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Hello all,
Just an update on my speaker cable journey. So, I've tried the Anti-cable Level 2 & 3, blue-jeans belden cables, Western Electric, and Decware Speaker Cables. Hands down, the Decware are the winners. Anti-cables - level 3 are much better than the level 2. They are very detailed with extended/smooth highs and nice bass response, but muted mids and a little clinical for my setup. Western Electric have a nice balance of highs, mids and bass but are veiled - softened too much. Blue Jeans are a good cable for general purposes, but when you move to anti-cable and decware cables, you understand what "hifi" means.
So, with my setup of a Mini-torii (V1), with Omega Super 3i speakers using RCA 6V6 and Brimar 13D5 with a Blumenstein Dungeness Sub, I can say the Decware are the strongest. Extended highs, weighty but articulate bass and slightly emphasized mids.
I'll note that I upgraded from Blumenstein Orca speakers to Omega Super 3i speakers. That was a HUGE improvement. The Orcas are nice, musical and slightly warm speakers. The Omegas have so much more detail and soundstage in my desktop setup. And as the Omegas are now cheaper than the Orcas, I wholeheartedly recommend them over the Orcas (which are now in my small office setup at work.)
I'll add that my sources for the Omega/Mini-Torii setup are Marantz SACD-8005 to Zbox and Pro-Ject with Ortofon Bronze to ZP3. I use Decware silver and studio ICs and a few Wireworld Oasis 7 ICs too. Combining the right ICs makes a world of difference. All Decware upgraded power cords too.
Scott
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