Your favorite musical non fatiguing speakers?

Verity Audio Parsifal Encore's....you should be able to find a used pair in your price range.

Congrats on the new speakers. Enjoy!

What knucklehead tried to turn a speaker thread into a cable thread anyway???

Do you have the woofer cabinets firing forwards or backwards? If backwards, do you have enough clearance behind them (5-6 feet)?

I ran Stealth cables with my Parsifal's, they worked well for me. The Nordost were just a tad too thin sounding for my tastes. The Stealth had almost as much speed and resolution, but were just a tad more musical than the Nordost. As usual, YMMV. I also heard the Parsifal's work well in a system with Acoustic Zen Absolute cables.

I used Stealth Metacarbon and Indra interconnects with the Hybrid MLT speaker cable. I also had 5 Dream power cords, though I never got a chance to try the Dream speaker cable. All are very fast and articulate like Nordost, but did not sound as thin as the Nordost to me.

Them Parsifals didn't last long, huh Larrybou? I see that you have them up for sale. What next?

Try turning the speaker bass cabinet so that it faces forward, this should lessen the bass that disturbs the neighbors.

Also, I know what you are talking about, I had to remake my cables after buying the Parsifals. I remember them sounding so great at the dealers, and when I got them home I was surprised that they sounded so dark. I too had been using darker sounding cables. I called the dealer, and he was using silver cables, which I had never cared for the sound of silver before. I bought some silver cables, and surprisingly, the Parsifals sounded like magic again. Thus learning my lesson that all cables can sound right with the right gear.

That is one of the best features of the Parsifals, they allow you to have the woofers firing forward or backward. This really helps to integrate them into many more rooms than speakers that don't have that flexibility. I'm glad that you are enjoying them.

06-16-14: Larrybou
The design and engineering that went into these Veritys is truly impressive. No longer for sale.

Back up for sale as of 6/18. LOL!!
Keep us posted on what you wind up with.