Today I am trying out a pair of $8300 speaker cables
polkfarmboy
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I got a great discount from a dealer on these but still its going to be interesting how a pair of speaker cables that sells for this price are going to sound. I have to stop staying home when new audio goodies are being delivered :cheesygrin:
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Not worth it IMO if they cost more than your gear.
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Glad Cheezy could hook you up
The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD
“When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson -
"Some people find it easier to be conceited rather than correct."
"Unwad those panties and have a good time man. We're all here to help each other, no matter how it might appear." DSkip -
Why do you keep wasting time and money on amateur cables when you can get better Shunyata cables at a lower price?Lumin X1 file player, Westminster Labs interconnect cable
Sony XA-5400ES SACD; Pass XP-22 pre; X600.5 amps
Magico S5 MKII Mcast Rose speakers; SPOD spikes
Shunyata Triton v3/Typhon QR on source, Denali 2000 (2) on amps
Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
Shunyata Sigma HC (2), Sigma Analog, Sigma Digital, Z Anaconda (3) power cables
Mapleshade Samson V.3 four shelf solid maple rack, Micropoint brass footers
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You've compared the two?Why do you keep wasting time and money on amateur cables when you can get better Shunyata cables at a lower price?"He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche -
Cheezy still dealing "CredulousAudio" products?Oh, Listen here mister. We got no way of understandin' this world. But we got as much sense of this bird flyin in the sky. Now there is a lot that bird don't know, but it don't change the fact that the world is happening to him all the same. What I am tryin to say is, is that the course of your life, well its changing, and you don't even see it- Forest Bondurant
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They are gold eclipse and work well with the logans as they are pure occ copper. They were a bargain and could never see myself paying full retail. Shunyata is on the future list along with the acoustic zen but back to the listening
of these super high end puppies
Bluefox I should lend you my ic's and speaker cables as I would love to hear your evaluation on both with the gear your running as it would be beneficial to the audio community -
You've compared the two?
Nope. Shunyata uses science and engineering in their designs, with results that are measureable. Other than MIT, we see more more voodoo than science from these manufacturers. If their cables work it is more by accident than design; i.e. they use Cheezy science.Lumin X1 file player, Westminster Labs interconnect cable
Sony XA-5400ES SACD; Pass XP-22 pre; X600.5 amps
Magico S5 MKII Mcast Rose speakers; SPOD spikes
Shunyata Triton v3/Typhon QR on source, Denali 2000 (2) on amps
Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
Shunyata Sigma HC (2), Sigma Analog, Sigma Digital, Z Anaconda (3) power cables
Mapleshade Samson V.3 four shelf solid maple rack, Micropoint brass footers
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polkfarmboy wrote: »Bluefox I should lend you my ic's and speaker cables as I would love to hear your evaluation on both with the gear your running as it would be beneficial to the audio community
Sure. Once I get my solar panels installed so I can afford to run the freaking amps we can swap speaker cables. I am using the Ztron Anacondas.
When I bought them it was because the MIT Shotgun S1.3 speaker cables were incompatible with my bridged mono amps I was using then. I ended up going from an almost complete MIT system to a complete Shunyata system.Lumin X1 file player, Westminster Labs interconnect cable
Sony XA-5400ES SACD; Pass XP-22 pre; X600.5 amps
Magico S5 MKII Mcast Rose speakers; SPOD spikes
Shunyata Triton v3/Typhon QR on source, Denali 2000 (2) on amps
Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
Shunyata Sigma HC (2), Sigma Analog, Sigma Digital, Z Anaconda (3) power cables
Mapleshade Samson V.3 four shelf solid maple rack, Micropoint brass footers
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Holy sh$t these are blown me away, the word holographic, transparent and very smooth comes to my mind. There is these very subtle differences in the tone that make the world of difference to piece of beautiful music and all these little extra micro details are amplified. I have noticed the wyred mono blocks are giving me everything they have right now as there is a definite change taken place.
I was told that these cables can be very analytic of music but it seems like a good thing to me. The Martin Logan Vista are very sensitive to changes and its very easy to hear this jump in sound quality. The combo of the platinum and gold is very good and musical to my ears without giving up anything. The bass is still a little shy but at least its taken away most of the dry sound I had before and gave everything that was hard a nice sweetening up with better fluidity -
I knew I should of charged you more:cheesygrin:
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These are no coconut audio spam tech here, I just caught on to John's joke one week later :idea:
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I'm still trying to figure out how a farm boy can afford 8300 dollar cables. What are you? CEO of Monsanto? lol
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Cheezy science? Was that developed in Wisconsin?
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I'm still trying to figure out how a farm boy can afford 8300 dollar cables. What are you? CEO of Monsanto? lol
cnh
Maybe he's growing the good stuff...was watching Weed Country on the Discovery Channel and one of the grower did have on skinny jeans:razz:2-channel: Modwright KWI-200 Integrated, Dynaudio C1-II Signatures
Desktop rig: LSi7, Polk 110sub, Dayens Ampino amp, W4S DAC/pre, Sonos, JRiver
Gear on standby: Melody 101 tube pre, Unison Research Simply Italy Integrated
Gone to new homes: (Matt Polk's)Threshold Stasis SA12e monoblocks, Pass XA30.5 amp, Usher MD2 speakers, Dynaudio C4 platinum speakers, Modwright LS100 (voltz), Simaudio 780D DAC
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Well you can bet he's not farming rice
txcoastal1 wrote: »Maybe he's growing the good stuff...was watching Weed Country on the Discovery Channel and one of the grower did have on skinny jeans:razz:POLK SDA 2.3 TLS BOUGHT NEW IN 1990, Gimpod/Sonic Caps/Mills RDO-198
POLK CSI-A6 POLK MONITOR 70'S ONKYO TX NR-808 SONY CDP-333ES
PIONEER PL-510A SONY BDP S5100
POLK SDA 1C BOUGHT USED 2011,Gimpod/Sonic Caps/Mills RDO-194
ONKYO HT RC-360 SONY BDP S590 TECHNICS SL BD-1 -
So, are they keepers???? :razz:"2 Channel & 11.2 HT "Two Channel:Magnepan LRSSchiit Audio Freya S - SS preConsonance Ref 50 - Tube preParasound HALO A21+ 2 channel ampBluesound NODE 2i streameriFi NEO iDSD DAC Oppo BDP-93KEF KC62 sub Home Theater:Full blown 11.2 set up.
