Best cables for Simaudio Moon system??

Hi Benn,

I've had the P-5 and W-5 in my system with a Linn Ikemi for probably close to 5 years now and I'm very happy with the system and hopefully you will be as well.

For what its worth, I find the Sim stuff must be connected using XLR balanced cables. After some trial and error, I've had a lot of great success with UPOCC cables from companies such as Harmonic Technology and then Acoustic Zen and Cryotweaks.

Right now I'm using the Cryotweaks silver reference mk II XLR interconnects both from Ikemi to P-5 and then P-5 to W-5. For the speaker connectivity, I am using the Acoustic Zen Satori Shotguns which give a very nice natural and smooth yet very detailed sound.

One thing you didn't mention was power cords and power conditioning. The W-5 and P-5 react well with aftermarket power cords. I'm using the PS Audio xStream statement / plus cords and they work great in my system in combination with the other cables but I'm sure others that I haven't tried will work well as well.

Could it be that Moon gear will never be your cup of tea sonically speaking? Same thing happened to me, when I realized that the ''moon'' sound never gave me the involvement I wanted or that I deserved given the astronomic pricing of these (in my opinion anyway) overpriced units.

The revealing nature of the Moon stuff does mean that an accurate cable is better. I found that the Cardas is good stuff for the dollar value,it does have a darker sound along with a slight emphasis in the midbass.I think that you have really nice equipment and that it deserves a cable that is of the same calibur.I've two friends that have Wadia's cdps and Moon W-5 LE's and they swear up and down that Virtual Dynamics cables made the most difference to their sound.They both have had the Nite series followed by the Master and now own the Revelation through out their systems.The best product made by Virtual is the power cords, what they do for an amp is truly amazing in both power and resolution.Just try a Master cord on your amp and you will see immediate benefits ( it does take 3 full days before the amp restabalise and imaging comes back to normal).I just heard my friends all revelation system and it was killer in everyway imaginable (Wadia 27GNSC Modded 64x oversampling has to be one of the very best out there).With the Revelation it was very natural and musical at the sametime,I've never heard so much info coming from a Martin logan SL3 with a revelation power cord kicking the speaker in the ass!! Give one a try if you have the inclination ( your components will never sound the same and neither will the music).Good luck and good hunting-Dennis

Thanks everyone for all your thoughts. I'll keep trying!!

I have an I-5 integrated and a Nova and use VHAudio pular interconnects and am quite pleased. - walkman