Biggest Baddest Audio Cables

These are only opinions, and to get on the old system to system, person to person, music taste to music taste, genre to genre soap box... How can anyone hear enough combinations of this stuff to call anything best of anything. Now... Really good, in my system to me listening to my kind of music in my room with the lights on and the dog in the corner behind the left channel opinion... I like Wire World Platinum 7 Eclipse, and love the Tara Lab Evolutions, but there's a hundred other cables out there to try in my system. So, maybe the best!

As far as Biggest, Baddest cables go physically, these are the Champs. They are huge and very heavy, 18 lbs.total shipping weight, I have an audio friend how swears by Jorma Prime cables, he runs ICs and speakers, all his PCs are Stage III. He lives in Texas, so it's not a stone throw for me, but every so often I have business in Houston, so the door is open. I was in negotiation for Primes, which are never on resale market, that tells you something, when I got a call and an offer to audition the pair of Evolutions I have now. They were issues with grounding, thought to be a cable problem so my dealer called and the rest is history. The Tara's are something to get used to, but they, I believe live in the " Best in the World" neighborhood.... But like I say, to many others to hear in many different set-ups to crown them king, and they are a bear to handle, which as you say, can cause issues. Don't bother if you don't have King Kong binding posts, and be sure to torque them every week or so. I have Ypsilon amps, and all amps should have their posts. And lastly, I'm not sure these cables are the last word for all people, as in my set-up, they tend to be "fat" , dark, but I have tried to build a system with a lot of mid bass, so I'm probably not the best word either. Though they definitely let the music flow. I love there effortlessness and ease. And if you like things in your system that "stand out" these are for you!

Oh Melbguy1, There is definitely a connection with the Jorma Primes and Marten speakers, see Dagogo, a friend visits, making my point clearer. It is so hard to say "best", but much easier to say "best with " . There is to many variables to this stuff, like I'm not stating the obvious. But, it's certainly fun talking about our stuff and how good it is to us. Some people just seem to get too excited, and when we get emotional about things, it's more difficult to be genuine and objective. But again, Biggest, Fattest, Heaviest, Thickest, the Tara's are in that conversation... And they sound pretty damn good too.

Hey Melbguy, yes , Fred has had a lot of influence in my decisions, he is clearly a reviewer of objectivity, and once you develop a personnel dialog he can convey his experiences very well. He is a huge fan of Jorma and Stage III.
As for me, Like I said, I had the opportunity to audition the Tara's, and once I heard them in my system, I just couldn't let them go. The Kraków Sonic guys from High Fidelity love the Tara's too, although the Siltech's have made a huge impact on them as of late. I try to stick to my decisions a couple of years at least, or this becomes a persuit instead of fun and pleasure.

Hey Melbguy1, Only a guess, but are you from Melborn, Australia? As for your comment of the TL Evolutions inability to be trained, you are on the money! I am currently looking for the right opportunity to pounce on new ICs for my rig. I have WW Platinum Eclipse 7 between DAC and transport, and DAC and preamp. My Ypsilon preamp is unbalanced, therefore RCAs for DAC to Pre, and on course 110 ohm XLRs for the transport to DAC . I am leaning toward the Acrolink 6300IIs, as Eelii8 says they are great together. I also have clock to deal with, so it gets expense. Fred has me looking for Jorma Primes on his recommendation, as we both have the same digital source. I have only once seen them in the second hand market and they were gone second day. The Acrolinks are easier to come by, and Esoteric uses them to voice thier players, so seems like the right match. Even brand new I can snatch them up at half the price of the Jormas, and they also sell easy, so if I grab the Jormas, I can sell the Acrolinks. I have not auditioned either cable in my system, which always makes me nervous, but as we know, impulse is the main contributor to our audio rooms being full of boxes! And it's good business for Audiogon too!

Audiolabyrinth, I have the Omega Evolution speaker cables.

Hey Melbguy1, Wow, would I like to have a dealer like yours. I wonder how competitive he would be with cables? I trying to get a proposal right now from a dealer in Germany on the Acrolinks, but with the ancillary cost of all the fees and levy's, not to mention issues with customs, they may not be feasible direct to me. So I am on standby, but hopeful it works out. I wonder how Australia would work out? You think your dealer would be willing to give me a price on Acrolink 6300II's? Or the Jorma's?
My guy is great, but no audition of new stuff, only second hand stuff he has on trade and in his inventory!