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Well I have never experienced the jump in sound quality like I did from a speaker cable till I threw these in and the same for the gold and platinum ic's as both had that same impact. So my answer is yes, the fact that they retail for that amount leaves me with a calming feeling because there is no 'what if my cables were better' lingering in the back of my mind
Cable upgraditis has been laid to rest and buried and now I feel like I can properly evaluate a new piece of gear with not a whole lot holding back its potential -
Its just my feeling and not the absolute truth as in, if you dont have these cables you dont know how good gear sounds good. What I mean is that they are good enough for me to concentrate on other things like room correction, power conditioning and other things
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Get a set of my tube mono's in there and you will be set for life.
Doug's cables have bested some pretty impressive cables in my rig. I would be interested to hear some of these uber cables and see how they stack up to them.The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD
“When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson -
I see quite a bit wrong with this statement.
Such as?
Cables (power, interconnects, speaker), along with clean power, are the foundation of a system. If the foundation is shaky then the gear cannot perform at its potential. Conversely, if the foundation is solid then the current gear, and any future gear, will perform at its potential.Lumin X1 file player, Westminster Labs interconnect cable
Sony XA-5400ES SACD; Pass XP-22 pre; X600.5 amps
Magico S5 MKII Mcast Rose speakers; SPOD spikes
Shunyata Triton v3/Typhon QR on source, Denali 2000 (2) on amps
Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
Shunyata Sigma HC (2), Sigma Analog, Sigma Digital, Z Anaconda (3) power cables
Mapleshade Samson V.3 four shelf solid maple rack, Micropoint brass footers
Three 20 amp circuits. -
nooshinjohn wrote: »Get a set of my tube mono's in there and you will be set for life.
Doug's cables have bested some pretty impressive cables in my rig. I would be interested to hear some of these uber cables and see how they stack up to them.
I wish I was had cash and I would be all over those mono's when construction starts -
Well is it not the idea that a cable gets out of the way and adds nothing, the car exhaust comparison is irrelevant
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polkfarmboy wrote: »Well is it not the idea that a cable gets out of the way and adds nothing, the car exhaust comparison is irrelevant
But if you didn't get those expensive cables, you probably have enough budget to try more powerful tube amps -
polkfarmboy wrote: »These are no coconut audio spam tech here, I just caught on to John's joke one week later :idea:
Glad you finally figured it out man, and glad you are digging the new cablesThe Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD
“When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson -
Nobody has asked the most important question...are you having multiple eargasms?!? "Some people find it easier to be conceited rather than correct."
"Unwad those panties and have a good time man. We're all here to help each other, no matter how it might appear." DSkip -
Nobody has asked the most important question...are you having multiple eargasms?!?
I am not quite there yet but imagine I could be if I can swap some better equipment in.
I hooked up my Polk RTI8 to these cables and they sounded surprisingly good, better than I have ever heard them before. -
polkfarmboy wrote: »I hooked up my Polk RTI8 to these cables and they sounded surprisingly good, better than I have ever heard them before.
Of course. This just validates the idea of cables being the foundation of a system. Excellent cables will improve all gear. The idea that as you change gear you need to change cables to find "synergy" is absurd. Excellent cables add nothing, and detract nothing, from the signal, and allows all gear to shine.Lumin X1 file player, Westminster Labs interconnect cable
Sony XA-5400ES SACD; Pass XP-22 pre; X600.5 amps
Magico S5 MKII Mcast Rose speakers; SPOD spikes
Shunyata Triton v3/Typhon QR on source, Denali 2000 (2) on amps
Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
Shunyata Sigma HC (2), Sigma Analog, Sigma Digital, Z Anaconda (3) power cables
Mapleshade Samson V.3 four shelf solid maple rack, Micropoint brass footers
Three 20 amp circuits. -
polkfarmboy wrote: »I hooked up my Polk RTI8 to these cables and they sounded surprisingly good, better than I have ever heard them before.
Hey, that's fantastic! How much of a discount did you get on these cables? I bet they'd make my Hot Rodded Monitor 7s really sing! -
teekay0007 wrote: »Hey, that's fantastic! How much of a discount did you get on these cables? I bet they'd make my Hot Rodded Monitor 7s really sing!
I do not want to say as I paid with paypal gift and he said the price was for me only because I have been a great customer these past few months. What length are you looking for as I can always email or call him to get you a quote, if your seriously wanting a pair then send me a pm and I can ask him as he is an authorized dealer -
i could buy a used Corvette with that kind of moneypolkfarmboy wrote: »I got a great discount from a dealer on these but still its going to be interesting how a pair of speaker cables that sells for this price are going to sound. I have to stop staying home when new audio goodies are being delivered :cheesygrin:..
