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I was reading on Audiogon and there was an owner of a Focal Utopia, whom recommended Analysis Plus Solo Crystal Oval 8 speaker cable. It matched and surpassed multi thousand pairs of big branded cables.
Please share your experience with the best pairing with Devialet.
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21-Mar-2017, 10:50
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(21-Mar-2017, 10:32)audio_engr Wrote: (21-Mar-2017, 07:51)Emerald Wrote: I was reading on Audiogon and there was an owner of a Focal Utopia, whom recommended Analysis Plus Solo Crystal Oval 8 speaker cable. It matched and surpassed multi thousand pairs of big branded cables.
Please share your experience with the best pairing with Devialet.
A 3-metres pair is US$ 3,404 ... now that's not exactly cheap
Neither is the starting price of Devialet Expert line. I know it might sound like a crazy upgrade. However, reading the background of some of the users who theoretically "downgraded" to Devialet from multi-thousand stack systems with interconnects worth. I concluded that our community might have seen or used cables ranging from a stock to reference level to match their musical needs.
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21-Mar-2017, 13:03
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(21-Mar-2017, 11:11)Hifi_swlon Wrote: Plenty here do use (very) expensive cables. For me personally it makes no sense beyond a certain level. I'm pretty sure the '10% system cost to be spent on cables' guide was calculated by cable manufacturers, and I wouldn't spend anywhere near that for a wire in a posh sheath (admittedly sometimes combined with a box with a resistor and capacitor or whatever).
That said, I don't hear half the things others hear, so they may just be wasted on me....
You should try a resister and capacitor to help deal with that top end harshness you mention appeared with Air.
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