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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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macg19
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Spending $8K on cables is not the way to go. If you REALLY want to experiment, use the lending library at thecableco.com and look at other brands like Acoustic Zen. Their top of the range is $4K - the silver may help. I bought my AZ Hologram II used for $900 and I love them. 

Also look at brands that sell direct, and buy an $8K cable for $2K (generally speaking). All my IC's are Zavfino Fusion.

But maybe the Mac is the real issue. I learned the hard way that amp and speaker synergy is pretty much everything. Sources are much easier really.

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