Cables for Tenor/Kharma/Capitole MKI

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.

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.......

Tireguy- you and i must be the babies on the 'gon. I'm 26 and I love this hobby!

I'm rather amused with this thread, as some of the participants are posting almost as though their lives depended upon their being right. I haven't heard all of the speakers and cables mentioned, but let's just say my Sound Labs aren't going anywhere, as they get the notes right and tend to disappear pretty well for me. There are no separate drivers, so the sound is effortlessly seamless, and the timbre is consistent regardless of listening position. You tend to forget about the system and get into the music...all of this is my opinion and should be taken with as many grains of salt as desired...I sell them, too, so there's my disclaimer. When considering spending significant amounts on audio gear, one must audition several candidates and not trust anyone else's ears or comments...Fcrowder is completely correct. The one that works for one person may not be the other's cup of tea. You have to ask yourself, will I be just as delighted with this choice five years from now as I think I am now? Four years after receiving the Ultimates I'm still amazed and enchanted. Do what floats your boat for the long term...

Brian Walsh

Bob, I guess we will have to agree to disagree. I never made any absolute statements about the Kharmas (or any other speaker) - just stated MY opinion. I am surprised you like the Rockports as I do too. But, as my post indicated, my post and the opinions stated therein are based on MY tastes and listening preferences. Also, your statement about the Kharmas is made without having heard the 30mm diamond tweeter, the new midrange driver and my woofer (which are different than Mikel's whose system you have heard with the Tenor 300s). Unless you want your ears to bleed, my Kharmas have as much pop as I could ever want.

As Brian noted, whatever speaker YOU like IS the best - period!