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Looking for new speaker cables

I’ve been using Audience AU24SE cables for a few years and really like them. They have all the detail, air, and speed I need. If anything, they might lack a bit of body. That’s my ideal, all those good qualities but just more body. Not to the point of being thick or slow, though. Does that make sense?

I’ve recently tried the Tubulus Concentus and Fidelium but will continue looking. The newer Audience SX and Front Row cables are said to be way better than my SEs. I remember when the SX came out everyone said it was basically a new direction in sound for Audience. So they are a potential candidate, if anything the Front Row. I’ve also read good things on the Townshend Fractal cables here. Budget probably up to $7-8k but $4-5k is the comfort area.

Looking for suggestions that might work. Air, speed, and a more body than the SEs. Haven’t called the Cable Company on this yet, just looking for user or listener experiences at this point.

jaybe

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The only thing worse for this hobby than a quote like this (and I don't blame the OP for being fed this can of lies)...

"They have all the detail, air, and speed I need. If anything, they might lack a bit of body... Not to the point of being thick or slow..."

... are the people who perpetuate that nonsense and let those individuals continue thinking those are all real things. They're not. Those things objectively don't exist. They're straight up lies put out by manufacturers. Pure lies. You would hear no difference, at all, between an expensive boutique cable and cheap, standard 12AWG OFC (or even 16AWG). Because there is no difference. In some cases, the "bells and whistles" manufacturers put onto their cables actually increase resistance.

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