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Which speaker cables???

Hi,

I am looking for a speaker cable and IC upgrade for my systems. I curently own MIT 750/330 Shotguns. My reset of the system is :

Mark Levinson ML39 CD/PRE
Mcintosh Mc352
B&W Nautilus 802

I have been doing some auditioning at home and tried the following speaker cables:

1. Cardas Golden Reference and Golden Cross IC - nice over all but not enough details and extensions.

2. Nordost SPM speaker cables and IC - great base and mids very detailed and extended, The highs were thin and for some reason it was sounding lifeless...

3. MIT Oracle V4 and 350 CVT IC, awesome imaging, great detail, quite extended, decent base and nice mids and highs every thing I need but again I didn't feel the presence of the performer.

4. Tara Labs "The One" speaker cables and MIT 330 shotgun IC. Wow, great details, nice highs, fluid mids, but soft bass and over all it was not very extended. Could the IC be the problem ? However I could feel the performer right infront of me - very life like presentation.

I like both the Oracle V4's and Taras "The One" But if only the Oracles had the "life like presentation" or the Taras had the Bass and extensions and detail of Oracles?

Can any one tell me if I mix Oracles V4 with Tara IC (the One or likes) will I be able to get the quality I am looking for. Or can I some how get the Bass and extensions and more deatils in Tara ?

Or any other cables that might work in my setup?

thanks
sahotas
sonic_genius
528 posts
 
Try Pure Note www.purenote.com. They are very neutral in my system (ML Requests and Krell). FWIW.
steve440
35 posts
 
Sounds like your budget is quite high indeed; however, I'm currently breaking-in a pair of Zu Cable Wax shotgun bi-wire speaker cables and am achieving great results so far. Zu Cable is a relatively new company and their products can be had for a great price on Audiogon and Ebay auctions. Having had sold audio equipment in the past, I can state that price is not necessarily a reliable guide to quality and/or sound. Check out their website @ Zu Cable.com or do a search on Audiogon or Ebay. They sell factory direct and have prior design experience from Kimber Select and others. Cutting out the dealers saves you a lot of $$$$$$$. Plus, they have a money back guarantee, something most dealers do not give their customers.
soix
8,830 posts
 
Acoustic Zen has many of the properties you seem to be looking for. I'd give them a call and see if you could set up a demo of either their Satori or Hologram cables(they're very customer oriented). Oodles of midrange, lots of detail, and plenty of extended bass. While you're at it you might want to demo their interconnects as well--I'd start with the newly reformulated Matrix Reference which also really fleshes out the midrange and should nicely complement your B&Ws(I use Silver Reference from source to pre and Matrix Reference from pre to amp along with shotgun bi-wire Satori cables). Best of luck.

Tim
sahotas OP
4 posts
 
Hi,

Thanks everyone for the response.

I tried the Acoustic Zen (Satori and silver reference) from a local dealer, he didnt have the bi-wired version.

Simply put, they just didnt work for me... solid bass, but very metalic sound, stage shrunk, lacked depth, not very extended, couldnt listen for more 30 minutes.

Thanks
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