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Speaker Cables for VA Mahlers with Linn electronic

I'm rearranging my listening room and changing from a 25 ft run of Ocos speaker wire to a 6 ft run of something else. I'm running Linn Akurate CD, Linn Axis TT, Linn Exotic preamp, and Linn 2250 amp into Vienna Acoustics Mahlers. I love the sound and have no complaints -- very musical, lots of detail, great soundstage. But I'm assuming that going to a shorter run of speaker wire will improve things.

I'm using Stereovox 600 interconnects, which nicely improved things all around when I got them. I'd love to try their speaker wire, but their reference line is out of my price range. Any thoughts about Stereovox Firebird speaker wire? I'm looking for suggestions for speaker wires that might work well in my system. Whatcha think?
tpy
tpy OP
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Thanks for the helpful and thoughtful responses. Do you know if Cable Co. allows you to put the money you invest in the trial (or shipping for the trial??) to stuff from their Used Cable line?

When I got my Ocos, I was told that there was something about their design that made them better than most for long runs. I've been quite happy with them but haven't experimented with speaker cables because I have the Ocos running beneath my floor and the hassle involved in switching that out.

Any other thoughts on Raquel's point a about the match between amp and speaker wire being more important than the match with the speaker?

Has anyone had experience with different cables for a Linn electronic, Vienna Mahler's setup?
raquel
841 posts
 
I just want to clarify what I was saying. The amp / speaker cable interface is indeed important (as I wrote, the most important factor in the view of some), as is the speaker cable / speaker interface. The key, however, and that is why I mentioned the amp, is that all three pieces work together and must be considered. The amp is facing impedances determined by speaker cables, crossovers, sometimes the system resonance, and other factors - it's a complex soup. In short, talk to Sumiko (Vienna Acoustics) and to Linn, and then for good measure, to the speaker cable manufacturer (smart cable manufacturers will warn you of a pending mismatch).
deebarnes
13 posts
 
Hello,
I'm a neophyte, but own VA Beethovens with a flagship Yamaha from 10 years ago. My future son-in-law did some research on wires for VAs when we were looking to upgrade to 5.1 recently. He said MIT wires were highly recommended in several reviews and in forums for VA speakers. He said the Yamaha A/v brain and the VA speakers are very fast electronically, and that MIT cables were ideal matches and were recommended by Sumiko/ Vienna for their speakers.
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