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Please recommend a coax SPDIF cable similar to the Nordost Tyr 2

Hi,
I was hoping someone could recommend a 75 ohm Coaxial digital cable for me.  Currently using a Nordost entry level purple flare? coax cable.   My system is a PS Audio PST transport to a DIY PCM1702 based DAC. Only has a coax input.   I wont be able to afford a new DAC (PS Audio Direct stream II or Holo May) to 
go I2S/HDMI anytime soon.    I'm pretty happy with the digital front end as the PST transformed it. I've probably have 2000 CD's and stopped playing them for awhile when I got my SOTA COSMOS.  I also probably 2000 or so lp's and only 60 or so SACD's (that I can play on my Oppo 205 if wanted)...so a new DAC or SACD's are 
pretty low on the priority list.  Honestly my jaw drops every time I play a lp (Sota Cosmos>>Graham 2.2>> Micro Benz Ruby Z>>Nordost Tyr phono cable>>Pass Labs XONO) 

I don't think that I've ever had this issue at all before but my system may tend toward the bright side of life.... but never ever bothered me playing lps or cds.

The rest of my system is a DIY Nelson Pass "Bride of Zen" preamp, Pass Labs Amp, Dynaudio Special 25 speakers.  Interconnects and speaker cables are all Analysis Plus Silver Apex. I'm currently listening(trying to figure out if I want the Tyr) to nothing but cd's as I replaced the cheap coax with a Nordost Tyr 2 coax cable between my DAC and PST transport.  I love the combo now on alot of cd's as the top end is really great but I find it slightly harsh or too analytical on some cds.  Others its just beautiful.  

I was hoping that someone could recommend a similar coax cable to the Tyr 2 that would be gorgeous on the top end, detail, and sound stage but would be less grating (on some recordings) for the lack of a better word.
Thanks
Tom

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raincheck OP
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Thanks for all the advice and recommendations!! Please provide more : )

Ive spent most every night listening to all sorts of cd’s for a few hours.

All in all I really love the Tyr 2. Its not fatiguing at all and had a beautiful top end and soundstage so it may be the one I buy. I had concerns with what I would call harshness but its probably only certain cd’s that reveal the mastering. I'm also  probably not used the gobs of detail. I did audition this Tyr 2 from the Cable Company and I have four more cables coming this week so it will get interesting.

raincheck OP
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I really am enjoying the Tyr 2 now but I want to listen to more before I make a decision   Hopefully should have these for the weekend

Boomslang

Cardas Clear

Audience 24x

Audioquest Diamond

raincheck OP
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I believe that I'm going with the Nordost Tyr2 cable.   I just like it too much.  Love the detail of bass/mid/top end, the timbre of the piano...and the lowest noise floor which enhances the sound stage, separation of voices/instruments.   I don't know how to put this all into words but I love my digital front end (only redbook cd) with this Tyr 2 SPDIF cable.

 

Boomslang:   I didn't give this cable much of a chance as I was warned that this is not a true 75 ohm cable and may present problems with certain hardware.   

Sure enough after a cd or two, the cd skipped or hiccuped and this has never ever happened on the cd's I was playing

Cardas Clear

I liked this cable as it was built solid and very musical.   Seemed to have detail more than the others toward the Tyr 2,   Better than the Audience in every way.  Mandolin on Cowboy Junkies Misguided Angel was natural and beautiful.

Audience 24x

The Audience was smooth to the ears but seemed much less detailed.   Bass is full but much less detailed.   Cymbals didn't sound right or muted or something.  Just seemed alot less presence.   Sound stage cues seemed to be much less defined than the Tyr 2.   On David Bowie's Low, the Tyr made the synthesizers seem real compared to the Audience.   Audience was less forward than the Tyr

Audioquest Diamond

I liked this cable as it seemed the sound stage had bloom.  Frequency response was full as it seemed to have a good bottom end but it just wasn't detailed like the Tyr 2.    On Elton John's Tumbleweed Connection "Love Song" there was bloom around the "beach" ambiance(I have to listen more but here the Tyr 2 seemed to have less "beach" ambiance) but the snap of the tap in the right speaker just wasn't as detailed or precise as the Tyr 2.   Maybe the Tyr 2 is more "dry" but I like this detailed presentation in the Tyr 2.  

 Mandolin on Cowboy Junkies Misguided Angel was fleshed out and nice.

 

 

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