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In Reply to: Tonearm wire recommendations posted by Pauly on August 6, 2005 at 19:22:57:
If your combo sounds thin and hard, then go with the Cardas. Personally I find that all copper interconnects compress the midrange, exagerate the low bass and remove all the details of the recording. That is simply one audiophiles opinion.If your combo is neutral or slanted to the dark side, then you OWE it to yourself to try solid core silver electrode wire in teflon from A-M Systems. I paid 51.00 for 25 ft of .015 silver with a .004 teflon shield for a total diameter of .019 inches. The silver is 99.99 pure, perfectly round, polished and annealed. It is highly flexible and easy to work with. 25 ft allows me to run 6 ft lengths from tonearm leads to the preamp. I shield the cable from tonearm base to preamp. And I use Homegrown Audio's pure silver tipped RCA's at 36.00 a pair. So for 87.00, and about 8.00 in shielding and pretty nylon braid I have a wide tall and deep soundstage with air around each instrument or voice, detail in the sound like hearing the rosin on the bow, hearing the piano pedals creak and grown, and hearing tonal accuracy that copper only hints at.
There is no break in time for this wire. It sounds superb from the first second. No harshness, no brittleness, just sonic truth. You have to run the solid tip RCAs! This is mandatory. I have used a dozen or so high quality RCA's over my 43 years of audiophile pursuits and nothing comes close to the sound of pure silver from tip to tip. It is so seductive you cannot begin to believe it only cost 95 dollars.
System matching is critical, so if your system leans to the bright, silver will probably be an unwelcome addition.
Email me if you have any questions. My silver interconnects at 100 to 125.00 cost for 1M and 2M runs sound literally identical to the Audioquest SKY cables costing 2100 dollars for a 1 meter pair.
You gotta give these a try if you really love the experience of realistic musical high fidelity reproduction. It is easy to do this yourself as long as you can disassemble the tonearm to the point where the wiring can be pulled through. On my Rega project this was a major pain. Still well worth it.
Or just do the copper thing and hope it sounds better than the other copper junk you just threw out.
Cheers.
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- Re: Tonearm wire recommendations - tubesforever 23:35:16 08/06/05 (1)
- Re: Tonearm wire recommendations - Fred J 23:59:44 08/06/05 (0)
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