long i/c run...looking for high end cable

Tbg,

Yep I've got a really long run...I'm currently using Tranparent Ref w/xl. I had them from my system in my townhome. When I bought a house I had a dedicated theater built where I also do my music listening. I had the equipment room built using the Transparents, unfortunately I didn't think about changing cables until the system was hooked up for a couple months. It will be a pain to reconfigure the equipment room & move the equipment closer to the front of the room where the monoblocks are. Even if I did move it closer I'd still need at least a 5 meter run & I'm thinking there may not be much of a difference between that an a 10 or 11 meter run. I could be wrong though...BTW the transparents I'm using now are balanced. I auditioned some Vahallas this weekend & they weren't bad at all. they were only 5 meters though.

Jon

The Vahallas weren't bad?? One thing is for certain, they were expensive.

I would think that half the length would greatly affect the impedance and capacitance. I made the decision sometime ago that my speakers would sound more open were there not all my electronics between them. Putting the equipment racks on the side wall, however, meant long interconnects from the preamp to the amps and crossover. Even my 4 m. length means hanging these ics over the left speaker rather than going behind it. Certainly this does not look as good, but my room is out of sight for visitors.

I wish you good luck. That is about all that I can say as I have yet to find an extraordinary ic in this length that I can afford. The Stealth is the best I have found. I have neither a balanced amp or balanced out preamp, and I do not really understand why that would be much of an advantage. There is also the issue of whether the balancing is just a transformer or is really two circuits.

Have a similar problem, with approx. 11 meter IC runs to amps driving our living room system. Preamp is Herron VTSP-1, and amps are Rogue Magnum M-120 mono's. Neither provide for balanced connections. Would it help to, say, run the IC's in rigid (steel) conduit to reduce noise pick-up? What electrical devices should I avoid most as I route the IC's? Thanks.

Sorry to be so long in responding; I am out-of-town. I think there must be several considerations. RFI with unshielded ics might recommend steel conduit that is grounded, but I really worry about such proximity of steel. I do not like to have anything other than ceramics (Suspenders) in contact with even my insulated cables. I would most avoid big power transformers.

Jon_p- I'm currently running almost 30 ft IC to my wavac 833 monos (unbalanced) and have no RFI problems. This wasn't the case with a couple of other cables I tried, though. I'm usng the Sonoran Plateau cable and am quite pleased with the results. To say they are a bargain, is sometimes the "kiss of death" in the rarified world of hi-end; but they definitely qualify as such. I'm sure they're available in balanced configuration if you're so inclined to investigate further. Good luck in your search.