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Spectron Remote Sense any good?

Has anyone had any experience, good or bad, with the Remote Sense speaker cables from Spectron? I'd like to upgrade my old cables and want a good match. My system: Sony SCD777ES (Mods by Kern) -> FSPDmkII -> Spectron MII -> VonSchweikert VR-5. I'm basically pretty happy with the sound but my obsessive audionervosa syndrome is, as usual, running unchecked.

If you have other recommendations for any other speaker cable, interconnects, power cords or conditioners, that may have synergy with my system, please feel free to offer your suggestions.

Thanks in advance for any input.
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zenieth
381 posts
 
I found that the Spectron version wasn't to my liking and sort of flat sounding. I had a pair built by Dareen at DH Labs. He used the Q-10 cable and the speakon connectors of the same quality as Spectron. I must say that these were far better sounding and increased the soundstage tremendously. The only thing I had to do was to remove the cover of the Musician and tell him the color code for the sensing of each channel. I'm much happier with the DH Lab cables over the others. I hope this helps..............
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audionut22 OP
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Zenieth, Thanks for the input. But I am curious, which standard speaker cables you have compared to the remote sense cables? And, why you think they are better?
fetguy
90 posts
 
I found the amp to sound much better with heavy-gauge Goertz or Analysis Plus than it does with the sense cable. To be fair though, you have to give the sense cable time to "burn in".
eldartford
4,262 posts
 
The "remote sense" cable is not a new idea. All it does is include the cables inside the feedback loop of the amp. The result of this (at least in theory) is to remove whatever effect the cables have on the signal. In other words, make it sound as if the cables were 1/4 inch long.

If you enjoy the "sound of wire" this is not for you. Also, one would not expect any "breakin" effect. How can you change nothing?
zenieth
381 posts
 
I run Maggie 3.6's. I started out using MIT cables and then tried the factory remote sense cables. I think the theory provided by Eldartford is right on. I talked with a couple of other members who went to the remote sense cables made from the Q-10 wire. They too were not impressed with the silver shielded cable used by Spectron. I can honestly say that my Maggies sound amazingly better running through the remote sense connection on the amp compared to the traditional post mount for regular input!
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