Morrow Audio vs Bluejeans

ghamilton

ghamilton

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I just ordered a pair of Morrow Audio MA2 interconnects to replace my bluejeans LC1 interconnects. Now I really think a lot of my bluejeans LC1 cables but I am hoping for a higher level of music enjoyment from the Morrow Audio MA2.
These are going from my Onkyo C-7030 CD player to my sansui au-919 integrated which is pushing my vandersteen model 1 speakers.
Any comments on Morrow vs Bluejeans are welcome.
 
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I haven't used either of those, but have noticed an improvement each time I've stepped up. Standard RCA > DIY Belden RG6 > DIY Canare microphone cable.

I too am using an Onkyo CDP (DX-7555) and a Sansui AU-919. My biggest improvement came with the use of an external DAC. (Schiit Modi Multi) Prior to the DAC, I couldn't tell much difference between cables. (Maybe a tiny bit.) Speakers are Ascend Acoustic Sierra 2's.
 
Formally used Blue Jeans speaker & subwoofer cables. Switched to Morrow (speaker & sub) and will never go back.

Boxed up and stored BJ's in basement.

Never used Blue Jeans interconnects.
 
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ghamilton said:
I just ordered a pair of Morrow Audio MA2 interconnects to replace my bluejeans LC1 interconnects. Now I really think a lot of my bluejeans LC1 cables but I am hoping for a higher level of music enjoyment from the Morrow Audio MA2.
These are going from my Onkyo C-7030 CD player to my sansui au-919 integrated which is pushing my vandersteen model 1 speakers.
Any comments on Morrow vs Bluejeans are welcome.
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I use Morrow cables. Started at level 1. Am now at level 7. I like them very much. Very detailed. The one area they were bettered was with my AR Turntable. I got a hum with the PH7 Cable. I switched to a Linn phono Cable and the hum went away. In all other areas, they are really good. IMHO.
 
I have MA interconnects, a 1m set from cd to preamp (MA3), and a 3m set from preamp to active monitors (MA4). Now, I don't go all crazy over cables, but the MAs are very nice to my ears, and are subjectively nicer than what they replaced. They are not crazy expensive, I like the design philosophy and the flexibility, and I don't regret the purchase for a minute. Sorry, Ive never hear BJC products
 
After 300 hrs of breakin the morrow audio MA-2 interconnects are no joke! As good as the bluejeans LC-1 is at its price point (about $38 per pair) the Morrow Audio MA-2 (at the current sail price of $79) is the clear winner. It is worth the upgrade!
 
ghamilton said:
After 300 hrs of breakin the morrow audio MA-2 interconnects are no joke! As good as the bluejeans LC-1 is at its price point (about $38 per pair) the Morrow Audio MA-2 (at the current sail price of $79) is the clear winner. It is worth the upgrade!
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One of the best things about Morrow is that when there’s a sale, it’s often a real bargain. Not sure if they still do this, but in the past they have let folks trade up old cables for new Morrow ones. That included any brand name, outside of the cheap RCA cables that come with a component.

That’s what tipped me over to try them, and I’m very pleased with their speaker cables.
 
galactus2 said:
One of the best things about Morrow is that when there’s a sale, it’s often a real bargain. Not sure if they still do this, but in the past they have let folks trade up old cables for new Morrow ones. That included any brand name, outside of the cheap RCA cables that come with a component.

That’s what tipped me over to try them, and I’m very pleased with their speaker cables.
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It was mentioned in another thread a few days ago that Morrow is currently running a 45% off sale, in Morrows words "during covid-19".
Just looked and the sale is still going on.
No affil, just passing this on in case anyone is currently thinking about getting new cables.
 
IIRC Morrow's site says further improvements are gained with even more hundreds of break-in hours. While this may be true, that could take half of a year or more, depending one's daily stereo use. A few other manufacturers have suggested the same.

