What cables are you using in your system ?????

Juiced · Jul 14, 2024

nirodha said:
Hi there again,
What can you tell me about break-in? Did it take long? Thanks again. Am thinking about the dual version.

Out of the box, the SPs-2.7 showed a noticeable improvement.

Compared to the cable I had, which was a much older Kondo AN-Sx with 15 strands of Kondo's pure silver.

Break-in vise,

I couldn't say, as I don't notice it after a significant amount of time has passed. There's probably an ongoing one, but my system always sounds different to me depending on my mood.

nirodha · Jul 14, 2024

Juiced said:
Out of the box, the SPs-2.7 showed a noticeable improvement.

Compared to the cable I had, which was a much older Kondo AN-Sx with 15 strands of Kondo's pure silver.

Break-in vise,

I couldn't say, as I don't notice it after a significant amount of time has passed. There's probably an ongoing one, but my system always sounds different to me depending on my mood.

I now have a copper version on loan and already hearing a lot to like. But silver is probably the way to go

Anyoldears · Jul 14, 2024

Juiced said:
Interconnects: Kondo Ls-41
Speaker cable and crossover: Kondo SPs- 2.7
Digital: Generic USB and Generic Ethernet cables
ToneArm to Phono cable: ALBEDO PHONO DIN-RCA
Power cables for Amp, DAC, Phono: Kondo ACz-AVOCADO

Please just get a David Laboga Emerald 2 USB cable. Its amazing bang for the buck and will give your system a major lift over a generic!

Juiced · Jul 16, 2024

Anyoldears said:
Please just get a David Laboga Emerald 2 USB cable. Its amazing bang for the buck and will give your system a major lift over a generic!

Thank you,

I've been streaming music to my Weiss Dac/Streamer via it 'roon ready' feature over the network, so i had no use for fancy USB cable.
But now i have canceled my Roon subscription and switch to only Tidal software using my PC as source.

So yeah you are probably right and i need to replace the Generic USB cable

LimaLikesMusic · Jul 16, 2024

I was for long time Nordost user, Valhalla 2 power cords, interconnects and SC, Odin 1 power cord from wall to the QB8 mk2, Nordost Heimdall 2 Ethernet from the router to the switch and switch to the Bartók Apex and i was happy. I then Try the Gold SC and interconnect and it was crazy but crazy price. I then try the full loom from Synergetic research SRX of power cables, interconnects, SC and the power conditioner Galileo SX with the SRX XL cable and i was blown away. I keep the rest of the Ethernet cables and the ones of the DC power.

mtemur · Tuesday at 7:35 AM

Dedicated line: Oyaide EE/F-2.6 solid core
Power cords: Kondo ACz or Avocado silver
interconnects: Kondo Ls-41 silver
Tonearm cable: Kondo Ls-41 silver
Tonearm inner cable: Kondo AN-AI silver
Headshell wires: Kondo SL-115 silver
Speaker cables: Kondo Operia SPs-2.7 dual

Rensselaer · Tuesday at 8:22 AM

mtemur said:
Dedicated line: Oyaide EE/F-2.6 solid core
Power cords: Kondo ACz or Avocado silver
interconnects: Kondo Ls-41 silver
Tonearm cable: Kondo Ls-41 silver
Tonearm inner cable: Kondo AN-AI silver
Headshell wires: Kondo SL-115 silver
Speaker cables: Kondo Operia SPs-2.7 dual

Mtemur, Peter, in his Natural Sound thread, extols the virtues of stock wires. I think the implication was that different custom wires add something (or subtract something) and are best avoided unless one needs to fix something in the equipment that is negatively affecting the sound? I don’t know if that applies to the very best (Kondo, I would think, would be amongst the very best), or just less expensive cables, but do you still have the original power cords for any of your gear? Have you ever swapped them in after the fact just to compare? What is your take? Is the expense worth it?

mtemur · Tuesday at 8:44 AM

Rensselaer said:
but do you still have the original power cords for any of your gear? Have you ever swapped them in after the fact just to compare? What is your take? Is the expense worth it?

Actually I do have the original power cords of my gear and I use them. Kondo equipment comes with silver power cords.

If you’re asking me how does ching cheng or similar noname power cord sounds against Kondo I can only say they are terrible. The only way they (noname pwer cords) sound better than a good power cord is a clear indication of something is really wrong with the audio setup. The right thing to do is to find what’s wrong instead of using them (noname). Fixing a mistake with another mistake is not the way to go IMHO. BTW I’m against power cords and interconnects as thick as an arm.

nirodha · Thursday at 10:41 AM

Juiced said:
hi,

natural, detailed and transparent sound.

one of the best silver speaker cable out there and does not cost an arm and a leg.

Endgame: doing the audiophile impossibility: adding soul while remaining neutral.

Salectric · Thursday at 11:59 AM

nirodha said:
Endgame: doing the audiophile impossibility: adding soul while remaining neutral.

What led you to choose these particular cables? Just curious. I have heard older AN-Japan cables but the cables in my system are AN-UK.

Juiced · Thursday at 1:06 PM

nirodha said:
Endgame: doing the audiophile impossibility: adding soul while remaining neutral.s

congrats!!

I'm using the regular SPs-2.7 with SPs-2.7 jumpers,
and now i wonder if i should have gone for the bi-wire mono's like you did.

A-Line · Thursday at 2:13 PM

RM Crimson Music Link (UK) for my 2 setups.
These IC's and speaker cables are no longer being made.

Cost: about €7000.00 or 10% of the total cost of my 2 systems not including my ReVox B780 or ReVox tape deck from the early 1980's.

nirodha · 2024-07-26T01:12:28-0500

Salectric said:
What led you to choose these particular cables? Just curious. I have heard older AN-Japan cables but the cables in my system are AN-UK.

Hi, I heard the copper versions in a Kondo mono blocks / preamp combination driving the latest Avantgarde Mezzos (which I hope to buy in December). The dealer gave me the cables to try at home. After the cables had settled (took about three days to really open up) I couldn’t stop listening (really!). No audiophile term entered my head, just kept listening. Because of this I took a leap of faith and went for it. Biwired because my future Mezzos’ high and mid section can be bewired too. Take care and: enjoy

! One thing, Kondo cables are NOT only Kondo gear. Here at home they are used with an Audionet Humboldt driving Kefs 207/2.

nirodha · 2024-07-26T01:15:33-0500

Juiced said:
congrats!!

I'm using the regular SPs-2.7 with SPs-2.7 jumpers,
and now i wonder if i should have gone for the bi-wire mono's like you did.

I don’t know. Maybe or maybe not. One thing is for sure: you are already in “the know” about these cables. And thank you for leading me in the right direction earlier. Enjoy

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