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speaker cables with a warm sound

I was hoping to get some suggestions on speaker cables that have a dark, warm presentation. I am running a pair of NHT VT-1.2's. They are fairly revealing in my system and are punishingly bright with brightly recorded software. My ears are VERY sensitive to high frequencies and can quickly become fatigued with bright material. I have changed out my interconnects to Harmonic Technology Truthlinks because of their warmer sonics. That helped a lot. I think the addition of dark, warm speaker cables will get me where I want to be. Right now I am biwiring with a shotgun array of Music Metre Signature (4 single runs per speaker). The associated amp is a Sonic Frontiers SFS-40 (6922/KT-90), but I have a pair of SFM-160 monoblocks (6922/6550) on the way. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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marakanetz
5,473 posts
 
As far as I've heard, Nirvana has a very worm "black" background and it's very friendly to the tube outputs
thorman
1,262 posts
 
Try Monster cable M1000mk3 Great bass smooth warm highs. Cheap on the 2nd hand market.
cornfedboy
1,645 posts
 
you don't mention your source electronics. some of your brightness may be coming from your digital frontend. it'd be a shame to use cables as tone controls, only to need another change if you upgrade your dac, transport or player. - kelly
john_l
782 posts
 
Analysis oval 9 (very warm), followed by acoustic zen sakura. I have heard the harmonic tech stuff will warm things up a bit too.
bob_bundus
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Cornfed raises a good point; your brightness may well be considerably upline. There are a lot of other avenues to explore; you may or may not have done that? Please refer to my recent post regarding a member with harshness complaints: I offered many suggestions there which may be applicable to your situation as well...
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