Who cares what he thinks? What do you think? Mac tends to be a bit softer up top that you may like and he’s just not used to. If you’re happy, just be happy. If I’m you and I’m curious, do some research or maybe buy some used Nordost cables and if they’re not a significant improvement just turn around and sell them at little/no loss. The great thing about cables is they lend themselves very well to buying/selling used and allow you to potentially buy cables at a huge discount. Also, you really want to give your speakers at least 100 hours of break in before assessing them or other parts of your system. Just my $0.02 FWIW.
Cable upgrade
I was contemplating a cable change as I recently purchased new speakers, Focal Sopra 1’s. I am running McIntosh MC275’s (mono-blocked). I currently have Goertz MI 2 Veracity cables. I wonder if anyone has experience with Nordost Frey2’s in a similar type system, i.e. tube amps? As the Goertz’s are also of a ’flat wire’ build type, they might be somewhat analogous and carry similar characteristics, with the Nordost doing so at a higher level?
I made a huge jump in speaker capabilities and wonder if I should also upgrade to a higher-level speaker cable also. The dealer listened to my system after we set the speakers, and he stated knowing what he knows about the Focal’s, he felt I was leaving something on the table as to the highs with my current cables. He felt the highs sounded ’ truncated’ and not as open/airy. Yes, I know he’s probably trying to upsell, but he’s been pretty honest in my dealings with him.
I have read many threads here regarding the Frey2's, and they appear to be well liked.
TIA