Slow Down, You Move too Fast

Alrighty! Before I hit the slopes with my boy!

Denon1-Thanks for the tip. Snake River looks very interesting. Nice metallurgy. I wonder if they have an amalgam made for their Cottonmouth Signature or use a combo of plated and pure wires.

I have come back to Plinius and Dynaudio over and over and am finally resting my head and ears right there. I started with their 8150 integrated and have owned a lot of their gear. The combo of their amp with a tube pre is my favorite sound, but mixing those is tough for my wife to keep straight. I lost an expensive, somewhat rare and very beloved pair of Dynaudio Contour 2.8's to that...compromise is good and a happy wife is a happy husband. What speakers do you use?

That said, the SA100 mkII with a Cary SLP98P upscale hot rod with some Sylvania 6SN7w's. Yowza! That's for another thread.

I would love to hear your impressions of the GG vs MG vs Snake River. Those are one's with which I am well versed....Also Stealth MLT (one of my past favorites) and Analysis Plus Oval 8 and 9. The Snake RIver's have me a little concerned over their relative lack of bass heft mentioned in the Mojo Audio article? I have Dynaudio Confidence 3 monitors and while the are competent at digging out deep bass, they are still monitors.

At his point I have shifted gears a bit and am leaning towards Stealth Petite Dreams or Jade Vermeils (both of them are more of a know quantity, but certainly different "flavors") and looking hard at the Snake RIver.

I have some new IC's in the house...Some Jade Hybrid and Vermeil (redux!) and Silnote Orions. Just poking around, got a rec to try Cerious Nanos and might just do that (thank you, John!). I would rather keep my GG Infusions in place and even consider going up to the Halo's if I find the right speaker cable. They are incredible to my ear; the most accurate, linear, organic and musical I have heard. My ear, my system, my taste, but on the beam!

All of this has to wait for two things for final eval: 1. I am still awaiting the return of my AMR CD 77.1 from Avatar for repair and upgrade tweaking. It's be a couple of weeks, so a cable log jam is building up! 2. All work and no play (except today and tomorrow, sweet!) until a week from Wednesday.

Audiolab-I spoke with the peeps at Tara Labs. They recommended The 2. Hard to say the guy was the most warm and fuzzy, but we all have those days. He said they were more forgiving and would address those needs, so I remain open to that, but he get my aural juices flowing or have me reaching for my wallet.

The snow is calling! Hold Spring at arms length and embrace the winter and enjoy the tunes!

Bud, yes plinius amps are great match with Dynaudio. I had SA 201, but SB301 is better. I regret not buying SA Ref when I had a chance, but Hiato sounds fine. I always come back to plinius.
You should consider upgrade, especially now Plinius has new US presence and customer service is great. I can recommend you a great dealer As for cables Gabriel reflection speaker and Ics cables sounded worse in my system. No balance, lack of bass and hifi ish. The MG has been better but a little bright and I did not like their look and lack of flexibility. I assure you that Snake river signatures have great bass - outstanding, try them you will not regret. I had Hybrid Mlt and dream petite, they are Ok cables but overpriced even with good discount and their bass is not on the level of Snake river. Their latest dreamV10 speaker cables are great so ,but again pricey. I had many cables to demo in my system and has been skeptical about Snake River until gave them a chance. They will not shock you from the first try, but somehow they draw you into music and eventually you realize that you love them.

59th st bridge song!!!

Hi Budburma, You have to excuse Devon at Taralabs, he is from new-york, I get along with him fine, I know how to deal with him, when you get to know him, he is a great guy, They got that poor man running crazy with sales world-wide, from single sales to huge mass sales to dealers or distributors, to traveling here and there, Devon is correct about the two, that cable is forgiving, what I posted would be of benefit for your system, you could use the two where you need forgiving, reread my post, other than my recomendation, my post said to mix the other cables, that's where you could use the two at, cheers.

Denon1 is right on the money! I recommend that you go with the Snake River Audio Cottmouth Signature speaker cables Art, you will love them. Also, try some Jade and KCI interconnects, and some Dynamic Designs power cords while you are at it. That should slow the sound down to a pace that pleases you. ;^)

One more thing, send that Plinius SA-201 amp out to Vince for some modifications, that will really get your head spinning!!

Cheers,
John