It's been posted already that the lengthy break-in periods may "acclimate" the listener to the cable's sound qualities. I suppose if the cables aren't initially a good system match, they may irritate the listener more as time passes. If the system sound is within the ballpark, then maybe we adjust and enjoy the cables more as time passes.

It would be nice to know for certain what the magic or science is that grants cables their qualities.
 
The break in on Morrow cables is for real. It goes just about the way the manufacturer says it will, plus or minus about 50 hours. The final settle in for them is around 400-500 hours. Now for me, it literally happened over a 1 hour period. It was very strange. I was listening to music I knew very well and literally within an hour things just became better. It makes no sense, and many will say it’s a bunch of crap. All I know is what I heard on very familiar music. It only happened once out of all the cables from them I have. It was also the higher level cables.
Now for some possible reasons: I am a firm believer of weather and temperatures affecting what you hear. It could have been that. Also, I know power coming into the home can vary both in how clean it is as the actual voltage. It could have been that. All I know is I like their cables, with the exception of the phono cables in my AR XA turntable. With that table I got a low level hum with the Morrow Cable. Replace with a Linn Black and hum went away.
Just my 2 cents.
 
I don't see the fascination of buying pricey cables for low impedance output sources to low medium inputs on todays equipment. Now if you had high impedance circuits that were common in the past with tube units or some of todays Tube units I might be concerned if the runs were over a meter or two. Or if you are dealing with high impedance phono circuits.

The trouble with today is some of the esoteric cable companies intentionally tune their cable to give a specific sound. Not the accurate flat linear properties we should be looking for. Of course some amp and pre-amp manufacturers do the same thing trying to entice folks into buying their equipment. So I say buyer be ware. Save your money for better speakers or more Lp's or monthly streaming costs.
 
oldflame said:
It would be nice to know for certain what the magic or science is that grants cables their qualities.
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no science pure magic / snake oil !

I took a look at their website, what a bunch of malarky ! here's but one example.........

https://www.morrowaudio.com/collections/power-cords/products/anniversary-elite-power-cord

take a look at what they 'say' is the common gauge wire used in stock power cords........ '22', are they nuts ? No audiophile worth his / her salt would use that in a wire for their speaker cables let alone a power cord. Simple science and Ohm's law tells us much more that Morrows stupid specification page !

and there's the 'cable break-in' charge............keep drinking the Kool-Aid boys and girls !
 
Very happy with Morrow. Started at 3 and have worked up to 5. If you can, wait before purchasing. Morrow has some really good sales. With trades, I got my latest upgrades at 50% off.
 
I use the Morrow 7 speaker cable and I'm very happy with them. I burned mine in though with a Duotech cable burner then onto my Hagermann fry baby 2 for 100 hours. They are a good match for my Odyssey Lorelai speakers with the X over upgrade. Bought them when they had a 50% sale.
 
I have used Morrow cables since 2014 and I started with a SP1 cable and went to a SP5 and MA5 IC cable and have been very happy with the sound quality.
 
So if you pull the covers off of your amp and the input device that these cable's are hooked between,
You have the rca terminals that are just a wire and ground.
How about the quality and shielding of that wire.
I buy the use of good quality, but break-in.... Hundreds of dollars, lol .
I'm going to buy a pair and run them between a fully rebuilt Soundcraftsmen ma5002 amp and fully rebuilt sp4002 pre amp.
This unit sounds great now, let's see what the interconnect does.
Hope to call bs on this placebo affect garbage.
 
fredgarvin said:
I've found Mogami 2549 to be the best IC in my system. Blue Jeans and AQ sound rolled off in comparison. $25 a pair.
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i have also experienced marked improvement with switching to mogami gold for all IC. i also used this same wire 2549 to build a few DIY interconnects with similarly great results.
i just finished building an all out cost no object speaker cable for myself with mogami wire W3104 which has the star quad geometry and neglex copper. 10 feet with genuine WBT spades and bananas. measured resistance 0.08 ohm. measured capacitance 865 pico farad. with this all my copper is mogami now.
 
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