Hi there.
Just yesterday, I sold my DH Labs Silver Sonic Q-10 speaker cables to a fellow member and used the proceeds to fund the purchase of a pair of unterminated (from bulk) Kimber 8vs. ($100 give or take)
I'm surprised by the difference they make.
I don't have enough experience with different speaker cables to have a general opinion about their place in the tuning of a system; I bought the Silver Sonics a few years back and called it good. They were the first professionally finished set of speaker cables I had owned.
But with the recent switch from bi-wire-able B&W 683s to the new-to-me single-pair-O-posts Vienna Acoustics Mozart Grands, I was ripe for a change. Also with that change in speaker came a switch from aluminum tweeters to cloth.
Anyway, it's day 1 with the new Kimbers and I wonder if I've lost something valuable; high frequency extension. The Kimbers are very smooth and warm, but I've lost just a smidge of fine detail. I want it back (I think).
It's not just about the tweeters either. I was running the Viennas with the Silver Sonics for nearly a month, so I was pretty used to their sound.
These are just my initial; impressions. I'll report back after a little more settling in.
Just yesterday, I sold my DH Labs Silver Sonic Q-10 speaker cables to a fellow member and used the proceeds to fund the purchase of a pair of unterminated (from bulk) Kimber 8vs. ($100 give or take)
I'm surprised by the difference they make.
I don't have enough experience with different speaker cables to have a general opinion about their place in the tuning of a system; I bought the Silver Sonics a few years back and called it good. They were the first professionally finished set of speaker cables I had owned.
But with the recent switch from bi-wire-able B&W 683s to the new-to-me single-pair-O-posts Vienna Acoustics Mozart Grands, I was ripe for a change. Also with that change in speaker came a switch from aluminum tweeters to cloth.
Anyway, it's day 1 with the new Kimbers and I wonder if I've lost something valuable; high frequency extension. The Kimbers are very smooth and warm, but I've lost just a smidge of fine detail. I want it back (I think).
It's not just about the tweeters either. I was running the Viennas with the Silver Sonics for nearly a month, so I was pretty used to their sound.
These are just my initial; impressions. I'll report back after a little more settling in.