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I'm mostly interested in improvements in bass, as I found out that it's not this cable's strongest point.I had a chance to experiment with older XStream Plus, and bass sounds better defined on my KEF Ref. 3.2 using that cable for bass drivers when bi-wiring. It's better that single run of Res. Ref., and better that biwired using Plus on mid/tweeter and Res.Ref. on bass. Other than bass, BTW, there's no comparison - Res. Ref. is clearly better.
I would like to hear from somebody's who upgraded from Res. Ref. and got reasonable improvement in bass.
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I bought a shotgun pair of Satoris fully expecting to prefer them over my double run of Res Refs and was surprised to find that the choice between them was easy--the Res Refs.I wasn't looking for improvement in any specific part of the frequency spectrum, but the area where the Res Refs clearly sounded better to me was in the highs. The Satoris sounded less extended and not as clear on the top end. As for the bass, I didn't notice much difference there--certainly not enough to override the fairly obvious difference on the top end. My wife, who doesn't have much patience with such things, noticed the difference also.
You should know that I wanted the Satoris to win because they are much easier to hook up to my amp than the pairs of single-wire Res Refs that I'm using.
My equipment: RA Opus 21 CDP, BAT VK-3ix, BAT VK-500, Cardas Golden Ref IC's, Von Schweikert VR4jr.
You may, in fact, achieve your bass goal in your system by going to the Satoris, but I would be wary of the possible side-effects on other parts of the spectrum based on my experience.
It might be a synergistic thing between your amp and speakers. You might want to consider trying Acoustic Zen Satori. I had the PS Reference and preferred the Satori. These have very prodigious bass.
Please with some science explain how it could be a synergy thing? The gear has no brain it does not know whats hooked up to it.
From a scientific standpoint, I am no expert, but when I mention synergy, it is basically an impedance/capacitance match with the amplifier/speaker interface. Do some searching of the threads for more info.
My guess is, since KEFs are much more resolving than Energy C-9 in everything, including bass, I can hear that difference.When used on Energy, Res. Ref. was better at everything, including bass.
About Satori - thanks for the recommendation. It's something that pops up frequently when people duscuss upgrades. Although, I've read here post from a person who compared shotgun version to StraightWire Black Silc biwire, and was taken aback by loss of bass (it could be that StraightWire exaggregates it, of course).
Oh well... there's no way to know other than listen for myself.
Its copper cable, unless they put a filter inline, just use some nice 12 gauge cable that you can get in bulk from many sources. There is no magic in these cables, of course we would know that if the powers that be here really allowed scientific testing results on this forum.Your amps and other gear have no brain they have no idea what cable is hooked up to them so the whole line of BS about synergy etc is just that BS. Pleas have someone explain how a audio gear has any idea a PSA cable or Home Depot cable is hooked up to it. They cant.
snooze.
By the cable geometry and wire gauge which alters the electrical properties of the cable and the damping factor of the amp thus the amplifier performs differently with different cables.Why do you think some amps aren't stable with high capacitance cables and will shut down...I think that amplifier brains can tell the difference between cables.
"If it sounds good it is good!"
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