Speaker cable help

[thesaint519]

Originally Posted by jpgr4blu

I do not use transparent or MIT but for those of you who recall Wilson's website around the time of wp6s and 7s, Wilson "recommended" networked cables for Wilson speakers. I've heard Wilson's with Transparent on many occasions and can say only good things about that combo.

Fellow AA comrades,

I'm in the market for speaker cables. I've been considering the usual suspects that are typically mated with my Wilson/Lamm combo:

Transparent
MIT
Kubala-Sosna
Purist Audio

I've been hearing nothing but great things about Shunyata Research's new Zitron cables. Does anyone have any experience with any in the Zitron line?

[Cellindo]

Hi thesaint,

I think you could seriously consider NIRVANA cables as well. I always had interesting results with this brand on WILSON speakers. Good luck in your shopping for new cables. Don't forget the power/mains cables; they are so important when it is a quality product. ;-)

[Jerome W]

I use WireWorld Silver Eclipse 6 between the 2301's and the WP8 and like them a lot.

[thesaint519]

Originally Posted by Cellindo

Hi thesaint,

I think you could seriously consider NIRVANA cables as well. I always had interesting results with this brand on WILSON speakers. Good luck in your shopping for new cables. Don't forget the power/mains cables; they are so important when it is a quality product. ;-)

Thanks. I'd add them to the short list.

[thesaint519]

Originally Posted by Cellindo

Hi thesaint,

I think you could seriously consider NIRVANA cables as well. I always had interesting results with this brand on WILSON speakers. Good luck in your shopping for new cables. Don't forget the power/mains cables; they are so important when it is a quality product. ;-)

Hi Cellindo,

The Transparent Reference Balanced MM1s came in a couple nights ago, courtesy of Larry Marcus of Paragon Sight & Sound. He also included set of Transparent Audio Music Wave Ultra spkr cable to demo along with he Reference ICs. In a word, wow! Didn't realize how much information I was missing out on. What good is reference quality gear if you never get to hear what it can do? I am a believer. I'm lookin' to up the ante by finding a set of Transparent Audio Reference MM1 spkr cables, and then upgrading them all to MM2 first chance I get. But I'm staying with Transparent. Thanks uncle Larry.

[MrAcoustat]

Originally Posted by thesaint519

Hi Cellindo,

The Transparent Reference Balanced MM1s came in a couple nights ago, courtesy of Larry Marcus of Paragon Sight & Sound. He also included set of Transparent Audio Music Wave Ultra spkr cable to demo along with he Reference ICs. In a word, wow! Didn't realize how much information I was missing out on. What good is reference quality gear if you never get to hear what it can do? I am a believer. I'm lookin' to up the ante by finding a set of Transparent Audio Reference MM1 spkr cables, and then upgrading them all to MM2 first chance I get. But I'm staying with Transparent. Thanks uncle Larry.

There are the BELIEVER'S like me and there are the NON BELIEVER'S if you can't hear the difference then don't spend the big bucks that's all i have a friend that as a very good system he had all Nirvana cables went to all Stealth cables and now as all Purist Audio Design cables for NOW it is his cables of choice here is a photo of his system ALL very high quality gear.

PS: All of the cables where & are the top of the line.

[thesaint519]

Originally Posted by MrAcoustat

There are the BELIEVER'S like me and there are the NON BELIEVER'S if you can't hear the difference then don't spend the big bucks that's all i have a friend that as a very good system he had all Nirvana cables went to all Stealth cables and now as all Purist Audio Design cables for NOW it is his cables of choice here is a photo of his system ALL very high quality gear.

PS: All of the cables where & are the top of the line.

I'M A BELIEVER!! NICE system!! Is this his system or your own? Does he find it beneficial to have his speakers on platforms? I, too, have Lamm hybrids (M1.2s). After I get the cabling completed (gotta get Transparent Reference Speaker Cable), the next item on the short list is the Lamm L2 preamp. It looks like that is what he has, according to the picture. By the way, what power cords is he using, Purist Audio? How does this system sound? Killer, right?

[MrAcoustat]

Well speaking of speaker cables with a box some like & some don't like i liked them 20 years ago but could not afford them a couple of months ago i picked up a pair of Tara Labs Temporal Continuum for a very good price to match my Gabriel Gold Rapture R interconnects the problem with me is that i have champagne taste with beer money and that is very hard for any audiophile most of my friends have VERY expensive systems 100k and over so with my LITTLE 20K system all bought USED i could tell you that i am VERY satisfied of what i own and also very happy for my friends and i also have the chance of hearing such HIGHEND systems what a wonderful hobby whe all have.

[thesaint519]

Originally Posted by MrAcoustat

Well speaking of speaker cables with a box some like & some don't like i liked them 20 years ago but could not afford them a couple of months ago i picked up a pair of Tara Labs Temporal Continuum for a very good price to match my Gabriel Gold Rapture R interconnects the problem with me is that i have champagne taste with beer money and that is very hard for any audiophile most of my friends have VERY expensive systems 100k and over so with my LITTLE 20K system all bought USED i could tell you that i am VERY satisfied of what i own and also very happy for my friends and i also have the chance of hearing such HIGHEND systems what a wonderful hobby whe all have.

We all should be able to afford the kind of systems we'd like to own. I live vicariously through many others that have dream systems. But for what my lifestyle allows, I'm happy - for now. Until, of course, that pesky upgrade bug bites me in the _ss again . Here is a picture of my system just after the Sashas & the Lamms arrived. I've since had the spkrs voiced and spiked, and added SRA isoBases under the Lamms. See my profile picture. I'm a work in progress too .