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Upgrade Cables or Just Upgrade Equipment & Live in Shame?

I have a perfectly adequate hodgepodge of cables.

Basically a dog from each town.

 

Kimber 8T speaker cables

Mismatched length Transparent Audio I/Cs. DAC to Integrated

Basic Shunyata Ethernet cable. DAC to Streamer

Cable company Ethernet lines from Router to Streamer-Yes the ones from Comcast, Cox, Infinity etc-Amir says they are lovely BTW.

GR Research Power Cable + Assorted Pangea A9s

Some Chinese Fiber from TV to DAC.

StraightWire Digital- DVD to DAC

 

The only thing I have two of are the Pangea Power Cables!

 

Believe it or not I am pretty happy with the sound overall.

 

I use SolidSteel Tables and Dynaudio Stands + assorted room treatments.

 

Gear list just so you have a complete picture:

Pass Labs INT25

John "Fritz" Heilor Carerra 7 BE standmount Speakers

REL 5Ti Subwoofer

Innuos Zen Mk 3 Streamer/Burner/Storer

ANK 4.1x DAC

Balanced Power Transformer

Uptone Audio EtherRegen

 

If I avoid going the "Cable Envy" route I would instead buy 3 more subs

to have an array

 

What say ye???

Anyone with a system analysis ??

 

 

 

 

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vonhelmholtz
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@jeffseight 

If you are happy with what you have, what was the purpose of posting?

vonhelmholtz
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My goal is to achieve more "magic".

I have listened to some other home systems

that I want to emulate as best I can.

All had multi subs.

I added subs to fill-in the bottom octave, but for me the magic is found in listening to voice. Subs can be a step backwards and should be added after your system is magical and should have a subtle effect when added to floor standing speakers. Your speakers are 3dB down at 35Hz, so close to my small floor standing speakers (31Hz).  Room acoustics and power would be more a focus for me. When I say power, I mean clean power where large amounts of current can be supplied when needed and all components are isolated from each other. Many people dabble and put together their plug to component power supply in a piece meal manner. The most transformational change in my system was adding the Shunyata Everest and NR power cables. I had to work hard at taming my subs, which included a heavy/massive equipment stand and bass traps. Choice of streamer/digital cables were critical with streaming and upgrading my DAC greatly helped. My cartridge choice and phono preamp were critical for vinyl play, but all of it depended upon clean power and room acoustics..not the subwoofers.

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