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Worthy upgrade?

I recently upgraded my system to a McIntosh 9500 integrated and Sonus faber Serafinos. My sources are Innuos Zenith Mk 3 and VPI Prime with Valhalla tonearm cable and a Soundsmith Zephyr Mimic Star cartridge. Most of my cables are Nordost Heimdall 2, with an Audioquest Hurricane power cable to the integrated. My current speaker cables are Nordost Heimdall Frey 2.  

Now my question is whether a speaker cable upgrade would be crazy? In upgrading the speakers I thought a speaker cable upgrade was in order. I tried the Nordost Tyr 2.  I heard a significant improvement in the sound. But, is the upgrade ridiculous in terms of the rest of my system?

This may be a stupid question so please be gentle. 😎

thanks. 
 

Ken

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ghdprentice
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Very nice system.

Looking at your system and considering you have Nordost Frey 2 now... I would consider these appropriate. I don’t think I would do it. If you want greater detail I would upgrade your integrated amp. Macintosh are good in midrange and bass but lacking in detail. You have attempted to get more detail with the Nordost and Hurricane. I would save up to upgade the amp. 

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