John - that's really helpful, thanks a lot. I have a dedicated circuit but it's 15a. Ken Stevens thought it would suffice, I may upgrade it to 30a. I have an Aqueous Anniv power cord and was considering getting a 3m AA rca from a Wavestream Kinetics phono to the Calypso and a 1m AA rca from Calypso to amp. Not sure about CDP to pre - I could use Poiema!!! or Jena Symphony or Stealth PGS Gold if I didn't want to invest in more Purist. The Dominus is more than I can afford and I was told the AA IC is better than the more expensive Venustas, at least for my application. Currently have Auditorium 23 speaker cables which I like but I don't know how the Opis would compare. Based on your experience I would hesitate to plop for AA speaker cables unless I could demo them first. There are some KS Fascination SCs here - they're a lot less than the Emotion, I wonder if they are a good value? Thanks everyone for your responses.
Cables for CAT JL2 - is Purist non-silver enough?
The prevailing wisdom (including from Ken Stevens) is that silver cables don't match well with CAT amps. I've heard that the new Purist cables (maybe the old ones too) like the Aqueous Anniv. sound nothing like stereotypical silver. Does anybody have experience using Purist with CAT gear or have other recommendations for ICs and speaker cables? Apparently many people use Transparent - I was advised by a knowlegeable person that they didn't think a network cable on a CAT was a great idea. Seems like there are some CAT afficionados out there, I was hoping someone had done serious experimenting.
System is Calypso, Modwright 3910, Shahinian Obelisk, analog soon.
Thanks
System is Calypso, Modwright 3910, Shahinian Obelisk, analog soon.
Thanks
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