does high end system need expensive speaker cable


Hi,

I have some nice gear...Wilson Watt Puppy 7 and BAT tube preamp VK51SE and Krell 400CX FPB and Cary 306-200 with Nordost and Cardas interconnects. I am currently using Nordost Red Dawn Speaker Cables which I had used with my less high end system I had last year. I have read some articles by industry bigwigs like the founder of McIntosh Electronics who snorted at the need for anything other than a good sturdy speaker cable. While I trust his judgment as to speaker cables, I disagree with that very argument when it comes to interconnects? Is there a need for high end speaker cables in a high end system? Has anyone tried to test that theory out?

Michael
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Showing 1 response by moemoney

Just want to let you know about something that I went through when I purchased the Nordost SPMs for my system (interconnects & Speaker wire) and a thing sounded good, the soundstage opened up very nicely, the midrange was smooth and so open. At that time I thought I was in Heaven. But after a while I notice that the highs just didn’t sound right. They sounded restricted, and the Dyns are known for their detailed highs. At that time I just wrote it off, as the Dyns just weren’t that good because SPM Cable is suppose to be a great cable. Then one day I was just playing around with Levinson’s CZ Gel interconnect cable that I never used and notice right after the 1st record that there was way more bass in the music and the high were endless.
I say all this to let you know IMHO you are missing a hold lot I now have Valhalla and it like night and day compared to SPM, and it has to be a big jump from Red Dawn.