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Going to an a system with tube preamp, amp, phono pre and Dac. As a general rule is it best to stick with one model of cable and have "synergy" or not? Have various brands that I used in the SS system that was replaced but am asking as once everything is wired up its a PITA to rewire :)
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cables from the same mfgrs will sound right. I'm now using a Wireworld loom for the phono, pre and speakers. However, each model is a bit different as the speaker is Luna 16/4, pre to amp is Oasis 7 and phono is Atlantis 5. Two are copper and one is silver-clad. They have a great synergy. I usually mix/match but this loom works.
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Edits: 08/10/15
I tend to just use whatever cables I have on hand.
None of my cables are junk (Blue Jean LC-1, Audioquest Ruby, etc.), but none would be considered ultra-high end either?
Steve
Since no cable is absolutely neutral, it follows that any cable adds distortion. It has been my experience that staying with one manufacturer throughout the system is preferable to compounding the different distortions of multiple manufacturers.
Good luck.
No component is neutral either.
Each cable should try to reveal
each units strengths and
mask it's weaknesses.
Cables and isolation feet are used
like this to compliment the unit.
Some examples -
Monster Cable + Rotel = YUM
HT Truth-Link + Rotel = YUM
HT Pro-Silway + Rotel = OUCH
Monster Cable + Arcam = YUCK
HT Truth-Link + Arcam = Boring
HT Truth-Link + Arcam = YUM
I could go on but you get the drift.
DanL
Careful choice of cabling can provide notable synergy within a system, regardless of using the same maker's product line-up, or using a mix and match approach. While using the same make within a system can exaggerate the sonic signature or "house sound" of a particular cable design, it can also provide more of a good thing in some cases. It may depend on the manufacturer's design approach, particular applications, and the listening taste of the user.
My usual stance is there is no rule when it comes to how one finds satisfactory synergy, and that includes recognition of special synergy when a similar cable design actually provides more of a good thing when implemented for different applications within a system. I recently mentioned such a case in Cable Asylum when the same wire, dielectric, and connectors clearly provide a more transparent sonic signature when used for both line-level and digital applications within my main audio system. It changed my mind about a prior configuration involving a mix and match approach.
If you continue to research the topic, you might find insights that fit your own goals based on an informed choice, or simply follow your instincts and experiment with various cabling within your own audio system.
The only thing it achieves is making a single cable manufacturer happy instead of spreading the wealth.
It is also a bad reviewer's conceit.
There is no technical reason that a single brand or type of cable within a system should sound better than a mixture. In fact, there is a good reason why it probably will sound worse: whatever "voicing" is expressed by any single cable will be multiplied.
Peace,
Tom E
Agreed. This is a good place to create your own recipe. I've gotten better synergy mixing as opposed to matching.
I have an all tube system and I use a mix of cables. I have never bought into the synergy idea
Alan
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