Siltech cable guages i.e. AWG

thanks Bvdiman

I checked out that review. Like you say the reviewer basically came to the same conclusion as my dealer.

I'm not at all familiar with the previous generation lineups. Are you saying that the Compass model occupied essentially the same position as the Princess does today or were they the precursor to the Empress, Empress Crown or Double Crown?

Have you personally ever heard the Princess?

Reviving a bit of an older thread. So I had a long conversation with my dealer on the weekend and I now have some actual prices and have been able to start making real plans.

The Princess with tax goes out of my comfort zone for the 4 meter length I think I can get away with so if the length works and I don't need longer I think I might grit my teeth and go for the Princess rather than 770i. My dealer is going to give me some bulk cable so I can more accurately figure out the length I need as the cable snakes it's way down and around stands and out to the amps in a similar fashion to the Siltech cables.

I'm confortable with the price of the Prince but do have another question perhaps bvdiman can share some experience on as he previously mentioned comparison to the King and chose the King over the Prince. Earlier in the thread while discussing the Classic Anniversary series the theme was if one couldn't afford the 770L not to bother with the 550L because the difference was subtle in comparison to the 330L thus this would be the one to get, not the 550L. Is this similar when comparing to the King, if one can't afford the Emperor II (which I can't and the King is out of my comfort zone kind of like the Princess) then does it make more sense to go with Prince rather than King?

I assume there would be another noticeable, no subtle audible improvement such that exists between 770L and Prince or 330L and 770L when comparing the Emperor II to the Emperor Crown and then perhaps a subtle difference comparing Crown to Double Crown?

I'll also throw this out there again, has anyone done a comparison between the 770i and Princess? If so what was your findings.

Hi Brytonuser, I have had 550L, 770i and the Princess, and was able to A/B the Princess in the context of 550L speaker cable. At the time I was using a Sugden IA4, Ayon CD3s and a pair of Totem One limited edition model, I may have had my pair of Totem Embers to hand at that point too but can't be sure. Anyhow I can tell you that the difference between the 770i and Princess was stark. The 770i is excellent and nothing seemed amiss until the Princess was installed, suddenly it was clear that the 770i seemed lacking in the bass and seemed to be more tipped up at the high end and somewhat thinner, something I could never have guessed without having the Princess to compare it with. Oddly, resolution seemed higher with the 770i, but this was infact an illusion created by the overall balance of the cable highlighting the leading edge of the music more in comparison to the micro details/harmonics, whereas with the Princess the balance between micro/macro details were very obviously more in harmony, and there was substantially more structure to both with the Princess. Having experienced this and also endured the burn in process with the Princess, I can see how the Princess may not impress that much following the initial wow period which lasted a couple of days. However, after 300/400 hours of using the Princess I knew it would be impossible to return to the 770i. I hope this helps.

Thanks Deedo, your post was very informative. Certainly looks like I'll have to bite the bullet and get the Princess.

At long last I finally purchased my 1st Siltech cable. I picked up the Golden Ridge II and had Furutech carbon/rhodium XLR's installed.

Quite the impressive cable aesthetically. I went with 1 meter to keep cost down and avoid excess wire but that nearly backfired. With the cable being so thick and not overly flexible it was close to not being able to be bent back around as it left my Bryston BDP-2 and came back into my Lexicon MC-12. Any shorter and it wouldn't have worked. On the other hand at say 1.5 or 2 meters, given the thickness I'm not sure how well it would have coiled, if at all so that may have presented it's own challenge.

Compared to all my other cables in the back of my rack, this looks like a huge power cable in comparison :) It's very close to the thickness of my Kimber PK-10 Gold power cable.

Very happy though to say the least. Looking forward to adding the Princess next.