata PCs make a noticeable improvement and I think in their current line-up the Black Mamba hits the sweet spot. Within the Nordost line, i truly believe the Heimdall offers 80-85% of what the Valhalla offers at
1/4 the price. You may want to call the Cable Co and use their lending library to try out a bunch of options.
rrog
1,958 posts
 
The cables on ebay are not ARC. They are AR (Acoustic Research).
jazzgene
145 posts
 
I found there is less sound difference with balanced than SE. Between my ARC preamp and ARC amp, I tried different ones including Mogami 2534s. The 2534s sounded better than Kimber and Cardas. Audience was better than 2534s and I have settled on Oyaide Terzo XX which sounds the best to me so far.
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darkj
150 posts
 
Theoretically, any excellent cable should give pretty excellent results with ARC gear. I own an ARC VT-100 Mk II used with Aesthetix Calypso and Acoustic Zen speakers. I use Acoustic Zen Matrix Ref II IC's and Harmonic Tech or Tara RSC speaker cables - I've found that good cables tend to sound good across all of my equipment changes.
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lostbears
538 posts
 
Rrog,

They are not Acoustic Research. They are a company in Canada using the Audio Research name. Check out ebay item 330433345359
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