Best Cable Match for: Creek 4330SE + Rega Apollo + Vandersteen 2C


Looking for recommendations on interconnects and speaker cable that will mate, blend, compliment, chemically-bond, or just sound perfect, with the combination of the following gear: 

Creek 4330SE Integrated Amp + Rega Apollo CD Player + Vandersteen 2C speakers.

I also have a Micromega Stage 3 CD Player I use at times. 

Current interconnects and cables are custom-made Mogami through 10-Audio.com. I've had the Mogami's for a while now and they sound good on everything--including this current system. I'm just curious if there is anything I'm missing, and if there is anything better (or more ideal) with the pairing of this equipment? 


jsbach1685

Showing 5 responses by hifiman5

I've had no experience with Mogami cables.  I can, through my own experience, heartily recommend dbs-enabled Audioquest cables.  It's a question of which models to consider.  My decisions were made based on purity of conductors and quality of dielectric within a budget that made sense to me in the context of my system.

One of the most challenging aspects of our hobby are the great variety of products based on diverse design philosophies.  What originally channeled me in the direction of Audioquest was Richard Vandersteen's demonstrating his own designs at the various audio shows using Audioquest cabling. I have owned various iterations of RV's design philosophy and have always found AQ cables to mate well with them.

Good luck with your quest.

My 30 years of Vandys verifies what you said about biwiring.  Vandersteen's MUST be biwired if you want the best from them.  Richard Vandersteen has been insistent about it for as long as I've owned his speakers (30 years).  I see no sense in arguing about it.  The man knows of what he speaks and after all you can just buy a pair and find out for yourself.  

I stand by my recommendation of Audioquest cables for Richard's speakers.  I am not however saying that there are not other brands that would work equally well!

@rsv4

Good point and factually correct.  Bill Low of AQ has stated in print that the "idea" for DBS biasing was inspired to RV's battery bias used in the Vandersteen M5-HP crossover.

I don't think their relationship invalidates the synergy between AQ and Vandys.

@mechans If you take two cables with the identical design including the same dielectric, and listen to one cable with high purity copper and another with high purity silver, then your assertion is very often valid.  Silver cable with a poor quality dielectric can sound very dull with an unrealistically diffuse soundstage. I ran across just such a cable about 25 years ago.  It was returned for a refund. Whew...