IC´s:Stealth Indra, Prana Cosmos or Kubala

No offense Eddy , but to my ears in my system , the Pure Note Paragon , while good , is far inferior to the Valhalla , much less the Kubala Emotions. I in fact sold my Paragons , all of them the afternoon I auditioned the Emotions. No contest , in my opinion . But I respect your opinion and to each his own.

Im with JD as well. I had the Valhallas and tied a single pair of Emotion ICs and that was it for me. It bettered the valhallas in nearly every area . The music comes alive with the Emotions.There is a relaxed presentation and a clarity thats startling . I like the Valhalla Ics better than the Valhalla SC s fwiw and I think they compete with the Emotions on a higher level than the speaker cables . I do however want to try the Indra Stealth as a final comparison before I sew this up.

Thanks for the kind comments JD . I am rather obsessive but you are yourself serious and dedicated . People who know you respect you as a person of experience , knowledge and attention to minute details that many seasoned audiophiles overlook as cumbersome. One look at your fabulous system is enough to see that. Again , thank you. On the Pure Note issue , I am not in any way dissapointed with their performance. I still have a pair left for a bedroom system . They are fast , detailed and a steal for the price they sell for when the half off sale is offered. To compare them to the above cables is not fair for a few reasons . Performance being foremost but they sell for a fraction of the cost and to be fair , its not fair to compare . They are simply not in the same league but their price performance ratio is outstanding. Break in is legnthy and critical with them also. Again , thank you for the unexpected nice comments on my compulsive obsessive disorder. hehehe

Eddykale , I purchased them a week before they introduced the " enhanced " version . I was a bit dissapointed there was no announcement to this effect on their site before I bought mine. The new version may indeed be a different animal.