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Re: How do they sound?

Posted by user510 on November 19, 2006 at 13:03:44

In Reply to: Nice job posted by grailer on November 19, 2006 at 09:09:33:

Yeah, these wires really do have a different sound from the Monster 2RCL previously used.

In short: Overall there is a warmth in tone. More low freq slam. Midrange is detailed. High frequencies, while seemingly warmer still have extension and air. Imaging is improved with better sense of placement. Excellent sense of ambience.

The NHT 2.9s I'm using, by their nature, tend toward the slightly brighter end of the tonality scale. I have tamed this to a fair degree by choosing an amp that plays warm tones, then there is the tubed phono stage and tubed cd player. These cables take it another step toward warmer. So far I like.

What I like best, however is a more "ballsy presentation". More bass slam while retaining the details of timbre and texture. These cables definitely rock better, but I would not limit these to any particular genre of music. So far everything played through them is completely agreeable with me.

As for the site content, these cables have created quite a lot of grass roots/word-of-mouth commentary. They're cheap and easy to try so I thought to add as much detail as I can for the benefit of anyone wanting to try them. The odd thing is that I seem to see Home Depot closing these out to carry other brand names. My hunch is that many of these different brand names will be similar in character so long as manufacturing details like quality of the copper, number and size of the individual strands, jacket materials, twist configuration, are carried through.

I also tried to find the source of the story and I think the big news break comes from Paul Seydor in his TAS cable survey. I linked to it from my site.

For me the next thing to do is decide if I want to try a bi-wire configuration with these, then figure out how to finish off their appearance. At this point I have a weakness for the "fire-hose look" and using cotton outers having a snake skin design pattern. 'Will see what I can come up with.

Anyway, thanks for the suggestion. This gives me a new reference point from which to compare other, more expensive, speaker cables.

-Steve

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http://www.theanalogdept.com/user510.htm

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