Morrow IC's
Hi @will62 thanks for your thoughts - I'm in the same budget world as you and having a hard time parsing the different sonic characters in the "entry level" ICs. Have you done a head to head of the Morrow vs the AQ Evergreen? Have you tried cables from WireWorld? I'm wondering how these "sound". Thanks! |
Comparing Morrow cables to others in some sort of "shoot out" seems like it could be a frustrating endeavor as disconnecting the Morrows is alleged to prompt "a day or two" of them recovering their mojo. This requires the cable reviewer to remember their subjective opinion of the cable "sound" (or, more accurately, the cable's "influence"), and after 50 plus years of this stuff I've learned to have some serious doubts about that sort of test. Well made cables should be ignorable, and if they're not (like the turntable cable that came with my Linn/Akito that picked up hum from everything from dimmers to whining strangers…replaced with a dead silent hum rejecting Jelco-Mogami solution…in hot pink no less), there is a serious bad design issue going on. I roll tubes, have a revealing system, and if the system responds to tube tone swaps I figure the cables are in sync…solid core, soft core, lava core, whatever…and the Morrows sound fine, or not at all…or something. |
http://morrowaudio.com/ Just a heads up, Morrow's heavily discounted. Although personally feel this is more realistic pricing, compared to their heavily inflated, ridiculous RRP's. I would only recommend Morrow's with these discounts, and only in some systems and some circumstances. Cheers. |
To Morrow or not to Morrow…that is the question. And what’s wrong with Indianapolis? (Rhetorical question…please do not respond). Also, I want to find the guy who bought Morrow cables when they were NOT on sale…who is that guy? In any case, cables that are made to order should be expensive, but these aren’t so much. Try to get Audioquest to make cables just for you, and get back to me on that. I don’t spend much time these days thinking about how my cables are working, or if they’re as good as something else that would maybe "focus my soundstage" more. I like noise rejecting items…bespoke-ish power supplies, humlessnessness…beyond that I can relax and enjoy my gear pile’s ability to put great sounding music in my face knowing people like Mike Morrow are making fine cables I can afford. |
I liked the MA4s interconnects so much, that I've ordered a pair of MA6 with the March sale. I may return the MA4s, or keep them and use somewhere else. I was comparing the MA4s with Anticable 3.1 (both XLR from PassXP-15 phono amp to Haloint) and the MA4s had the detail of the Anticables, without the treble glare, right off the bat with almost no break in. So far, I'm really liking them. Hope the MA6 are an improvement over the MA4. The MA6s are the most expensive interconnect I've purchased so far, even on sale, but hey, I got a bonus from work burning a hole in my pocket... : ) |
