What speaker cables do you use?

Posted by: wenger2015 on 25 January 2016

I started with the very basic chord rumor, that was a number of years ago, I didn't appreciate the significance of a real quality cable until quite recently, I am now a true convert of high quality speaker cables and interconnects.

I have since discovered the sublime tellurium ultra black speaker cables, which are exceptional, I know of course with another large sum of cash greater improvement can be made...so my question is what speaker cable do you use and why?

Posted on: 03 March 2016 by wenger2015

Rob T posted:
Another vote for TQ Black way better than NAC A5 on my system, I did home demo the Naim SL which was very good BUT not enough for me to go for them yet, mabe in the future....never say never but the 300DR comes next for me.

Agree completely on the 300Dr, heard it recently at the Bristol show, truly stunning piece of kit, I'm also a big fan of TQ cables, I had the black and have now moved up to ultra blacks.

Posted on: 04 March 2016 by Rob T

wenger2015 posted:
Rob T posted:
Another vote for TQ Black way better than NAC A5 on my system, I did home demo the Naim SL which was very good BUT not enough for me to go for them yet, mabe in the future....never say never but the 300DR comes next for me.
Agree completely on the 300Dr, heard it recently at the Bristol show, truly stunning piece of kit, I'm also a big fan of TQ cables, I had the black and have now moved up to ultra blacks.

Hi Wenger..Out of interest have you compared them to the SL cables and is there much of a step change with the ultra blacks?

Yes agree the 300DR is really special, I had a demo at my dealer Basically Sound, hooked up to XPSDR/272/PMC 20/26 all standard leads, I runs 250DR at present but the 300DR was clearly better by a quite a margin, I will be running it with PLs and Chord Sig TA and may add the TQ Ultra Blacks, trouble is my dealer does not stock TQ which is a bummer. sorry to have gone off topic.

ATB.

Posted on: 04 March 2016 by wenger2015

Rob T posted:
wenger2015 posted:
Rob T posted:
Another vote for TQ Black way better than NAC A5 on my system, I did home demo the Naim SL which was very good BUT not enough for me to go for them yet, mabe in the future....never say never but the 300DR comes next for me.
Agree completely on the 300Dr, heard it recently at the Bristol show, truly stunning piece of kit, I'm also a big fan of TQ cables, I had the black and have now moved up to ultra blacks.
Hi Wenger..Out of interest have you compared them to the SL cables and is there much of a step change with the ultra blacks?
Yes agree the 300DR is really special, I had a demo at my dealer Basically Sound, hooked up to XPSDR/272/PMC 20/26 all standard leads, I runs 250DR at present but the 300DR was clearly better by a quite a margin, I will be running it with PLs and Chord Sig TA and may add the TQ Ultra Blacks, trouble is my dealer does not stock TQ which is a bummer. sorry to have gone off topic.
ATB.

The ultra black cable is exceptionally good, it's a definite step up from blacks. I heard the SL cables for the first time at Bristol show last weekend, unfortunately for me it didn't seem to work, everything went a little harsh, it actually sounded better with the standard nac 5, the 300 Dr on demo was exceptional, I have the 250 Dr and it was a real step up, after saying that an xps was used as well , so it did make me think an xps needs to be my next purchase. As for comparison, ultra blacks or SL it's all matter of personal choice, but for me it's ultra blacks that win my vote.