Need help choosing IC


Hi.

As I live in Norway, and it's hard for me to try those esoteric american cables at home, I really need your opinion to help me choose without hearing.

I use a Merlin VSM/OTL system. I love the "beeing there" feeling, "getting in touch with the music", "flesh and blood". You know.

I don't like overdetailed systems with amazing sound but without musical contact.

My system tend to be a bit agressive in the upper midrange, so I dont need more of that.

I already have an AU24 speaker cable. I think this is a really good cable, and I'm planning on keeping it for a while. Does almost everything right, but lacks a bit of "life". A bit laid back and civilized.

I've narrowed the search down to these alterantives:

AU24, TG HSR, Argent Audio Pursang and Ridge Street Poiema.

I am open to other alternatives also of course.

I listen mostly to jazz.

Hope you can help me out.

Theo.
freshpuma

Showing 1 response by ejlif

I still really like the Argent Pursang. I've had it for 1.5 years and I'm still really happy with the sound I'm getting from it. I just recently got a chance to try the new Pursang S interconnect, which is actually just a replacement for the regular Pursang interconnect. It really is a lot better than the standard Pursang, which I was already thrilled with. I think your description of what you like your sound to be fits well with the Argent cables. They certainly aren't bright, forward or agressive, to me they just sound really natural. You can get a free demo of a pair of interconnects and speaker cable from Ric Cummings the owner of Argent Audio.