Advice on interconnect choice

I would suggest the used Virtual Dynamics Nite 3 pair on Audiogon//Great i/cs..A touch sweet/Great speed and bass attack..Great value for the pricerange...

You asked this question on Audiogon as well. I still recommend Anti-Cables that I am using between my Ayre K1xe preamp, and Blockhead/Sennheiser 650 phones with great results. The cables are inexpensive and come with a money back guarantee.

Hey Stringreen,we are on Audiogon.Better fire up the coffee pot!!!!!

Thanks for the feedback. However, has anyone had specific experience with those 3 cables (Analysis Plus Solo Crystal, Acoustic Zen Matrix Reference II, Nordost Heimdall)? I currently have access to these - I live outside the US so not everything is readily available.

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There is no realistic way to predict how ANY cable will match either your particular musical preferences or your particular choice of components. You MUST do this by trial, particularly when expensive cables are concerned. The means finding a dealer to try out cables or using one of the companies that has a huge line and offers in-home trial (e.g., check out thecableco.com).

A lot of the better, and very expensive, cables are extremely fast and detailed sounding, and in my opinion, less suited for headphone listening than for speaker listening (experience based on Stax Omega II headphones). So, recommendations based on listening to speaker systems may be WAY off the mark.

As a general rule, most brands have a particular "house" sound, so I would start with trying different brands first before refining the search within a particular brand that suits your system/taste. However, there are some exceptions, such as NBS, which has different lines with distinctively different sound.

I think you should either work with a dealer with a broad line of interconnects or with one of those companies offering home trial.