Wilson Alexandria Speaker Cable recommendation

DaveyF

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One of the things that Roy Gregory advocated while he was at HiFi+ was using the same brand of cable throughout. I'm sure he was not the only one who did so (and I realize both his fondness for Nordost and his eventual involvement in the company itself). I'm a little mystified how a cable could be judged in isolation in it is not part of an overall system using the same cable (or tiers within the same brand).
Granted, you may be able to isolate what a particular cable is doing or not doing to the sound, but is it a fair way to assess the performance of the cable if it is conceived, but not fully implemented as a 'system'?

I still believe that using the same cable throughout is probably beneficial. Even so, I am enjoying great results with just the speaker cable at the moment. Would be nice to think that there will be an even better reward with all Nordost throughout....that's my next upgrade. Amazing how with just the speaker cable, great improvements were to be had.
 

rockitman

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yup...one more costly link for me...replace my 3 meter Siltech 770i with a 3-4 meter Valhalla xlr for the main pre to power amp connection.
 

MylesBAstor

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I'm a firm believer in using the same cable throughout my system

I think that holds in general but there some instances where the generalization might not hold up. Two are front-end sources. I consider the cable there crucial and often find that there is say one phono or one digital cable that works with all IC and speaker cables.

Now that's not to say that one can't obtain great sound by mixing and matching but sometimes you might be leading yourself down the garden path.
 

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