Speaker cable recommendation please

Sdcampbell is correct. Go with his advise.

I too recommend Alpha-core Goertz MI-2. An excellent
cable and highly cost effective.

There are TONS of simple modifications that one can do to Heresy's to improve their performance in every aspect. That in itself could take up another thread.

Having said that, it is going to be tough to find cables that will offer better performance without an apparent increase in treble response. This is due to the fact that a long run of monster / zip cord will produce an apparent treble roll-off from about 1.5 KHz - 3 KHz and above ( varies with actual cable ) due to the inductance present in such a design. Higher performance cables will not produce the same high frequency roll-off, in effect giving you even more treble output.

Having said that, you really should address the deficiencies within the speakers themselves before throwing more money at cables. Sean
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Sean,

Please share the modifications you mention in this thread. I recall a post from you on an earlier thread where you said you were going to do these mods to a pair of La Scalla's you own, document these changes and share them with the Audiogon community.

You may email me directly if you choose. Thanks for the input.

Patrick

Lugnut, at one time i had an entire list of mods to do to the Klipsch "Classic" series of speakers. Most of these notes are tied up in one of my old computers, which i'm having a hard time trying to access. Someone thought enough of these notes to post them on Klipsch's own bulletin board forum, so you might be able to find someone that had downloaded them or can point you to where they are posted.

I will say that i have learned a LOT more about the inner workings of speakers since i wrote those notes, so some of them will be somewhat out of date compared to what i would do now. However, most all of them will still give you FAR superior performance to what stock Klipsch are capable of delivering. I have read postings from some folks on various forums that had followed various tips that i had mentioned. All of the comments have been extremely positive. Most were basically overwhelmed by how much fuller, warmer and smoother the speakers were with a complete lack of "horny glare". One guy even complained that his Heresy's now had "too much" deep bass. While i doubt that this was an accurate assessment of things, that would be easily correctable if someone were to feel that way.

As to the La Scala's, that has been put on the back burner. I've got other more pertinent projects ( at least to me ) that i need to get done. I am glad that i've put them off though, as i've come up with a few other ideas that i'd like to incorporate. If i can ever get around to doing them as i intend to, i will take the time to document and photograph the entire procedure. Sean
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