Cables for Tenor/Kharma/Capitole MKI

Tireguy- I have seen you are using Jena Labs Symphony Interconnect and Valkyre Loudspeakers. How do you compare them to the Valhalla or Kharma cables?

Frank- Now is that a south african hamster or a north african hamster? Because that will change the outcome- and if you cryo treat the hamster.........

How long of Speaker cables are you looking for? if a 6 foot pair will work you can borrow mine try them out- I know it may be a while before you get your pathfinders- I realize I only have the valkyre's but there still pretty good ;)

Rcr- Now I can't say this is conclusive but I have tried these cables in a few systems that I was/am familiar with and the results have always been the same. The Valhalla's are very quick, transparent, good soundstage(but not the widest), not the blackest background(in particular the speaker cables), and can be shrill if anything in the system is less then top of the line(not a cable fault, if your system isn't up to the task they can be ruthless in showing you!)- I would suspect with tenor/kharma/capitole you would not experience this shrill/unnaturalness- unless you had really dirty AC power coming in. The kharma's on speakers other then kharma's are dark and slow, but convey a HUGE soundstage- it makes for great back ground music, but if you try to critically listen it literally will put you to sleep and besides for that much money who wants background music! The kharma cables on kharma speakers is another creature all together- the darkness and slowness is less noticeable. They are very full and natural sounding, this could be due to the silver components used in the kharma speaker crossovers- I dunno for sure though. The kharma's don't have as black of a background as the Jena's and they're not as fast and dynamic sounding as the valhalla's- all trade off's! For the money I don't feel the kharma's are worth it, if they were in the valhalla price range I would think differently, but they are too much of a compromise for that much money- IMO. Another thing to consider which Frank mentioned is my age, I am a LOT younger then the other guys here(early 20's) and human hearing changes as we get older at around 30 most typical humans lose around -2dB@10khZ and up, which can have a HUGE impact on how we hear the differences we do. Something that is bright to me may be fine to someone who is older and so on and so fourth. For what ever all of that is worth, I wish you good luck on your quest- and make sure you let us know what you end trying and your experiences along the way.

I've been using Jena Symphony interconnects and Jena Valkyre speaker cables on my Tenor 75's for a year. I'm also using Elrod Sig 3's on the amps and Elrod Statement on the AA MKII cd player. This combo brings plenty of life to the music. I originally auditioned my interconnects with rca's, but balanced sounded much better. I've had all the Nordost (speaker and interconnects) in my system, but always come back to the above combination. I have the Verity Parsifal Encores which tend to be a little polite. I've heard the Valhalla's sound great in other systems, just not mine.

I have the Pathfinders and I love them. I have one 3ft going from my Meitner DAC6, one 5ft going from my Meitner Switchman 3 to my Tenor 300's. I use the 8ft Pathfinder speaker cable going to Frank's old (young) Kharma Midi Grands. Two words, "sonic bliss" and I want to be done. I don't want to know there is better because there always will be. In a sense I know I will never be done. LOL! Does that make sense? I hope not. ;^)

This is off topic but I'd like to ask the Tenor/Kharma owners:

What kinds of music are you enjoying in your systems today?

I ask this because everytime I hear these products its always at a show and I can't get a real sense of what their total dynamic range is. I hope no one minds this question.