Cables -- All the Same Brand?

[Masterlu]

Basil... Welcome!

[Masterlu]

Originally Posted by metaphacts

The sound of the gear has nothing to do with mixing and matching. The less coherent and/or the higher the inherent noise floor in a system, the more likely you are to mix and match. (Improperly placed speakers raise the noise floor significantly, btw.) The more coherent/quieter the system, the less likely you are to want to mix and match. In a coherent system, if you can't mix exactly you'll want cables of similar construction/grounding scheme. Hence there are cables that match OCOs beautifully but that's based on noise component, not some short term sonic tonal "synergy".

Pick your poison and put it everywhere. If you don't like your poison choice, try another one and put it everywhere until you find the one that works for you.

Bill... I even have you posting pics now; my job here is done!

[metaphacts]

Originally Posted by Masterlu

Bill... I even have you posting pics now; my job here is done!

Don't you remember my special Sonus faber installation tool for small rooms?? We may yet find a use for it at the Cape.

[Masterlu]

Aida, is that you Aida?

[metaphacts]

Originally Posted by Masterlu

Aida, is that you Aida?

[metaphacts]

[AudioNut]

Originally Posted by Echo

Back to the question of the OP: yes, i think you can combine different brands. I Will do the same for the same practical reasons. I will combine OCOS speakercables with interconnections and netcables of Van den Hul which are, in my opinion, suiting very well with eachother.

Probably because the copper used in both cables came from the same copper mine!

(Unfortunately, in my part of the USA much of the copper available on the market was stolen from someone's air conditioner)

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Originally Posted by jprice

Probably because the copper used ins both cables came from the same copper mine!

(Unfortunately, in my part of the USA much of the copper available on the market was stolen from someone's air conditioner)

That's funny

[weird]

Originally Posted by Basil

Hello friends. I hate to do that but I also want to add a quairy of mine into this interesting discussion. I agree in principle about having our ear do the "talking" as far as purchasing decisions are to be considered, but some time experts opinion counts as well a lot at least to rookies like me. For instance, I would be obliged to any colleague who may help me decide which speaker cables to purchase. My audio system consists of Accuphase pre & power amps and my speakers are the Klipschorn 50th Anniversary Floorstanding Speakers. So far I use the Monster Cable M1.2s™ Speaker Wire Pre-terminated with Monster Lock™ Master Pin™ but I now want to upgrade and I am stuck in choosing between either the Monster Cable M2.2s™ Speaker Wire Pre-terminated with Monster Lock™ Master Pin™ and Kimber Kable 8 TC or Audioquest rocket 44. Help please!!! Thanks. Basil:

Hi

A great place to start is by finding out what wire is used internally on the Klipsch. See if you can buy that wire terminated or maybe buying it unterminated and terminating it yourself. Using the wire in your speakers is always a great place to start in finding a speaker wire.

[prepress]

Originally Posted by Basil

Hello friends. I hate to do that but I also want to add a quairy of mine into this interesting discussion. I agree in principle about having our ear do the "talking" as far as purchasing decisions are to be considered, but some time experts opinion counts as well a lot at least to rookies like me. For instance, I would be obliged to any colleague who may help me decide which speaker cables to purchase. My audio system consists of Accuphase pre & power amps and my speakers are the Klipschorn 50th Anniversary Floorstanding Speakers. So far I use the Monster Cable M1.2s™ Speaker Wire Pre-terminated with Monster Lock™ Master Pin™ but I now want to upgrade and I am stuck in choosing between either the Monster Cable M2.2s™ Speaker Wire Pre-terminated with Monster Lock™ Master Pin™ and Kimber Kable 8 TC or Audioquest rocket 44. Help please!!! Thanks. Basil:

Hello,

Of the three choices you mention, I have experience with Kimber 8TC, and can vouch well for it. Excellent bang for the buck, very musical. Regardless of any other system changes I've made recently, things still sound good and the sound character has been stable.

If possible, perhaps you can try all three in your system and then choose based on the results.