Wire & connectors certainly makes a difference. More expensive isn't always better though. A lot of people here like duelund wire which is very reasonably priced. I've run them inside my speakers cabinets & they are great. Another reasonably priced cable/wire is Oyaide. Neither of those will break the bank & both outshine much higher priced products in my system. I buy bulk wire & terminate myself to keep cost down.
Always spend whats nessercery on high end cables they can make ahuge difference
hi, I have tried many different cables from as many different manufacturers over 35 years, some sounded great and really believable others in the same system changed the tone and openness of the sound for the worse.
I believe components is where the serious money should go but cables are as important, in an ideal world budget should be split equally, if system cost was 40k then you could do with at least 10k on cables.
At this moment I'm running an averages hifi, used sound lab dynastats being driven by nordacoustic digital amps very open big soundstage total 2k used price. Front end was the amr cd77 swapped for lector cd 707 plus psu7 used prices around 3kgbp.
I have left a low budget for cables but I am finding the better designs are making a huge difference. For power I use jps labs aluminate and kaptos from an MS HD POWER E01MKII BLOCK 750gbp used very good block very good power cables, I have purchased the jps labs used over the years around 5k, I have compared them to other brands of the same sort of money but I always keep the jps labs.
my first choice for signal cables is jps labs scv or sc3 I have tried the sc3 fantastic cable so transparent but alas no funds to complete purchase I am currently waiting on some used ones to pop up, I am currently using Townshend Audio fractal reference, interconnects and speaker cables, they are not direction able where the jps abs are. I wish I could afford both but funds are not available, I think the Townshend cables are amazing and very transparent to any power cable change I love to swop and change but with the full jps loom something very special happened call it luck or synergy buy the system really sang , not that it don't with the fractal I think I got a soft spot for jps. I haven't heard any new cables other than the fractals but from my findings I have a modestly priced system at around 5k used with around 10k on cables which I couldn't live without. I have tried basic mains leads and belden type signal cables but it never sounds right,has anyone experienced the same when evaluating cables
I believe components is where the serious money should go but cables are as important, in an ideal world budget should be split equally, if system cost was 40k then you could do with at least 10k on cables.
At this moment I'm running an averages hifi, used sound lab dynastats being driven by nordacoustic digital amps very open big soundstage total 2k used price. Front end was the amr cd77 swapped for lector cd 707 plus psu7 used prices around 3kgbp.
I have left a low budget for cables but I am finding the better designs are making a huge difference. For power I use jps labs aluminate and kaptos from an MS HD POWER E01MKII BLOCK 750gbp used very good block very good power cables, I have purchased the jps labs used over the years around 5k, I have compared them to other brands of the same sort of money but I always keep the jps labs.
my first choice for signal cables is jps labs scv or sc3 I have tried the sc3 fantastic cable so transparent but alas no funds to complete purchase I am currently waiting on some used ones to pop up, I am currently using Townshend Audio fractal reference, interconnects and speaker cables, they are not direction able where the jps abs are. I wish I could afford both but funds are not available, I think the Townshend cables are amazing and very transparent to any power cable change I love to swop and change but with the full jps loom something very special happened call it luck or synergy buy the system really sang , not that it don't with the fractal I think I got a soft spot for jps. I haven't heard any new cables other than the fractals but from my findings I have a modestly priced system at around 5k used with around 10k on cables which I couldn't live without. I have tried basic mains leads and belden type signal cables but it never sounds right,has anyone experienced the same when evaluating cables
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