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Nordost Heimdall 2 vs Wireworld Eclipse 8 vs Jorma Trinity Speaker Cable?

Hello,

Marten Parker + Boulder 866.

I demoed with PAD speaker cable. PAD works great with relatively bright & sharp speakers like Utopia from Focal.
(by slightly rolled of the edge of the top) - PAD has warmth, rounded big bass and smoothness

But for my combination, I want to try make the sound a bit more acute and give little more openness to top part.
If possible. (Boulder makes the sound rounded already.)

I tried Canare 4s11. Kind of okay but I think I might do better.
I want to try Mogami reference cable, but it’s impossible to get.

So, my candidates are

- Jorma Trinity (Marten uses Jorma Cable, the description sounds like the one I want but not much actual information from real experience)
- Nordost Heimdall 2 (I expect lean & sharp character from Nordost)
- Kimber Carbon 16 (Monocle is too warm)
- Wireworld Eclipse 8 (I know a person went to Demo of Marten Mingus. The dealer used Jorma first then switched to Eclipse. - But this eclipse is the reference one, I’m talking about the BASIC eclipse.)

Or any other cable that might have similar character.
I don’t want to spend the money, I want to tune a sound a bit.
I’m not even talking about improving sound overall, (at least it looks like a really tough challenge), yet I know the sound might change. - The reason? I honestly think even cable manufacturers don’t really know. 
Still I need to tune the sound.

This would be my final possible touch. (Except speaker cable, I don’t have any other variables in sound chain.)

Thicker cable is preferred though I only plan to run 2-2.5m. (I know the theory, but I have my own reason.)

Thank you.

sangbro

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How long did you run in the Canare 4S11 cables? I spoke with Canare and was told the cables sound their best with 400 hours on them. Canare doesn’t know why but stated it as fact. They were right, after putting a bit over 400 hours on the cables, they really settled in.


Recently bought a longer Canare cable for my left speaker as it wasn’t quite long enough. With one new cable and one that has been used for a full year, the difference in sound is noticeable. A month later and the left cable is getting close to the sound of the right. I had speaker cables that were $1500.00 each before the Canare and the Canare is light years better at about 5% the price of the others.


Bottom line is don’t give up on the Canare. I feel it’s the best deal in all of audio. RAM Labs sells the Mogami speaker wire and last time I looked was available for sale.
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