Speltz Anti Cables

Jayctoy: Looking forward to hearing about the results of your comparison. Got two pairs of the ICs also. The music sounds great here.

Sean: It makes a lot of sense what you are saying. My approach for this system is putting the $$$ in the right place. Sometimes that means you spend it in the wrong place and later realize it.
Most significant for me was the replacement of the expensive tube preamp, with many more features than needed in my simple 2-channel system, with the Placette Passive. There was no compromise at all with that change, but a list of positive improvements. Part of that could be attributed to the solid foundation provided by the speakers, including the sub, and the amp. I'm convinced the dollars spent on the foundation were worth it.
I want the cables to be like the Passive, transparent and revealing, so I can appreciate the qualities of the foundation. What baffles me is the relative few comments regarding the Granite Audio 657 CDP I see posted. It's an incredible source component that seems to be largely overlooked.

Jayctoy,

Any update on your comparison of TG, Audience and Anti's?

Regards,

As good as the audience and the TG audio, In my systems
I prefer the Anticable,maybe it synergise my ears and
my system,I like the explosiveness of the AC,the decay
of the instruments are very accurate,no grain, more air.
I keep coming back to the Anticable,I would like to
add that, they are full rich sounding cables,I am also
hearing the backgound better in 3 dimension.
The AC interconnect in my system,is the one I prefer
over the au24 ic, and the TG audio HSR.These three IC
were all good,but I prefer the the AC IMS,for the same
reason above, the result was the same.
After all, cables are system dependent, the best way
is to connect them in your systems.Thanks

There was some talk earlier of braiding them. I have a couple long cable runs - between 12 and 15 feet - and it would be much easier if I braided them. Would this work?

Speaker cables with high inductance i.e. wide spacing between the conductors can alter the sonics of a system in many different ways with different perceptions. My experience is that by rolling off treble due to the high inductance, a system suffering from artificial brightness and / or high frequency smearing now sounds smoother and the shift in tonal balance adds body and fullness.

This is the same reason that "warm sounding" tube based components have become so popular i.e. the colourations that they enter into a system tends to hide or mask other problems upstream ( hard and brittle sounding digital ), making them a match made in Heaven for some folks. That match made in Heaven is what some might call "system synergy" while others would call it "complimentary colourations".

Like i said before, you guys are hearing many of the benefits of a solid core conductor, which i've highly promoted for many years now, but you're only getting part of the picture. Whether or not you want to see the rest of the picture or will like what it looks like once you do see it will depend on the rest of your system and / or your personal preferences. Sean
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