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Audience AU24, are they good?

Hi,
I almost have my system complete, just need a pair of good and affordable speaker cables. My system (budget system):
Jadis JD-3 CD
AudioNote DAC2 (old version)
Sonic Frontier SFL-2 (upgraded some tubes using Siemens & amperex)
Krell KSA-250 (i know it's a very old amp, but no $ yet)
Dunlavy Aletha
Cardas Golden Ref ICs
Cardas Quadlink speaker cables (this may be the weakest link in the system).

So, my wife plan to visit to Singapore, and here is my opportunity to get a pair of good speaker cables (I live in Indonesia, hard to get use stuffs here). Thus, I won't be able to audition whatever I will decide to buy.... I got some offer of:
Audience AU24, Nordost Red Dawn Rev II, Audioquest (forgot the model), and some other. But from all, the Audiences seem quite affordable, about US$525 (single wire, spade ends). The question: how good are they compare to Red Dawn, etc or even my old quadlink? I mostly listen to some pop and light jazz music.

Thanks in advance..
Regards,
Adinata
atjandra888
setiawansr
9 posts
 
Do old (used) cables deteriorate in the ability to produce good sounds? or it does not make a difference buying old used cables? Please advise.
cello
645 posts
 
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Setiawansr,
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I think that power cords in general only improve with age and also with not being moved around once they get in place and settled in your system. I find that moving power cords temporarily degrades the sonics, but it returns once the power cord settles back in again.
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Power Cords, IC’s, and Speaker Cables do benefit from having the connectors cleaned periodically to improve conductivity. Most people that have tried like the benefits derived from using products such as Quicksilver and Walker Audio Silver paste applications.
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Other than possible wear from handling and wires/plug connections working loose, I can not see any negatives in 20-30 year old cables.
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Some users of "Cable Cooker" and like products claim that re-cooking every 6 months or so enhances the performance of Interconnects, Speaker Cables, Phono Cables and Power Cords.
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I hope that helps.
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Rgds,
Larry
mcattack13
2 posts
 
“It was as a speaker cable that the Au24 really shown.” Brian Damkroger actually preferred the Au24 to his reference Valhalla in terms of tonal balance, imaging, resolution of inner detail, and sound staging."

Stereophile Recommended Components – April ‘04 - (Vol.25 No.8 WWW)
mcattack13
2 posts
 
Beware ... There are fake copies of Au24 cables coming out of Singapore.

For more information, call John at Audience. 760-720-9611
rackon
301 posts
 
Yikes! Fakes?

But I have to agree with everyone who chimed in tate the Audience PCs and cables are very well balanced and a bargain to boot.
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