Satori Shotgun or Hologram

I thank you for your response Rsbeck. This is my first system so I am just trying to get the right cable for the best sound and also to know whether I should use a single wire w/jumper or bi-wire.

I have to apologize for my fellow A'goners smacking you around about your speakers. I had a pair of CDM-7NTs and sold them to a friend who wanted an upgrade. They are very competent speakers and really shine with certain types of music and HT too. I enjoyed them thoroughly and their new owner absolutely loves them. The CDMnt series sold/sell like hotcakes both new and used, so apparently someone out there likes them besides you and I.

Anywho, I also feel that biwiring is the way to go. These guys love a bucket-o-watts too, so give them all the power you can.

This may be off topic since you asked about Satoris, but, Transparent wave 100 singles were my first upgraded cables. I liked this pretty well. Smooth top end, OK bass. Then I shotgun biwired with SignalCable. A little more top end and very good bass. Finally I ended up with Analysis plus Oval 9 shotguns and I am very pleased so far.

what is a 2 1/2 way ? how many terminals do you have ?

mike

The brass jumper plates that connect the HF and LF terminals are very poor conductors and degrade sound noticeably. I'm not sure how your speakers are wired internally but just because they are biwireable doesn't mean they necessarily sound better that way. You should try both ways and decide for yourself. If you do decide to go with a single run then you will get further improvement by replacing the brass jumper plates.

By the way, I didn't mean to imply that Satoris were better than Hologram. Hologram are better cables but the Satoris still sound fantastic. Great bang for the buck!

Good luck!

I ain't smacking B & W CDM7 nt's. But, I wouldn't mistake them for N803's. I am just saying, if it were *me* -- I would save the huge
cable money and I would put it into my speakers. I don't care what cables you use, those cables won't make CDM7's sound like N803's. I wouldn't get into top of the line cables at this point because I think that money is better spent somewhere else in the
system -- and without knowing the rest of the system -- if the CDM's are the speakers -- they are fine for a system at a certain price point, but putting top of the line cables on CDM7's -- IMO -- isn't in
line with building a system at that price point. So, the question remains -- what are you trying to accomplish? One sure way to get
better sound and better bang for your buck is to upgrade from those CDM7's. Will take you much further than putting AZ Satori's
on them. Should you bi-wire? Again -- IMO -- this is a relatively moot point. The CDM7's are a limited range speaker. They are not going to produce the lower octaves whether you bi-wire, bi-amp, or turn bi-sexual. So, the question remains -- what are you trying to accomplish with high end cables? I would suggest looking at your goals and then I think others can give better advice.
It would also help if you posted your system and not just your speakers.