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warmest speaker cables you've heard?

I'm looking for a short length of speaker cables, which i need to be as warm as possible..
Price wise, looking at USD700 and below for 1m length pair.

it'll be placed in between an Apollon stereo 1et400a power amp and a RAAL-requisite SR1a speaker adaptor box.
The SR1a is ruthless and clinical and I am looking to add as much warmth as I can. 

Assume the rest of the gear and interconnects have been decided/cannot be swapped out. So just left with the speaker cables to sort out.

I've been told the following are good candidates:
Kimber 8TC
Tellurium Q Black II
Tellurium Ultra Blue

Anything else I should be looking at?
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we all want our stereo rigs to sound good to us

how we get there, any of a myriad of ways, is fair game

but some ways are smarter and more practical than others

there is no right or wrong
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wire/cabling is absolutely a tone control, whether we like it or not

questions are more or less, in what sense, and do we know how to employ the effect to the benefit of the system in how it produces the music
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try cardas parsec iridium or older hexlink 5c

all roll off the highs a good bit, with all the attendant knock on effects

kimber 8tc is NOT warm
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All speaker wires must come in the following temperature configurations:
Warm
Medium-Warm
Medium-Cold
Cold.


what a great idea - hehehe...

where is consumer reports when you finally need em??
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new product idea... combo power amp and air conditioner unit... 😆😆😆
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I bought the Kimber 8s based on a Roy's recommendation
for my sensitive hearing. Like them for $300. They are much warmer
than say Nordost but I have not tried everything.


while i agree kimbers are warmer than nordosts, that hardly make them warm

greenland is warmer than antartica, but...
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