Comments on Profile Post by westermac

  1. Psalmanazar
    Psalmanazar
    Nice! Did you diy? I like the reguglar Mogami cable a lot better than the 2534 quad sold as Mogami Gold at music stores.
    Jan 2, 2019
  2. zonto
    zonto
    I really like Mogami cables too. I use a half-meter pair of 2534 with Neutrik XLR connectors between Yggdrasil and Rag and 3103 speaker cables.

    Why don't you like the 2534 @Psalmanazar? Is that just for unbalanced RCA?
    Jan 2, 2019
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  3. Psalmanazar
    Psalmanazar
    Quad cabling costs more and dulls the sound.
    Jan 2, 2019
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  4. westermac
    westermac
    The only quad cable I have experience with is Canare Star Quad, which is fine with me but I prefer Mogami 2549 in my system (a bit more open up top as @Psalmanazar said).
    Jan 2, 2019
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  5. westermac
    westermac
    I had planned on going the DIY route and had my cart ready to go at Redco, but decided to shop around for kicks and giggles and found proaudiola's cost of assembly to be very reasonable, and well worth it for me since I'm a slow solderer and needed a bunch of cables.
    Jan 2, 2019
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  6. westermac
    westermac
    @zonto Glad you like the 3103 speaker cable (I assume); that's next on my list
    Jan 2, 2019
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  7. Garns
    Garns
    2549 is great. I like 3080 better still - a touch clearer and more open.
    Jan 2, 2019
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  8. zonto
    zonto
    @westermac I got all mine from Take Five Audio in Canada. Little expensive for the fancy cryo, but when I got quotes for speaker cables from a couple other shops using crap banana plugs they weren't a whole lot cheaper. I really like the BFA / z-style banana plugs that Take Five offers.

    Replaced Cardas cables in my system as I was sick of how expensive they were. ;)
    Jan 2, 2019
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  9. spwath
    spwath
    I finally treated my system to Amazonbasics interconnects, replacing the crusty old rca cables I found in my basement
    Jan 2, 2019
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  10. philipmorgan
    philipmorgan
    Vintage Radio Shsck copper has tighter bass and more liquid mids
    Jan 2, 2019
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  11. yotacowboy
    yotacowboy
    very pleased with proaudiola gotham stuff for xlr-to-xlr ICs.
    Jan 2, 2019
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  12. zonto
    zonto
    @yotacowboy What model of the Gotham cable did you pick and why? Did you compare to any Mogami cables?
    Jan 2, 2019
  13. yotacowboy
    yotacowboy
    my xlr-xlr shootout was: Gotham GAC-4/1 (good+), Gotham GAC-2 Ultra Pro (great), Moon Audio Black dragon (kinda meh), Belden 8402 (good at some things), Grimm TPR (good), and Mogami 2534 (meh). What I settled on was: GAC-2 Ultra Pro from Gungnir Multibit to Freya (xlr), GAC-4/1 from Freya to 2-ch amp (rca), 8402 from Freya to ZDTJr (rca).
    Jan 3, 2019
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