Biggest Baddest Audio Cables

I would like to solicit some help.

I have a Sunfire Tube Preamp and a 600 Power Amp. Some expensive interconnects I have tried cause too much gain loss for use in the system. Any suggestions out there...I would rather make a $100 mistake instead of another mistake that cost mulitiples of that.

Thank you.
Tom

Have any of you tried the "Biggest, Baddest" PS Audio xStream speaker cables, now dramatically discounted on some of the audio websites?

Further to this classic, timeless thread, they allegedly weight 2 pounds per foot!!

With those "anaconda" credentials, I almost don't even care what they sound like, but it would be great if any of you could recommend them, particularly for taming brightness.

I have been just on the brink of ordering all new cables from signalcable.com, but perhaps these are worth a try?

Forget WAF - bigger is still better.

Cwlondon, weight is hardly a valid measure of quality except in some source components and speakers where reactive mass can make a difference. In cabling there are other aspects to consider.
Brian

Brian

I first experimented with high end cables around 1979, when a friend gave me a set of Fulton interconnects which I used between my Hafler amp and preamp.

I would not say I am an expert, but I have learned one or two things in my 26 years of study.

There are other threads that discuss "other aspects" of cabling, but THIS thread is devoted to the "Biggest, Baddest Audio Cables" where pounds/foot could be one of the the most important variables to analyze.

Beyond that, if anyone has also listened to the PS Audio xStream cables, I would be curious to hear any feedback or advice.

Cwlondon, I've been pursuing high end for just as long and remember the early exotic cables. Of course ths topic of this thread is 'biggest and baddest...' but it sounds more like a phallic reference than anything else. Otherwise everyone would fill their cables with lead shot and such to achieve highest mass :)

I like your system. Biamp those Tympanis with tubes and you'll go much farther down the road.

Brian