Cables for Tenor/Kharma/Capitole MKI

I'm rather amused with this thread, as some of the participants are posting almost as though their lives depended upon their being right. I haven't heard all of the speakers and cables mentioned, but let's just say my Sound Labs aren't going anywhere, as they get the notes right and tend to disappear pretty well for me. There are no separate drivers, so the sound is effortlessly seamless, and the timbre is consistent regardless of listening position. You tend to forget about the system and get into the music...all of this is my opinion and should be taken with as many grains of salt as desired...I sell them, too, so there's my disclaimer. When considering spending significant amounts on audio gear, one must audition several candidates and not trust anyone else's ears or comments...Fcrowder is completely correct. The one that works for one person may not be the other's cup of tea. You have to ask yourself, will I be just as delighted with this choice five years from now as I think I am now? Four years after receiving the Ultimates I'm still amazed and enchanted. Do what floats your boat for the long term...

Brian Walsh

Bob, I guess we will have to agree to disagree. I never made any absolute statements about the Kharmas (or any other speaker) - just stated MY opinion. I am surprised you like the Rockports as I do too. But, as my post indicated, my post and the opinions stated therein are based on MY tastes and listening preferences. Also, your statement about the Kharmas is made without having heard the 30mm diamond tweeter, the new midrange driver and my woofer (which are different than Mikel's whose system you have heard with the Tenor 300s). Unless you want your ears to bleed, my Kharmas have as much pop as I could ever want.

As Brian noted, whatever speaker YOU like IS the best - period!

Fmpnd, no have not heard the diamond drivers, but will say that the woofer Mikel has is pretty much spot on........Like Rockports? Yep, have had one of their TT and a set of Syzygy 3 ways for over a decade and just traded a preamp for a set of Sound Lab M-1s which are cleaner than any Kharma or Rockport ever made.......We'll see if I can get them to image :-), but not selling the Rockports anytime soon as they tell me what is going on with wires and gear faster than anything else I have heard.......Nothing is perfect unfortunately as I mentioned earlier......

Will be sharing our CES suite with Rockport, Parasound, CTC, TG, ACME and Grand Prix this year.......AP1302......

Bob, my comment about the drivers in my Kharmas vis a vis Mike's was only to inform you that ALL of my drivers are different than those in Mike's not to insinuate in any way that mine are better than Mike's (since I know you have heard them lately with the same Tenor amps I have).

Hey whatever floats yer boat is what I always say when it comes to audio. Right now, my boat is floatin as well as I can ever ask it to. (I just hope I don't hit an iceberg!).

I hope to get by to see you at CES! Will Andy be showing with you (if so with what? Antares? Miras?) or are you just going to be using your Rockports?

Really liked the woofers in Mike's speakers and wish my Syzygys had a woofer like that as had to use Entecs to get into the 20s and the amps/speakers in the Entecs just don't keep up with the Parasounds.....Got to get into the 20s to get the size of venue right unfortunately......Lose 15-20% of the size of venue with Syzygys running full range and they give it up in the mid thirties....Yes, I travelled to Seattle recently, heard Mike's system and we played with preamps and phono stages one evening.....The amps had ten days on them and were pretty green, but we had a nice time.....Listened to Ted Smith's system with the larger JM speakers and he had break-in issues as well with the big woofers having them just over a month, but liked what I heard. Spent a few days with Mike B in Eugene, Oregon and his home-built speakers and highly modified gear was really cooking, best sound of the trip......It always works this way as invariably things are breaking in when someone wants to come by for a listen here as well :-)

We will be using the prototype of a digital system that will be in one box one of these days into a Blowtorch preamp into Parasound JC-1s into Rockport Miras. All the cables will be TG Audio. These Mira speakers will be introduced at the CES and are a departure for Rockport. Mere mortals can buy these $13,500 speakers and Andy says they sound better than the Syzygys, nice trick given the much better box with the Syzygzs. They go a bit lower and are sweeter and cleaner according to Andy. Here's hoping the paint (piano black) has been dry for more than a few days when they arrive in 'Vegas.....Hard to get good sound at the CES with warm-up and break-in issues to deal with not to mention about three hundred digital devices polluting the AC and static due to ten percent humidity there.......Best to stock lots of Peet's coffee and beer and just enjoy the company as it is like a annual reunion party.