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Old 03-29-2018, 08:53 PM
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Default What cables are You using for Your Dan D’Agostino components

Having visited some of High-End shows I noticed that exhibitors use a lot of cable brands with Dan D’Agostino components: Transparent Audio, Synergistic Research, MIT, Shunyata (see photo).
Personally I gone for Transparent Audio Cables for IC and Speaker cable, but have not decided what power cords to choose.
What is forum mates experience on the cables with Dan D’Agostino products?
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Old 03-29-2018, 09:14 PM
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Boy, some would put up with Monster Cables (for a while anyway) to get that system!
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All Shunyata here: power, interconnects and speaker. I was happily using them before the arrival of my Momentum and so far have heard no reason to change. I heard the Momentum at the dealer with Transparent and it sounded very good, but frankly I have no desire to have fat cables with big turtles sitting on my floor - the space is crowded enough.
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I am pleased at running a full loom of Nordost Valhalla 2 Power, XLR, Speaker with QKore6 and in the process of adding QB8 MKII, QX4, then done, finished, complete, no more, ever...
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A number of years ago, was fortunate to in-home audition Nordost Odin (or really unfortunate for what transpired years later) power cables and speaker cables for a week before I had to send them back to Nordost HQ.

I was floored, dazed & amazed at the time but couldn't afford them; always had that experience in the back of my head and with a devil & angel on each shoulder reminding me.

Finally, pulled the trigger for them on my previous amps/preamp and during the transition to Dan D'Agostino kept everything after hearing the Dan D'Agostino Stereo amp with the same power cables and speaker cables on the Alexias V2's at my dealers event late last year (I did send the power cords back to Nordost HQ for 20A amplifier reterminations on equipment side).

So, I'm all Nordost Odin Power Cables on amps and preamp to answer your question.

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Digital Cables: Nordost Odin 2's, 110 ohm AES/EBU on dCS Transport to DAC.
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