Sean the speakers I currently use have series wired crossovers. Every signal feed this type of design would have to be sent to the drivers unlike a parallel design which I think dumps unused signal to ground.Unused signal would then be feed back to the amp and must create some type of noise or aberration, deleterious to music..Tom
Good, Neutral, Reasonably Priced Cables?
After wading through mountains of claims, technical jargon etc. I'm hoping to hear from some folks who have had experience with good, neutral, reasonably priced cables. I have to recable my entire system after switching from Naim and want to get it right without going nuts! Here is what I'm looking for and the gear that I have:
Looking for something reasonably priced-i.e. used IC's around $100-150. Used speaker cable around $300-400 for 10ft pair.
Not looking for tone controls. I don't want to try to balance colorations in my system. I'd like cables that add/substract as little from the signal as possible.
Looking for something easily obtainable on the used market i.e. that I can find the whole set up I need without waiting for months and months. I guess this would limit you to some of the more popular brands. Without trying to lead you, here are some I've been considering:
Kimber Hero/Silver Streak
Analysis Plus Copper Oval/Oval 9
Cardas Twinlink/Neutral Reference (Pricey)
Wireworld Polaris/Equinox
Here is my gear:
VPI Scout/JMW9/ATML170
Audio Research SP16
Audio Research 100.2
Rotel RCD 971
Harbeth Compact 7
I would really appreciate your help on this. Thanks, as always.
Looking for something reasonably priced-i.e. used IC's around $100-150. Used speaker cable around $300-400 for 10ft pair.
Not looking for tone controls. I don't want to try to balance colorations in my system. I'd like cables that add/substract as little from the signal as possible.
Looking for something easily obtainable on the used market i.e. that I can find the whole set up I need without waiting for months and months. I guess this would limit you to some of the more popular brands. Without trying to lead you, here are some I've been considering:
Kimber Hero/Silver Streak
Analysis Plus Copper Oval/Oval 9
Cardas Twinlink/Neutral Reference (Pricey)
Wireworld Polaris/Equinox
Here is my gear:
VPI Scout/JMW9/ATML170
Audio Research SP16
Audio Research 100.2
Rotel RCD 971
Harbeth Compact 7
I would really appreciate your help on this. Thanks, as always.
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Hi All, Yet another bit o' information regarding ribbon cables- We've had some discussion of Alpha-Core and Magnan upthread. I didn't realize until recently that Audio Magic (the folks who also make the 'Stealth' power conditioners) manufacture silver ribbon cables (both speaker and interconnect). Not cheap, but generally on par pricewise with equivalent Alpha-Core silver products. I'll refer anyone interested to the Audio Magic website- Audio Magic I just received the latest 'Cable Company' newsletter, which mentions that Audio Magic is introducing their new 'TriniumXL' ribbon interconnects- some kind of copper/silver/gold alloy ribbon. Might be a good time to keep an eye open on closeouts of older/used products. As always, FYI and FWIW. I haven't heard any of these in a system. Cheers, |
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