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In Reply to: Cables posted by Captain Audio on March 6, 2007 at 06:06:57:
Speaker wire is just Home Depot wire. Interconnects are Van Den Hul "The Well Hybrid". Power cords are stock cords.Power seems to be good in the home. No room treatments. Speaker setup is optimal in my setup. I sit about 9-10 feet away.
I have a Jolida JD-100a and an Arcam CD73T CD player. Arcam is detailed but the Jolida has better midrange. There is nothing objectionable about the sound (I think...). I like the sound, I just think it can be better.
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In my most humble opinion, you definitely need better speaker cables. A good set of speaker cables will make a big difference in your set up. For starters I would look for a used or new pair of Audio Magic Excalibur II speaker cables. They are very smooth with good detail retrieval. They fare well in most any system that I have put them in. You could also look for a used pair of Shunyata Lyra's. The Lyra's are not very forgiving though and are on the pricier side.You may even want to try some room treatments at first reflection and even behind the listening position. That would be for starters. It is usually best to have mixture of diffraction and absorbtion strategicly placed in the room..
As for the CD players, I am familiar with both. I think they are both good players. With proper room treatments and better cabling you may end up prefering the Arcam. It has slightly better resolution of low level detail and in my opinion has a more neutral sound. Again, room treatments and better cables will allow your system to strut its stuff.
All the gear you have is really good. It is just a matter of refining with cables and treatments.
Power cables can be a crap shoot. I have heard the difference when using aftermarket power cords but I firmly believe that it would be best to leave them for last.
Sseason your system to taste. Everyone does it. If your system inspires you then so be it. Now get that Home Depot wire out of there before I call the Audiophile Police in your area!!!!!!!!! Go on get!
IMO you should lose the home depot speaker cables. I once did a test with a friend who was using CAT-5 cables. I took my Audioquest Caldera cables to his place and we compared them to the CAT-5. The improvement over the CAT was so pronounced that I was there till 2 AM! Remarkably, the Caldera was the lesser of my two cable runs, as I biwire my Vandersteens. The Volcano cables that I use for the Mid-tweeter are of even purer copper (PSC+). The point being...I and others have heard amazing improvements by improving the quality of our cables, especially the conductor material. You don't have to spend a king's ransom to get there. One to consider, that is recognized as a great value, would be the Kimber Kable family of speaker cables. Go for the best you can afford. You won't regret it!
BTW- I second the recommendation for Kimber Kable speaker cables. I would look at the 8TC's though. They are very good and have stood the test of time. Great mid priced cable. The rest of the speaker cables in their line are OK also, just not as good as the 8TC's. Kimber also has pricier offerings that I have not heard but may be worth checking out.
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