You know, a quick search the other day came up with about 1k for the 2 meter pair, but now I can't seem to find any info on price. Maybe I'm off on that and they are more affordable than I think? |
Yes that is always an option. I don’t think I'd ever spend more than 500 on speaker cables and I can’t even do that at the moment. I ordered some jw cryo nova to try so I’m hoping that works well in my system. Just looking for any budget options that are in the same sonic neighborhood as the audience. |
I am being offered a 6ft pair of Anticables 3.1 with bananas for $120.
Might they fit the bill? I also get 50% off of DH Labs retail price.
Also considering Schmitt, Analysis plus, Kimber. |
I tried audio art ic's awhile back and found them more on the lush side of the spectrum. Correct me if I'm wrong. I do remember some sparkle but not a sense of focus, speed or great separation. It has been awhile though. |
My system leans slightly to the warm side. |
Would also do Nordost Blue Heaven Rev 2 if it has a little more body than rev 1. Or a diff model like Red Dawn. |
CLear Day is new to me. He seems to rec the double shotgun for speaker sensitivities below 93. Anyone tried his single run with lower sensitivity speakers? |
Also, will the JW Cryo Nova sound similar to anticables? Very similar construction. |
Just sent an email to Paul at Clear Day. Excited about the prospect of solid silver speaker cables as my main IC's are solid silver as well. |
schubert
Good to know. I have Gallo CL-3 powered by and Audiozen Alchemy hybrid integrated. Paul already got back to me. Apparently the single run will not work well for me and, in fact, he strongly recommends the double shotgun for my speakers/amp. When you say you tried best of both, do you mean the top model of AudioArt? |
ghosthouse
thanks for your input. My experience with silver is limited, however I do own a pair of DIY (made by ebay seller) solid silver IC's that I love and beat out a few name brands in my system. My experience echoes yours sonically. I have a good feeling about Paul's cables so I'm sure I will give them a try at some point. |
I've got a full bodied amp. There is zero fatigue in my system. |
Actually, with the silver IC's and my solid silver USB cable, I found less glare than with competing copper models. |
I contacted Paul and asked him to send me a double shotgun pair to audition. |
Yyz
I'm running an integrated so unfortunately I need about 6ft. Thanks though.
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Thanks for the Duelund and Black Cat suggestions. I am in the middle of auditioning JW Cryo Nova and Clear Day along with the Audience and my Canare. Depending on the outcome, I may try those 2 suggestions also.
btw, it turns out the Audience Conductor e is a used pair and the price the dealer is asking is $500 for the 2m pair. |
2channel8
thanks for the heads up - I'm following that auction to see where it ends up.
Update: The Clear Day Cables are very very good and transparent but maybe not quite what I'm looking for. The Audience still has more snap to the sound with transients and a little more color in the midrange, in a good way.
The JW Cryo Nova is very interesting and I'm not sure about it yet. Luckily I have more time with them. They made me aware of distortion on some Tidal tracks I wasn't aware of, so now I'm trying to figure out if it's something in the chain or the UMG Watermarks. ugh.
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robert53
thanks,
I'll check those out. Update, I sent the Clear Day back (what a great guy Paul is. Super nice) He makes great cables for reasonable prices, just not exactly what I'm looking for. I also returned the Audience to the store I borrowed from. I think I'm keeping the JW Cryo Nova as I got to the bottom of the distortion issue. It was the NOS Philips tubes I rolled into my DAC. The orig tubes are back in and the system sounds amazing. The JW might not be the end game, but they are quite good and very engaging to listen to in my system. For $60 they are dirt cheap, so either way they are staying. |
