Hi,
Still looking for slightly warm speaker cables for my Gryphon Mephisto Stereo to ProAc Carbon 8.
Like a Cardas Clear but not Cardas - blows up the amp (see other thread)
Budget USD 5K for a 2.5m pair.
Regards,
Joe Ling
I have enjoyed using Transp Ref XL with my Gryphon Colosseum amp. 2nd hand, they run less than your budget.
I have tried Cardas (Golden Reference), MIT, Shunyata Zitron Anaconda and Transparent Reference and to my ears the Transparents were hands down the most "warm" and musical sounding. There is a decent used market as well. You can buy current generation MM2's used at limited risk.
I have tried Cardas (Golden Reference), MIT, Shunyata Zitron Anaconda and Transparent Reference and to my ears the Transparents were hands down the most "warm" and musical sounding. There is a decent used market as well. You can buy current generation MM2's used at limited risk.
Good stuff, Edorr...have you compared Ref XL to the 2 higher levels, RefMM and Opus by any chance? I have the RefMM ICs and have heard Opus but not A/B's directly before. Thanks for any insight!
I also like Transparent a lot - but IMHO usually they mix poorly with other cables. Surely YMMV on these subjects!
Man, do I have the perfect speaker cables for you. They sound so warm you will take your shirt off in the winter time and they come in well below your budget. I have a 10' pair of MIT Shotgun S1.3 bi-wire cables that retailed for over $4k when new (and I bought them new). You can easily switch between using spade lugs or banana plugs and I have all of the connectors. Yours for only $1,275.
Not so sure about this. I currently own the MIT Oracle Matrix HD 90 ($14K list), and prefer the Transparent Reference they replaced. Only reason I have MIT now is I am planning to try out spectral amp at some point.
Hi,
Still looking for slightly warm speaker cables for my Gryphon Mephisto Stereo to ProAc Carbon 8.
Like a Cardas Clear but not Cardas - blows up the amp (see other thread)
Budget USD 5K for a 2.5m pair.
Regards,
Joe Ling
You don't need to spend $5k.
Any cable with a high inductance will give you the impression of a warm sound. High inductance, meaning anything higher than 0.1uH/ft. You can also increase your inductance (and capacitance) by running longer cables.
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Well yes, if your definition of 'warmth' is a rolled off treble. And subjectively this might well be perceived as a 'warm' sound at the expense of treble extension and resolution. I'm unsure as to whether its the rolled off treble specifically providing 'warmth', or that it could (also) be the perception of a 'denser' midrange.
Alternatively, there are speaker cables that excel and providing a subjectively dense midrange, but not at the expense of extension and resolution. Examples would be -
FWIW,
Paul
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