Silver is bright right?
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afterburnt wrote: »So do yooz think that lets say some silver ICS could liven up my Slim 707's?
I don't know if generalizing silver as "bright" is accurate. I've heard harsh and bright sounding cables made with silver, silver/copper, and copper. The ICs and speaker cables in my 2 channel system are all solid silver (AudioQuest) and are very natural sounding. Same goes for the silver (Reveloution Audio Labs) and silver/copper (Signal Cable) cables in my home theater system.
You just can't look at a cable's conductor metal and think it will sound a certain way. The way the metal is drawn, finished, insulated, and the way the conductors are arranged (twist geometry) and terminated affect the sound.
I have only heard the 707s once, and I certainly would not characterize them as dull or slow sounding. I think you might want to look at another source. I have the Oppo 103 and I found it to be unlistenable with the 705s for music.
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Fair enough but if he puts on Ben's IC's? He'll have more life and a laid back sound.
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Have you tried the iFi with them?
Who me? I tried to hook up the nano but I think I need the drivers and can only use the PC for a source. Volts loaned me his Micro that I can hook up to the Oppo and HAD that I am going to try. -
DarqueKnight wrote: »afterburnt wrote: »So do yooz think that lets say some silver ICS could liven up my Slim 707's?
I don't know if generalizing silver as "bright" is accurate. I've heard harsh and bright sounding cables made with silver, silver/copper, and copper. The ICs and speaker cables in my 2 channel system are all solid silver (AudioQuest) and are very natural sounding. Same goes for the silver (Reveloution Audio Labs) and silver/copper (Signal Cable) cables in my home theater system.
You just can't look at a cable's conductor metal and think it will sound a certain way. The way the metal is drawn, finished, insulated, and the way the conductors are arranged (twist geometry) and terminated affect the sound.
I have only heard the 707s once, and I certainly would not characterize them as dull or slow sounding. I think you might want to look at another source. I have the Oppo 103 and I found it to be unlistenable with the 705s for music.
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I dunno about his luck with Ben's IC's. I've had them...and they did sound lively, but also with a nice tinge on those upper frequencies that I couldn't get used to.
MY take on silver cables....
Cheap silver cables sound just as bad as cheap copper ones.
The more expensive silver cables sound completely different.
Having a silver/copper combo might be more pleasant to the ears.
Positioning of silver IC's within ones system is also key.HT SYSTEM-
Sony 850c 4k
Pioneer elite vhx 21
Sony 4k BRP
SVS SB-2000
Polk Sig. 20's
Polk FX500 surrounds
Cables-
Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable
Kitchen
Sonos zp90
Grant Fidelity tube dac
B&k 1420
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I dunno about his luck with Ben's IC's. I've had them...and they did sound lively, but also with a nice tinge on those upper frequencies that I couldn't get used to.
MY take on silver cables....
Cheap silver cables sound just as bad as cheap copper ones.
The more expensive silver cables sound completely different.
Having a silver/copper combo might be more pleasant to the ears.
Positioning of silver IC's within ones system is also key.
Tony where do you feel is the most important position?Post edited by afterburnt on -
afterburnt wrote: »I dunno about his luck with Ben's IC's. I've had them...and they did sound lively, but also with a nice tinge on those upper frequencies that I couldn't get used to.
MY take on silver cables....
Cheap silver cables sound just as bad as cheap copper ones.
The more expensive silver cables sound completely different.
Having a silver/copper combo might be more pleasant to the ears.
Positioning of silver IC's within ones system is also key.
Tony where do you is the most important position?
That's a personal question...IMHO
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afterburnt wrote: »I dunno about his luck with Ben's IC's. I've had them...and they did sound lively, but also with a nice tinge on those upper frequencies that I couldn't get used to.
MY take on silver cables....
Cheap silver cables sound just as bad as cheap copper ones.
The more expensive silver cables sound completely different.
Having a silver/copper combo might be more pleasant to the ears.
Positioning of silver IC's within ones system is also key.
Tony where do you feel is the most important position?
Tony's old. I'm guessing missionary, lights off... -
^^the best 2 minutes of his day.The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
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You guys are on a roll. You might be a minute and 30 seconds too generous though.afterburnt wrote: »They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.
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Done in 30 seconds? Sounds good to me.
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Fair enough but if he puts on Ben's IC's? He'll have more life and a laid back sound.
Tom
*and NOT a laid back sound. This is why I hate typing on the phone. **** like this happens.
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"P O O P" is censored? My word, what is this world coming too? Try to keep it clean and still get censored....
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WTF?
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ken brydson wrote: »afterburnt wrote: »I dunno about his luck with Ben's IC's. I've had them...and they did sound lively, but also with a nice tinge on those upper frequencies that I couldn't get used to.
MY take on silver cables....
Cheap silver cables sound just as bad as cheap copper ones.
The more expensive silver cables sound completely different.
Having a silver/copper combo might be more pleasant to the ears.
Positioning of silver IC's within ones system is also key.
Tony where do you feel is the most important position?
Tony's old. I'm guessing missionary, lights off...
You'd be sooo wrong, lol.
Positioning is a matter of experimenting. Personally I find between the pre and the amp to have the most noticeable effect. The last leg before it hits the speakers.HT SYSTEM-
Sony 850c 4k
Pioneer elite vhx 21
Sony 4k BRP
SVS SB-2000
Polk Sig. 20's
Polk FX500 surrounds
Cables-
Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable
Kitchen
Sonos zp90
Grant Fidelity tube dac
B&k 1420
lsi 9's -
You have weird sexual positions Tony. Truth be told, you are a strange man....and so is she.
OH! You are talking about audio.....never mind. You had me scared for a second.
Tom~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~ -
You have weird sexual positions Tony. Truth be told, you are a strange man....and so is she.
OH! You are talking about audio.....never mind. You had me scared for a second.
Tom
Yup.... No scroggin allowed on the gear......
