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Old 05-07-2018, 04:04 PM
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Thanks Terry! We've been listening to SO much music since the upgrades; it's awesome!

The Hurricanes on my tube monoblocks continued to bowl me over all weekend. This was a significant cable upgrade; its effect is on par with a major component upgrade. They're so incredibly authoritative and detailed, yet still so smooth sounding (edging almost into "creamy" territory, but not quite). Over the past year I've upgraded my 2 interconnects from AQ Fire to Wild Blue Yonder to WEL Signature, and going from NRG-1000s to Hurricanes on the monos seems like a notably bigger improvement than going from Fire to WEL for both links.

Now I'm looking at the two WEL NRG cords on phono stage and preamp, and wondering if I should just go all Hurricane in case there's some extra performance to eek out with an all-'Cane system.
I'd bet my money on the NRG-WEL against the Hurricane (but not when used with any high-current equipment such as integrated or power amps)...
I've used to own NRG-WEL and I think that Hurricane performs better on such gear.
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Old 05-07-2018, 04:23 PM
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I'd bet my money on the NRG-WEL against the Hurricane (but not when used with any high-current equipment such as integrated or power amps)...
I've used to own NRG-WEL and I think that Hurricane performs better on such gear.
Yes, you're probably right. A while ago I compared Hurricane to WEL NRG on my REF 6 preamp, and it was very close overall, with some small advantages to the WEL. I'm just riding high of the unexpectedly impressive monobock 'Canes upgrade, and now wondering "what else can be done?".

The biggest next upgrade would probably be putting Dragon HC's on the monoblocks, but that's just FAR too expensive in the 2.0m and 1.25m lengths required (13K). So other than filling out in all 'Canes and seeing whether magic synergy happens, I could consider one of the following:
  • Dragon Source on VAC phono or REF 6. But then, does the REF 6 need an HC or Source? The Dargon Source is only 16 gauge vs. the WEL NRG's 13. And though the VAC is perfect for the Source, would the fact that it uses a hard-wired umbilical cable dilute the Dragon's effect?
  • Dragon HC 1.0m from Niagara 7000 to Wall. But I feel like the amp cords had a much bigger impact than when I upgraded the wall cord from NRG-1000 to NRG WEL and then Hurricane.

Dang, I'd kill to hear Dragons all-round my system, but that's just beyond my pay grade.
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