After enjoying my complete new speaker system for months now I though it was time to start thinking about cable upgrades.
So I read up about it and to be honest I still can't see the forrest through the trees. I'm still too new at this.
Found something interesting about electrical wire as speaker cables recommended by Ctn. I PM'd him about it and he advised me to get 20 amp solid core cable with 7 strands per run. That would be about 4mm thick.
I looked at the cable supplied by the store and found out that it was rather simular. They supplied me the Ixos 613 4mm super strand speaker cable.
Am I right to think this is simular?
Then there are the interconnects. These were stock thin ones.
So I figured upgrading the IC's would have priority.
But as said I don't know where to start. So yesterday I bought a €12 IC (brand= Skytronic) just to tie me over till I've found what I need. No clue if it was any good. Just thought I get something to see if I could hear the difference.
And man am I happy now!!!
These things make my speakers sound so much better you wouldn't believe it. The bass was always too weak. I need the bass to be a bit weak cause it's a very small room and the walls boost it a alot. But all that did get boosted was the midbass and I got a boomy midbass at times. Now the boomyness is gone and the bass is deeper instead.
The mids were too upfront and have settled down a lot.
The highs are better too.
I hear lots of things I didn't hear before. So much better detail. And the room is better filled music. Everything sounds just so much better. The difference is amazing!
So my question is, have I just started to hear the potential of my source with better IC's or have I made the big leap between crap and half decent? And will the rest be fine tuning? (10% stuff)
What about upgrades from here?
Are my speakercables decent or will an upgrade make a lot of difference too.
Are there better interconnects out there that will blow these €12 ones away like they did the stock ones?
Any suggestions?
Please take in account that I live in the Netherlands. So not everything that's available in the US is available here.
(Budget, IC's up to ~$100. Speakers cables...ehm.. let's say not too extravagant)
Almost forgot:
CDP -> NAD C 541i
Amp -> NAD C 350
Speakers -> KEF Q1
So I read up about it and to be honest I still can't see the forrest through the trees. I'm still too new at this.
Found something interesting about electrical wire as speaker cables recommended by Ctn. I PM'd him about it and he advised me to get 20 amp solid core cable with 7 strands per run. That would be about 4mm thick.
I looked at the cable supplied by the store and found out that it was rather simular. They supplied me the Ixos 613 4mm super strand speaker cable.
Am I right to think this is simular?
Then there are the interconnects. These were stock thin ones.
So I figured upgrading the IC's would have priority.
But as said I don't know where to start. So yesterday I bought a €12 IC (brand= Skytronic) just to tie me over till I've found what I need. No clue if it was any good. Just thought I get something to see if I could hear the difference.
And man am I happy now!!!
These things make my speakers sound so much better you wouldn't believe it. The bass was always too weak. I need the bass to be a bit weak cause it's a very small room and the walls boost it a alot. But all that did get boosted was the midbass and I got a boomy midbass at times. Now the boomyness is gone and the bass is deeper instead.
The mids were too upfront and have settled down a lot.
The highs are better too.
I hear lots of things I didn't hear before. So much better detail. And the room is better filled music. Everything sounds just so much better. The difference is amazing!
So my question is, have I just started to hear the potential of my source with better IC's or have I made the big leap between crap and half decent? And will the rest be fine tuning? (10% stuff)
What about upgrades from here?
Are my speakercables decent or will an upgrade make a lot of difference too.
Are there better interconnects out there that will blow these €12 ones away like they did the stock ones?
Any suggestions?
Please take in account that I live in the Netherlands. So not everything that's available in the US is available here.
(Budget, IC's up to ~$100. Speakers cables...ehm.. let's say not too extravagant)
Almost forgot:
CDP -> NAD C 541i
Amp -> NAD C 350
Speakers -> KEF Q1
