I have a friend running large AR tube amps into Martin Logan large electrostats. He has them wired with an earlier iteration of their silver speaker cables and they sounded absolutely beautiful in his system. There is a continuousness to the sound. Lovely.
RCA 1 Meter Interconnect Analysis Plus Silver Apex vs Cardas Clear vs
Hi,
I just upgraded my RCA interconnect to a better cable and have some thoughts and questions. My system’s front end is powered by a PS Audio P600 with the older statement PS Audio power cords on all equipment. I also have a P300 that runs my Sota Cosmos. The system: Sota Cosmos/Graham 2.2/Benz Ruby Z<Nordost Tyre Phono cable>Pass Labs XONO<Tara Labs Air RSC RCA’s>Nelson Pass BOZ Preamp<Harmonic Technology>Pass Labs X5<Tara Labs RSC>Dynaudio Special 25’s
I’ve always been amazed on how great this system sounds and never really wanted to upgrade the RCA interconnects as I was going to go balanced as soon as I built a balanced preamp (one of these days)
I borrowed three cables from the cable company and bought a Morrrow labs elite interconnect all w/ RCAs
Audience SXAU24
Anaylsis Plus Silver Apex
Cardas Clear
Morrow Elite Grand Reference
I intended to keep the Morrow cable but I’m blown away with the Analysis Plus Silver Apex. The Cardas sounded good with respect to bottom end, transparency but to me it was too laid back and the soundstage was not as rich/big as the Morrow or the Silver Apex. I didn’t really consider the Audience SXAU24 as I liked the other three cables better….I don’t know if it was the RCA connecters or that they were not really a good match for my system but I don’t think this Audience cable really performed that well. All cables were “burnt in” and The Morrow cable had a nice soundstage, seemed transparent, but the Analysis Plus Apex on every lp I played was much more lively, musical, and the horns sounded like horns, etc….
Has anyone else used the Analysis Plus Silver Apex’s and what is your opinion of Analysis Plus Silver Apex vs other cables? Any opinions would be appreciated….How would you rank these four cables?
I am tempted to replace the Tara Labs RSC RCA interconnect between the phono preamp and preamp, but it would probably have to be 2 meters long so I must a wait a while on that. Any thoughts on this tara labs cable vs the Silver Apex…. I probably couldn’t “audition” a 2 meter cable from the Cable Company.
I do need to upgrade my speaker cables and am looking for suggestions? I’m thinking I now need to try the Analsys Plus Silver Apex’s but they are pretty new to the market, I need speaker cable lengths of probably 10 feet. Please let me know any opinions or experiences
Thanks!!