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SF Line 3-- Parasound JC-1-- Thiel 7.2 Cables ?

I would be interested in hearing any opinions of very good cables that I should consider for connecting my
Wadia 861
Sonic Frontiers LINE 3
Parasound HALO JC-1
Thiel 7.2
I'm currently using TARA Master Gen 2.
I've made some upgrades and now it's time to consider cables. The sound is now pretty neutral, if anything Solid State/Thiels could be a touch warmer, but I like detail.
Realistically, I'd probably be buying anything Used.
stewart
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glen
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I've owned a lot of thiels, they like MIT cabling. With those mamba's I'd probably look to the oracle line making sure you match the impedence.

I think I'd change the amp too, those puppies deserve better and more wattage, you might consider a big pair of mono-blocks like Classe 350's or Theta Citadels.

With these changes you'll get what you paid for in these speakers
kana813
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Audience Au24s for the whole signal path:
Wadia Au24 AES Digital->SFL3 Au24 AES balanced->JC-1s->Au24 speaker cables->7.2s, and you will have a warm musicial sounding system and can forget about cabling.
Audience power cords would be a nice added touch if your budget could handle it.
stewart OP
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The Parasound HALO JC-1 are pretty beefy mono amps, comparable to the Classe in power; I think the sound is pretty good, although I'm comparing it to my old underpowered VTL MB-250s.

MIT Oracles are awfully expensive, are there other models or makes that could get me almost there? I still wonder about the network cable concept.

I hadn't heard much on Au24 until recently, any ideas how it would compare to my current TARAs?
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glen
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Sorry... i'm not up to speed on parasound, I just assumed, Ah...

Anyway, I took a look at your amp, Your right that's beefy! 400-watts into 8-ohms should drive those speakers just fine.

As far as cabling goes I've used MIT reference, Cardas golden Ref. and Nordost Quatro-fil. In the end I kept the Cardas, the sound was good and the cables were easy to work with. (not to heavy or to fragile)

pops
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I second MIT's, 350 reference ic's, 350 EVO's or oracles for the interconnects - check out the MIT magnum speaker cables, either M2 or M1's. I have M2's, they sound better than Oracle V3's did between my Thiel 3.6 and Classe amp. Thiels and MIT's are a great match.
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