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Hello. I am currently using AU24's with my system, (posted), as per one of the standard recommendations with Merlin speakers, (VSM MXe's). Anyway, I've had them for some time and was thinking about a bit of an upgrade. Kubala Sosna Emotions were recommended to me but Yikes! they're expensive.Anyway, I was wondering if anyone had any experience or thoughts about the Supra's or the Skywire relative to the AU24's. Warmer, colder, more detailed, less, etc... Or should I just shut up and save for the Emotions?
I've done a fair bit of upgrading elsewhere so I'm really just left with cables to muck around with.
As for the what am I after question, just more detail, musical flow, spaciousness, soundstage, etc... that's all :-) Basically more of what would make it a more life like experience.
Thanks for any help you could provide.
Edits: 06/08/08Follow Ups:
If you want to give Supra a try, go with the Ply 3.4/S (the shielded version) at about $100 for an unterminated 8' pair to see if you like the Supra "house sound", which to my ears is fast, uncoloured, and with oodles of unforced, natural timbre and detail.
The tin-plated conductor construction caused me to pre-judge these as inferior based on everything I've read here...but once I checked my biases at the door and tried them, I found them superior to pretty much everything I have tried to date. I'd like to try the Swords, but I'm too happy with the Ply 3.4/S to care....just make sure to ground the shield to the chassis of your amp only.
If you think that the K-S Emotions are too expensive, stay away from the Supra Swords!!! ;-)
Just kidding, in a way. Seriously, I bought the Supra Swords after seeing that HiFi+ gave them a Product of the Year award and then went back and read the review.
The Supra Sword is so fast, detailed and musical that I forgot that I was listening to CD's and thought I had my old LP's back.
I ended getting the upgrade fever to match the speed of the Supra Swords. I started with the interconnects, then the power cords, then the DAC, then the amp and finally I had my speakers modified.
I haven't heard the Skywire 2020's or the Audience AU24's, but I still have the Supra Swords $30k later.
Chuck
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