For me personally I would rather put my money into a good power conditioner, which makes bigger improvement to the whole system.
Conducting wire has shown in every respect to be superior to non-conducting wire.
What if... you could do both?!?!
I have some fancy power leads but since I put in a power conditioner, I have not even put the fancy power cords back in. They are just sitting in a box, the power conditioner has made such a big difference that I can’t be bothered about the power leads.
With the power leads, I have always thought did it make a difference or did it not and if you have to really try to hear the difference then to me it’s not worth it. With the power conditioner it was clear night and day difference.
By the way my system shows the slightest difference when I change anything, i use Spectral Audio Pre / Power.
That's cool... I've found PCs are the most variable cable as sometimes they make big differences and other times they're not so big. My tube gear isn't as picky while some class D amps respond a lot more. There's also fairly large differences between power cables when used with gear that responds to them. That makes solid recommendations for PCs difficult while it's fairly easy to predict what an interconnect cable will do.
For me personally I would rather put my money into a good power conditioner, which makes bigger improvement to the whole system.
The answer is interconnects make the most difference as they can do the most harm, a basic/commodity level copper ic will smooth out most of the fine detail in the recording leaving a flat, 2D presentation and lackluster timbre.
True. I love your silver/gold alloy ZenWave Audio D4 interconnects in my system. And your SMSG speaker cables.
I've tested some cables where I thought a standard $2 molded cable would be better,
Nordost ..........overpriced wire.
Thanks for remembering us of your opinion.
But please tell us what cables you think would play better than Odin in an Audio Research, Sonus Faber Aida and Metronome Kalista/C2A system. I had them in my room, tried several cheaper ones, but IMHO none approached the performance of the full loom of Odin.
The answer is interconnects make the most difference as they can do the most harm, a basic/commodity level copper ic will smooth out most of the fine detail in the recording leaving a flat, 2D presentation and lackluster timbre.
Why not install a parallel circuit and then the IC carries only the audio signal. Any good shielded IC cable will work as the parallel circuit provides a separate pathway for EMI back to ground.
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