Slow Down, You Move too Fast

Hey Art, I can't help you with the difference between The 2, The 2 EX and The One, as I've never really compared them side by side against each other. I have used The 2 and The One interconnects in series, but not comparing one against the other. I can't imagine there is too much difference in tonal balance, though I'm sure that I will be told differently. ;) Welcome to the circus!!

I think your overall chance of finding a warm Tara Labs cable is about as good as finding a revealing Purist Audio, Jade Audio or Kubala Sosna cable though. I do think that knowing your tastes, you would find the K-S Emotion cables too warm for you.

I've owned the Jade Vermeil and the Hybrid, I never heard the Reference. Though I think the more gold that Jade uses, the warmer and slower the pace is. He uses gold plated silver in the Vermeil, and IMHO that is the quickest and liveliest Jade cable that I have heard. His Hybrid is all gold on the positive leg, and gold plated silver on the negative leg. It was richer, warmer and more colorful than the Vermeil. I believe that Jade is using all gold in the Reference, so it is probably even richer, warmer, and slower than the Hybrid. If that's any help.

Of teh ones I've tried, DNM Reson ICs seem to get it most right for me and for reasonable cost.

Hi Budburma, If I may ask, can you list the equipment you are useing and room dimensions, I believe all of us here may be an asset to you.

@ Jmcgrogan2 Gotcha' and am in agreement. Maybe kickback warm would work. Lak is selling some Vermeils...I wonder how they compare to the Moontails as the new Jade entry level. Does the Vermeil suffer from any loss of resolution and detail compared to the Hybrid? Or does the Hybrid more enrich the mids/midbass and and warmth? I have hear the Hybrid and Reference and preferred the Hybrid for the reasons you cite. It also makes me think of some Vermeil speaker cable!
@ MapmanThe DNM's have been around and always looked interesting. I haven't heard them as they are hard to get on this side of the big pond and resale might be tough....
@ Audiolabyrinth Thank you, my system is up to date here on Audiogon. My room is my living room and definitely not optimal, but a nice place to sit with paintings, books and a persian rug. The room is 15x18 with almost 10 ft ceilings 1895 Victorian with a bay window at one end and open French doors on the other....home sweet home. I often wish for another 1000sf so I could have an office and a listening room, but we are cozied up in 1850sf total and our rooms multitask!

Hi Bud, Very nice system and set-up, I believe you would benefit more from the Tara the one speaker cables, you need a speaker cable that will resolve the resolution out of the plinus amp, that is resolving, allow the cable to pass that information thru, I would use the two on digital, and the one I/c on pre-amp to amp, then mix whatever cables you want, bottom line, Iwould use the One on the pre to amp, and use the one for speaker cables, use other brands if you like on everything else, you will get a good dose of the Tara the one useing what I offered here, remember, it gets alot better going up the cable food chain, Taralabs is getting ready to release some new cables very soon, a few are affordable, a couple of models is just crazy exspensive!, They are still going to carry the one and two, Here is a bit of info, you can go to the Tara site, scroll down to you see a link that says, controlled band width and extended band width, its in the technology section, this is part of what they are actually carrying, their site is goofed, so this is the way to read on these cables, I say use the extended band width the one, then controlled band width on anything else you may want, I am saying, Taralabs is currently making two versions of most of their cables now!, when you read all that, get back to me here.