Bright / forward speaker cables.


Members,
Looking for a speaker cable that sounds on the brighter side of neutral and a tighter mid bass region. Any leads would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
alb24
Kimber 4TC, Nordost "Solar wind." Bi-wire spks. if possible,
will add greater detail and tighten bass. Audition as many
loaner cables as possible. Bill
Any JPS Labs products are a bit bright for me. I was told the rhodium spades on the Superconductor+ contributed to the brightness but I found the IC's to exhibit the same qualities.
Conventional wisdom suggests silver conductor speaker cables should sound brighter. My Audioquest Dragon sounds noticeably brighter than my Cardas Golden Cross. As Sean pointed out, cable sound is very system dependent. The Cable Company at www.fatwyre.com will let you try out cables at home.
Wow, Sean. I think you're the first person I've heard that found the Oval 9s to be bright sounding. Last year I was using DH Labs Silversonic T14 which I thought were too zippy, and after changing to Oval 9s much of that was alleviated. I guess there's much more to system synergy than I thought. In my setup, the APs were much fuller and smoother than the T14s. So Alb24, if you're looking for a bright cable check out the DH Labs, they're cheap too.
Ditto what Gunbei said. I tried both Oval 12s and T14s in my system and the 12s were definately the softer of the two. I also found the bass to be tighter and quicker with the DH Labs vs. fuller and rounder with the AP. From my experience in my system I'd say try the T14, and I'll re-emphasize that these things are notoriously system dependent so try before you buy. A while ago eaudionet.com would let you try DH Labs cables risk free for 30 days, so if they're still around you might want to try them. Best of luck.

Tim