Neotech cables


Which speaker and interconnect cables out of the Neotech line are the ones to get? Thanks for your time.
dave_72
I'm looking at the NES-3002 speaker cable (with bananas) and NEI-3001 interconnects (balanced xlr) I would get the silver cables (those must be unbelievable) but the copper is all I can afford.

Is this a good match, or no?
Using Neotech NES-3001 speaker cables in bi-wire configuation terminated with Furutech spades by Sonic Craft where I purchased the bulk cable. Very nice.

Also Neotech NEP-3001, NEP-3002, NEP-3200 power cables all DIY with Furutech AC terminations.
Bulk cable NEP-3001 & 3002 from Sonic Craft, NEP-3200 from VHAudio.

ICs are Oyaide FTVS-910 bulk silver cable terminated with Neotech NEX-OCCGD XLRs (among the best quality XLRs I've seen).
Digital cable is Neotech NEVD-2001 bulk silver cable terminated with silver contact pin Oyaide BNCs.

ICs and digital cable were assembled for me by Drew Baird of Moon Audio because I thought it best to have a professional do it (personal soldering skill zero plus you need to know where to connect shields and where to float).

I guess you could say I like Neotech (and Oyaide, and Furutech).
Nice! Those must sound very good indeed! My dealer is getting the cables direct from Neotech. So they will be terminated by them with their connectors. I inquired about the NES-3001, and my dealer prefers the NES-3002! :D
NES-3002 is very similar to Harmonic Tech Pro 9 and Pro 11, with the construction being almost exactly the same except for the conductor size. NEI-3001 has a nice rich tonality and solidity, with good full bass, but can tend toward sounding a touch thick, although a preferred option to some high resolution cables I have heard that sacrifice tonal density for detail and end up sounding thin.

I find the comment about a dealer liking NES-3002 better than NES-3001 interesting since the construction is totally different. The 3002 is a twisted pair while the 3001 is woven around a core, although both use individually insulated solid core OCC conductors. I believe the individual wires in the NES-3002 are insulated with a foamed polypropylene (at least the HT wires I have taken apart use foamed PP insulation), which I tend to prefer over Teflon (which is used in the NES-3001).
Hi Mitch,

The dealer said, and I quote:

"Stick with the NES-3002. The NES-3001 is a solid core design which means it has more bass and dynamics, at the expense of fine detail. The NES-3002 has better overall performance and system compatibility IMHO."

The NES-3002 is less expensive than the NES-3001. If the dealer just wants to make more profit then he would recommend the NES-3001, true?

I'm definitely getting the NEI-3001 from amp to preamp (balanced xlr) and from phono preamp to preamp. And if I get a dac, from that into the preamp.