I was on a speaker cable quest several years ago and started with the lower cost options. Each of them had some of that top end grain to them. @soix gave me the same advice, try some Acoustic Zen. While it may not be your last speaker cables, it might be the first one that is grain free and really makes your system sing.
Speaker wire for Pure Audio Project Speakers... advice needed....!
Hello blissed out fellow PAP lovers!
I have been chasing a next level system (for me) and I am on my final decisions / tweaks. I am looking for advice on speaker wire,.
The qualities I seek are golden midrange, reduced high frequency shrill (current issue with system is painful highs), while pushing incredible soundstage, depth, detail, etc... I listen to mostly acoustic, classical, jazz, vocals...
My system currently:
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SPEAKERS: Pure Audio Project Duet 15 Horn (Mundorf Silver Gold Oil Cap upgrade and high pass filter, Anticable 4.2 Flex Internal wire)
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STREAMER: Nagra Streamer (Cardas Clear Coaxial)
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DAC: HoloAudio Spring 2 Level 3 Kitsune edition (Silversmith Fidelium RCA Interconnects)
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AMP: PrimaLuna Dialogue Premium HP Integrated (Gold Lion KT77 power tubes, Mullard NOS gain tubes)
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PHONO: Music Hall MMF-9 and McIntosh MP 100 Preamp
Speaker wire I am considering (10-12’ runs)
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DUELUND 12GA: $500
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ANTICABLES: 3.1: $430
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ANTICABLES: flex 4.2: $800
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SILVERSMITH: $1595
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CARDAS CLEAR: $4500
Cost is of course an issue, until it the obsession takes hold...! Big fan of high dollar - delight ration.... big fan of not feeling like I am pinching my most glorious machine anywhere...
I am currently running Duelund 16GA, and the high frequency shrill I think I have determined is most likely attributed to this...
Thank you for your suggestions and insight!
r.