Speaker cables for 4 ohm speakers

Ok...I have gone ahead and jumped all the posts...I have found no change in sonics or ambience...Sounds the same on my reference music. This is really weird that this is dramatic as it is...I am beginning to believe this is the sound of the CSi (extremely nuetral) and there is very little improvement in what I do...I am still willing to give a shot to another set of speaker cables that might open up the soundstage. Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated in the $$$ range above...How about jumpers??? I am using some non-terminated cardas soldered jumpers at the moment.

FWIW, please see my system arrangement for maybe a better understanding of what it consists of to save time of typing etc...The only change is the exchange of the Modwright to the CSi...I still have the Modwright, just not hooked up at the moment but used to reference the sonics and ambience if need be...

I think I understand now. You are comparing the sonics of the two amps using the same cable (Canare) and find the sound of the CSi to be different than the Modwright in a less than flattering way. You would like to change the cable to improve the sound. Correct?

If so you might try some Nordost cable in your budget. But be warned, some might feel that it opens up the sound, others might feel that it has the effect of changing the tonal balance, or that it might be bright. FWIW I suspect that you cannot really change the tone of your CSi by changing the cable enough to make it worthwhile, if at all. Sorry.

I'm not familar with the Coda product although I have heard that they are made by ex Threshold employees who worked for Nelson Pass and this product is much like the older Pass product designs. If that is the case perhaps what you really need is a different amp, for example a Bryston or something similar. FWIW.

Good luck

Newbee....now the messge has come across...Yes...just trying to open it up a bit...I know the Canare 4S11 is a good start on some cables for speakers...But a would a few more $$$ in cables assist or bring me closer...Would like to possbily get out of tubes and back to simple setup without losing that lustrious sound and tone and POWER...My Modwright has the tube rectified power supply upgrade that really did some jusitce...But it also really made all the instruments shine just a bit better too...Don't get me wrong this Coda is no slouch, as its very very tight and DEAD SILENT...very nice unit...just tryin to tweak it just enough to improve the final outcome...

I see, you want a SS amp to sound like a tube amp in all of its best attribhutes with none of the downsides associated with running tubes. Good luck! If you succeed be sure to get a copy right and market it. All of us tube owners (or most anyway) will beat a path to your door and make you rich. :-) FWIW the Bryston won't sound like tubes either.

I never ran my Tylers with SS stuff but if I had to I would combine a Tubed pre-amp with a SS amp. I used my SP10II and a Threshold SA amp to run Thiels quite successfully until I got lured away by the call of 'tubed amps'.

I hope things work out for you.

Newbee...thanks for the assistance...this helped clarify what I was experiencing....yeah my modwright and the b&k amp is a very nice combo...decisions decisions decisions