Audience Au24 speaker cables with Vandersteen

I hope you're right because I purchased some Au24 bi-wires today. Regarding the comparison of the Au24 interconnects to the HT PSW III, the differences were not huge, but better defined bass, and a more transparent presentation overall. The HT interconnects seemed to add a bit of dark character. I'm running Au24 single ended from my phono stage and CDP to a Belles 21A pre, and JPS Labs Superconductor FX balanced to a pair of Belles 150A Reference amps operating as mono blocks.

Bigtee it looks like you've made some changes to your system since we last corresponded months ago. How do you like the Ayre V5x compared to the Belles 350A you had? I know you really liked the Belles, said it controlled the 3A Signatures better than the Dreadnaught 1 you had before that. And the Aesthetix Calypso, I'm envious, others have told it me it sounds wonderful. Besides its great ease of use with so much controlled by remote (which I miss a little with my Belles 21A), how does it sound compared to the Audible Illusions L-2 you had? Your review of the L-2 was nicely written and gave the impression you may have found a pre you could be happy with for a long time. If you like the Calypso better than the L-2, then I definitely can see one of these in my system maybe next year. Do you still have the 2Wq subs we did the deal on? Cheers, Jeff.

Thanks for that Keith.

I appreciate the feedback Bigtee regarding the L-2 and Calypso. Too bad we live at opposite ends of the country, you could try my Belles 150A Ref amps and maybe I could try something of yours. I still have one pair of HT Pro Silway III interconnects so put them between the CDP and pre for another listen. Frankly, not a lot of difference to my perhaps untrained ear, but the HT cables seemed to be warmer and I felt this was coming from the cables, not the music. At times that warmth seemed pleasant but not as natural.