Valhalla vs. HMS vs Jena Labs vs. Shunyata Phoeni


Given the approximate street prices for the following speaker cables are as follows: Vahalla 4000 HMS 1200 Jena Labs Pathfinder 5000 Shunyate Phoenix 2000 Which cable would you recommend. My system is Talon Khorus X MK11 speakers, Tenor OTL monoblocks, Audio Aero cdp, and Edge Pre. What is the best overall cable and seperately what is the best value?
husk01
You should be comparing the Jena Labs Symphony speaker cables with the others you have mentioned.

All are very good, but with the Tenor amps, I would not use anything with silver.

Are you running the Capitole? If so, have you tried running it without the Edge?

Jonathan Tinn
Distributor
Tenor Audio/EMM Labs/Jena Labs
I have not compared the HMS and the Phoenix but between the valhalla and Jena's(I compared with the Valkyre) I prefered the Jena's- more natural soundstage and a blacker background were the most noticeable differences. The Jena's seemed to be slightly more natural sounding with out a glare that the valhalla's had in my system(this may not make sense to you folks who read this but that statement may be quoted in another thread soon).