I see this is rather old post, and have not read it all. Saying that, I have found that both the Echole and Zenith cables are spectacular at the cost-no-object part of the question.
As for the second posted question in the original post, one can't go wrong with Kimber or Cardas cables for the...
I still do, playing on a Gryphon Scorpio CD player, my current streaming device (Chord Chordette) is some steps below in terms of resolution, dynamics and tonal purity compared with the former.
I just posted this review in Spanish for a local forum down here, I translated it through the Google translator tools - hope it is reasonably "readable".
GRYPHON ATILA/SCORPIO
I just finished a detailed listening session of the Danish Atila / Scorpio couple from Gryphon, a brand that I am...
I am familiar with both amps, great sounding units but would lean towards the Gryphon. Excellent choice of speakers, the Diablo would drive them very well.
Something for you to know - some people around the main sound engineer cast were very well known audiophile distributors of some serious gear in the past in Mexico - this film is not an accident but coming from a very well funded group (public and private) movie cluster of Mexican directors...
I am quite familiar with Gryphon amps in particular, and agree on most of Lloyd`s comment in this thread - there is a large improvement over the already great Diablo 300 going up to a pure class A Gryphon Design amp.
The Colosseum sits just in the middle of the slightly mellow-sounding...
Too many audio gear, hence looking to fund my son grad party - no issues, magical sounding 37 watt/ch Single Ended 845 integrated amplifier - drives real world speakers with huge dynamics and midrange bliss. Remote Control - near perfect cosmetics and fully operational. $2750 OBO. hirez photos...