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AntiCables v. Morrow?

Looking to buy 1st cable upgrade from #10 wire. For Ohm Walsh 100-S3s and Spendor S3/5s running off ATI 1502 Power amp with CJ PV 6 tube preamp and Cambridge 740C. Listen to lots of jazz, female vocals, blues, acoustic music. I found the preamp softened and warmed up my sound taking off what I thought was some edge but as an older amp some detail too. Trying to decide on what kinds of speaker cable to move towards. Cant afford to go truly esoteric...$200 -300 max. Can people give me a sense of the relative benefis or tradeoffs between the two companies and the types of cable they sell?
joekapahulu
telescope_trade
539 posts
 
Hiendmuse,

Thanks, I will check with him tomorrow. Yea, I will
let him burn them in as I don't want to go through that
again! It would probably drive me nuts with my new speakers.
tvad
9,467 posts
 
I'm presently comparing SP3 bi-wire speaker cables to SP6 bi-wire speaker cables. In my system, I'm not certain the SP6 are a clear winner to justify the significant added cost.

Yes, the music has more weight, but the instruments have a less precise placement in space. Percussion in particular is somewhat pushed back in the mix with the SP6. The SP6 were purchased with the Morrow break-in (equivalent to 297 hours), and they now have an additional 100 hours on them.

Has anyone compared the SP4 bi-wire to SP6?
telescope_trade
539 posts
 
TVAD,

Keep us posted. I don't want to spend extra on the speaker cables if the SP3's are sort of a "sweet spot" in the line.
hiendmuse
257 posts
 
Telescope Trade, my system benefitted from going from SP-3's to the SP-4's. YMMV. Morrow offers a 60 day trial period. If you don't feel they are an improvement over the SP-3's, just return them for a full refund.
tvad
9,467 posts
 
Telescope_trade, everyone in this hobby has a different price/performance point along the sliding scale, so I wouldn't necessarily take anything I post as the decision maker for you.

As I mentioned, I do hear a difference, but it's not dramatic (on my price/performance sliding scale), which is why I'm curious about the SP4.
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