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27-Jun-2017, 19:58
(This post was last modified: 27-Jun-2017, 19:59 by Bruno.)
Hi Albert,
I tried three different speaker cables on my system and zef max were the least convincing ones : 1st came QED genesis silver and 2nd Nac A5. Furthermore, the termination of 3 banana plugs out of 8 went loose very quickly ie unusable. I had to switch for the provided spare spades which are quite cumbersome and forced me to heighten the Devialet because of their angle (L shaped).
I own B&W cm10 so it can be the explanation : using Zef max the sound appeared to me to be metallic and somewhat unexpressive. Not very easy to describe when not a native English speaker...
You can also take it with a pinch of salt because I am a little bit hesitant to assert that I can hear differences between speaker cables. However I am honest and just write here what I experienced with the inception that psychology might have been involved in the process. The defect banana plugs are for real and not the result of my imagination !
Bruno
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The 8tc is very good cable , it was my reference for many years . Only recently I switched to Belden which I also highly recommend. There are much better cables out there once who make the sound much prettier. For me it doesn't matter though
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Thank you Hifi_swlon,No 32,Bruno and Damon.
for great feedback,comments and suggestions.
I guess I stay put with my 8TC for the moment.
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Thank you ledesc it was well noted you have good experience with ZEF Max.