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is interconnect more important than speaker cable

Hi,

I have often heard from audiophiles and dealers that you spend more money on your interconnects than your speaker cables because they are more important for your system.

Does anyone venture to guess why people say that?

I still have my Nordost Red Dawn Speaker cables but have my final pieces for the rest of my system so its time for me to possibly upgrade it but not sure if worthwhile. I am very happy with system and would prefer of course to avoid upgrading the speaker cable to Nordost Valhalla to match my xlr interconnect.

Present system

Wilson Watt Puppy 7
Rowland 302 amp
Emmlabs DCC2 (dac/preamp) kimber kable power supply
Emmlabs CDSD (transport.....using emmlabs optic cable to connect to dcc2)...kimber kable power supply
Nordost Valhalla to connect amp to preamp
Nordost Red Dawn Speaker Cables
128x128karmapolice
sogood51
2,157 posts
 
Don't flip out...your cables are fine.

To answer your question:

"
I have often heard from audiophiles and dealers that you spend more money on your interconnects than your speaker cables because they are more important for your system."

Dear God...don't let my new friend Karamapolice be as stupid as these people want him to be.

Dave
newbee
4,767 posts
 
If you are happy with your system as is, be happy! You've already done your fair share of supporting the cable industry. For my main system I bought some Cardas Hexlink years ago and my equipment either works with it or it don't - no more "new and better" cable for this kid. I'd rather spend my money on software. :-)
eldartford
4,262 posts
 
Dealer markup on cables is more than on speakers. This is fair, because it takes a lot more hype to sell them.
lemec5b2
67 posts
 
These guys are right, the key phrase to remember is:

"you should spend...."

steve
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