New speaker cables for new set-up

Posted by: spacey on 06 May 2017

Hi y'all, Just bought myself a (none BT) SuperUniti to go my existing Proac Studio 118's.

Thinking of rearranging the room (bored) if I do I'll require new speaker cables. What's the current flava to use between the two manufactures and anyone using VDH-D352 cables?

Posted on: 07 May 2017 by Yetizone

I would also add Witch Hat N2 speaker cables to your list. I currently have a pair on home dem, and so far too good, an improvement on my NACA4. Chosen over NACA5 as a fairly long run is required, and the cables need to be flexible to run around office obstacles!

May explore the Tellurium Q Black II at some point though, esp if I add new black boxes…

Posted on: 07 May 2017 by Pcd

Yetizone posted:
I would also add Witch Hat N2 speaker cables to your list. I currently have a pair on home dem, and so far too good, an improvement on my NACA4. Chosen over NACA5 as a fairly long run is required, and the cables need to be flexible to run around office obstacles!
May explore the Tellurium Q Black II at some point though, esp if I add new black boxes…

Very good cables indend used them in my last system excellent value for money.

Posted on: 07 May 2017 by spacey

Went to buy a pair of 4m TQBs from a guy locally, he's kindly been running them in for me for a few years. They're in the system and the result is very positive. They are a clear winner on every sense. More delicate and layered yet more weight when needed. There's a sense of clearness, coherence and a bigger sound stage I haven't had with the Studio cables.

Happy system, complete. Been slowly building this over the last 5 months, carefully auditioning and matching every aspect.

So this is it:

Naim SuperUniti
Proac Studio 118s on Pixel Plus stands
QNAP TS251+NAS with 2x1TB SSDs & 8GB ram
CAT6A cables from cablemonkey
RKT mains cable
iPad Mini2

Posted on: 07 May 2017 by Finkfan

Glad to hear they're working for you. Enjoy.

Posted on: 07 May 2017 by GraemeH

Super Spacey!

Posted on: 07 May 2017 by spacey

Cheers G,

SO pleased with the result. The TQB is very special IMHO. Well, the whole system is spectacular

Posted on: 11 May 2017 by Dreadatthecontrols

Interesting thread. I'm maybe a bit behind the times, Naim used to almost always insist using Nac A5 cable as its characteristics were/are part of the design of its amplifiers. Is this no longer the case? I have always used NacA5 with my Naim except for one time when I tried the old Chord flatline but went back to Naca. Its an appropriate cable in a Naim amp/speaker combo but I've always disliked the pain in the but stiffness of it and often wondered about an alternative. I would need 4x 5m runs so could be expensive.