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Signal Cable -- High End Generic?

Searching the archive, I found some of you seem to think this guy and his company offer straightforward good value.

I have a weird grab bag assortment of cables inluding old MIT interconnects from SCD-1 to preamp, Monster Cable M-1 and M-1000 circa 1986 (Bruce Brissoon designed?)between amp and preamp and speakers, cheap entry level copper Monster cable connecting outboard crossovers to the Tympanis, and recently added the $50 giant yellow extension cord Home Depot tweak when I ran out of length on the speaker wire.

Nonetheless, the system still sounds pretty amazing, although my two complaints would be flat image and still a bit of glare on the top end, even with the tweaky resistors put in line as a treble attenuator.

So I am wondering if I buy Signal Cables:

best interconnects between pre and power amp
matching interconnects for SACD player

and matching

double run speaker cables with their spades and bananas (their copper line, not silver)

and

the signal cable "magic" power cords all around

What would you guess might happen to the glare, image depth and overall sound?

For a few hundred bucks, I guess I cant go too far wrong but would love any suggestions.
cwlondon
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mjcmt
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I remember reading somewhere that signal cable was bright. I thought about them a few years back but it deterred me because of it. You seem to have a problem in this area anyways.
mike1000
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Girardian,

I am currently using a Mcintosh MC-207 amp and a MX-119 pre/processor to power my Vienna Acoustics Mahler speakers. I have Frank's single run entry cables, but I have been thinking about the Silver Resolution cables, but wasn't sure about the improvement. It sounds like you have been please with the Silver Resolution line. Would you upgrade if you were me?

I am also using his power cords in all of my equipment.

Thanks,

Michael
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rexie
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I'll chime in on the Silver Resolutions as well. I had Frank's Analog II's throughout my system and considered them a step up from my Tara Labs Master Gen II's, for way less money. Frank suggested that I experiment with the Silver Resolution speaker cables rather than do a double run of Analog speaker cables, and the rest is history. The difference was spooky as the cables had no sound character at all. The characterization of "holographic," above, is correct. I even had Frank convert the cables on my Lynx Studio L22 sound card which uses a parallel cable connection. The cable are synergistic.
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the_kid
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I think for what Frank sells it for; it is a steal. I have a good friend that just built a system on a budget. He used the Signal Power Cables (digital and standard) and purchased the new Silver Resolution Interconnects. They sound very nice. So nice he wanted to compare it to my Audience Au24.

We did however do some blind testing with some Audience Au24 and versus the Silver Resolution for a good length of time on my rig, then his. My friend ended up returning the silver resolution and just purhased a used half meter of Au24.

The Silver Resolution just could not compete with the Au24 in my system and my friends rig. Anyway, not bad sounding stuff. Just don't expect to get that last 30% of performance/refinement we audiofools search for.

Chris
mike1000
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Chris,

Thanks for the feedback, but the Audience Au24 cables are in a completely different price leauge than the Signal Cable Silver reference cables as they are much more expensive. Thank you though,

Michael
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