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RE: Tangram Le' Journey Continues...

Posted by el34eh@yahoo.com on February 24, 2024 at 12:50:03:

I only hoped that my hearing wasn't going?, yet I'm well aware that items like cables | power cords | plating types it seems are not only system dependent, but at times ears dependent as well.
I know some look down on any form of pure silver or silver plated copper signal cables, yet feel they work better as a power cord, which I never fully excepted, otherwise why would firm like NordOst | AAI | WireWorld | AudioQuest | Chord Company after all of their years in existence building upon said wires still be around?.
Yet rethinking ( readjusting ) how it's I'm currently hearing said un-plated copper | gold plated copper tandem, it strikes me in many ways as to what I recalled hearing when I had an entire cabling loom of Supra cables back in 2016, I initially felt the music itself which came across as refined | at moments overly warmth and lacing dynamics..., but as I began listening more critically, I noted the attack of notes | agility and sense of detailing was always there, it just presented music in a more toned down, more beautiful manner as not to offend one's senses. All said I'm able to see how why you've stated this is your preferred combination, it offers a silkier type of sonics, where a certain cohesiveness is needed to offset any brightness hear via other wiring or plating types which can become overbearing to say the least..., so once again I've to conclude both combinations have something going on whereas to allow a more keen eared type of listener to know what's there, as opposed to merely allowing themselves to get caught up in here say, hence the rhodium only crowd, where flash is obviously seen as fashionable in some circles.
So far I've only used said tandem with digital pieces, namely DACs | LPSs that go into say my older make Auralic Ares Mini server, where I felt years ago the use of silver plated copper PCs | IC's just performed the best in either system, once again as gauged by months and months of simply listening, the only place I use copper these days is solely with the Accuphase cord, which alternates with a Xangsane 5N OCC one as used on the everSOLO DMP-A6.
And while I've 2 copper IC's | 3 pairs of copper SCs, they've remained boxed up in favor of the Xangsane XS-9001Ag IC's | Greg Knight GK-6008Ag PCs placed onto both systems, hell even the Xangsane SP-9003Ag IC's at this very moment are laying directly behind me on the floor, unplayed. It's as if once I found certain ways of voicing the system once again, by ear, I've become very very very reluctant to change out a single item.
In the end the long term usage of " Mi-Fi ", seemingly still carries some sort of weight, as I know it's not about proving anything to anyone other than self at days end, but it's nice having someone like you around to confirm said things, of which again I'm 4ever grateful.