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In Reply to: Duelund Shotgun Speaker Cable posted by Jotaro on August 31, 2024 at 23:56:13:

Everything is done and connected.
1.5m is pretty short for speaker wires, probably the shortest I've ever used. But now I have 1.5m x 7awg cables running to my Focal's.
Previously I used 12awg Duelund connected to Dynaudio's in a different environment. Comparing the 12awg Duelund to my backup BlueJeans Cable, I can easily say the Duelund's were more open and life-like, reaching both lower and higher without any harshness.
Comparing the 10awg Duelund to the same BlueJeans cable I can say the 10awg definitely pulled more low end out of the mix. This pretty much coincides with popular opinion of increasing awg with Duelund. The rest of the frequency range remained the same as compared with the 12awg with BlueJeans cable. Not having apples-to-apples with gear and my new gear not being broken in, its hard to get into more details without talking about attributes of the gear as supposed to the cable.
However, with the same gear using 10awg and 7awg Duelund I can say the low end did not become bloated or over bearing, ie the sound did not become even more bassie. Instead the soundstage got deeper and bigger in all directions. Everything seems to have gained just a tad more flesh, so that even at the lowest volumes vocals and lyrics are easily understood and things like picks dragging across strings are still clearly audible.
These 7awg will have to breakin though, seeing that one leg is comprised of broken in wire and the other is of new wire. So in a month or so they might tell a different story. As Forest Gump might say, "Breaking in a pair of cables is like a box of chocolates...".

Victor Wooten's bass sounds perfect with perfect placement in the soundstage. Vocals on the tracks were clean and weighty with realism. I've been a fan of Victor since before he went solo and played with Bela Fleck...they are all still heavy in rotation.

All the different instruments and her unique vocal style is always a pleasure to listen too. The airiness and clarity of Sona's music filled the room.
J.

Edits: 09/25/24 09/25/24 09/25/24

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