Top-of-the-line Audioquest, of course!What are the least hifi-sounding cables? (I know a number of guys with big, inefficient box speakers and big SS amps use Cardas. But those are too syrypy for my tastes. Defeats the purpose of a high efficiency system.)
Hi Jack,Duelund and Kondo copper are what my more serious buddies here use.
Thanks for this Jim, I'll try the 12 gauge next week. To be clear I'm trying these wires to replace the corroded wiring in some of my vintage speakers, for now the corroded vintage wires win hands down.Having used both, the Duelund 16 ga are - IMO - not as balanced nor as musically engaging as the 12 ga.
All that really matter is the ME!... tend to prefer the Duelund 12 GA's ME (Musical Engagement) factor overall,
There's a difference between old and vintage cables, at least the way I see them. All the cables I use including powercords are the same for the past 20 years and still what I prefer as I continue searching for new replacement to offer clients. I haven't found any wires to recommend to anyone with low enough coloration that sound natural which is the main criteria for ME as I see it.but I have very little recent experience with the older/vintage cables.
Some years back I bought and tried out the rather popular Duelund DCA16GA cables on a pair of high efficiency speakers (Simon Mears Audio Uccello's), and as standalone, single-wire cables (only one pair of terminals per speaker) I found they had a very expressive, informative, organic midrange with a lovely "bloom" to it, but the top end struck me as somewhat rolled off. Over short time though it seemed to "paint" over music in a way that gave it too much of a character. I found the Duelund's were sonically somehow reminiscent of SET amps, though a bit more rolled off up high.What are the least hifi-sounding cables? (I know a number of guys with big, inefficient box speakers and big SS amps use Cardas. But those are too syrypy for my tastes. Defeats the purpose of a high efficiency system.)
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