Probably should have posted this in "Done for now" but who's kidding who? Slowed down for now is more like it. The goal of this system architecture is to straddle the line between truth and musicality (ideally, I believe, there is no line) as even-handedly as possible. As we all know, every choice necessitates trade-offs and, by and large, I don't regret mine. I'm a firm believer in high sensitivity and elegant, simple circuits and minimal parts count. My inventory of wires allows a degree of experimentation in different sonic flavors by having copper, silver, silver plated copper and amorphous core varieties in house.
I just noticed that I hadn't updated my system since 2006 so took the time to do so. Unfortunately, I don't know how to post pix and apparently that matters now (some kind of AG requirement if you want your system to show up in search, etc.) so I'm going to get a friend to assist with that.
I just noticed that I hadn't updated my system since 2006 so took the time to do so. Unfortunately, I don't know how to post pix and apparently that matters now (some kind of AG requirement if you want your system to show up in search, etc.) so I'm going to get a friend to assist with that.
Hi CLF. Sorry about the extremely belated reply but I hardly ever spend any time back at my own system posting and just saw your inquiry. The answer is none. Only Atmas have driven my system since day one. I auditioned the Duos at Jim Smiths house before buying and he used Cary monos (805s I believe) and, briefly, the little Pass Aleph cube amp. Those were onetime listens so I can't claim enough exposure to them to have any aural memory/opinion of the combo 13 years later.
Now as far as other amp/speaker combos featuring neither of my personal inventory, I, unfortunately, have not had any exposure to any other systems that are nearly as ambitious as mine because no retailer in town stocks anything of the sort and none of the guys in the audio club here are quite as lunatic fringey as me. Or shall I say my compadres are more "reined in" by practical considerations and sig. others. And I don't fly because of a medical condition so if it ain't local, I don't hear it. Certainly, there are some very nice systems in town but, generally, they are less full range and smaller scale than what I have assembled. I do play loud and I do value dynamics and scale, among other things.
For some unknown reason, when I listed my system, only the cable names transferred over without the accompanying description as to what they were (ICs, speaker, PC, etc.).
The SPMs I have listed serve as jumpers between the tweeters and subs on my Duos so speaker cables per se, they are not.
Howvever, I am using Valhalla bi-wire currrently and these did replace SPM bi-wire about 6 years ago or whenever it was that Valhalla debutted (I was an early adapter).
My recollection would put SPM in the same basic camp as Valhalla (very clean, very quick and very detailed) but somewhat less fulsome in overall weight, but not much. This is not the choice for those who value euphony over accuracy. Brands such as Purist and Kubala Sosna would probably be good examples of cables whose design philosophies would put them at the opposite end of the spectrum.
Hello. I'm looking for opinions of Nordost SPM speaker/interconnect cables. Can you describe them or compare them to others you've tried? A response at your ealriest convinience would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Luka
Thanks for looking although there isn't anything to actually look at, further complicated by the fact that all the wire descriptions (ICs PCs speaker cables, etc.) have turned up AWOL. I am the virtual Fred Flintstone of the computer world, do not own a digital camera and wouldn't know how to download if I did. And further, I hate to prevail upon friends, although one has volunteered his services. Maybe I'll check into it if it's no big deal.
