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Cables for Tenor/Kharma/Capitole MKI

Searching for an improvement in my system I am in the proccess of changing to Kharma 3.2 Speakers and I would like to know the best cables (Power, Interconnects and Loudspeakers) for the combo Tenor 75wi/Kharma 3.2/AA Capitole MKI.
Now I am using cardas Golden Reference IC and Loudspeakers cables and the Powercords included with the amps.

I would appreciate all suggestions
rcr
panorama
74 posts
 
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. ;^)
avnut
153 posts
 
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.
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fmpnd
481 posts
 
Avnut, the reason I have the Kharma/Tenor combo is that I listen to MANY different types of music and, to my ears, they do ALL genres exceptionally well. For example, last night I listened to large scale classical (Dallas Wind Symphony), blues (Muddy Waters), funky soul (Tower of Power and Liquid Soul), pop (Kenny Loggins new CD), jazz (Al DiMeola, Tom Harrell, Jeremy Pelt), folk (Mae Moore) and big band (GRP Big Band). How did it sound? Well, to me, it was HUGE, had an analog like physical "thereness", yet it was delicate, spacious, lifelike, tonally accurate, smooth, the list of superlatives TO ME goes on and on. But, YMMV.
rcrump
427 posts
 
Beg to differ Fmpnd. Kharma speakers just don't have much in the way of pop and are better suited to small groups with less than dynamic recordings. Glad you are happy with your purchase, but that is why there are more speaker builders than any other category in audio as everyone seems to like a different set of tradeoffs......The Sound Lab speakers are the cleanest speakers out there, but they don't do pinpoint imaging, the Wilsons are usually a bit amusical, but pin point imaging and dynamics are great, Rockports can be too revealing of system problems, but are my cup of tea as a tool.......Tough to make the Acapella Campaniles work, but Fred has just about succeeded after a year of different wires running through his system as it is hard to make the midrange horn disappear...The JM Labs do just about everything and are just musical as the devil...Point is choose your poison and work within the limitations....Nothing out there is perfect in all parameters.......
keithr
1,306 posts
 
Tireguy- you and i must be the babies on the 'gon. I'm 26 and I love this hobby!
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