Hi neo,
Actually i love to hear various opinions on cables myself as it gets tiring to keep experimenting.I have still not got the right balance of cables.
I have a Cyrus cdp,Bryston Pre/power,B&W 805 combo now but have been experimenting with cables from the last 20 yrs with the various set ups i had.
Firstly i dont believe i need to spend a fortune on cables and hence i do not try the loony priced stuff. Can give my opinion on what i have heard and secondly lots of these so called cable cos actually buy cables from bulk manufacturers(Belden) and put their logo. Very few are making them and i feel the best cable is a cable that does nothing which i hear is the most difficult to acheive.
Have tried most Van den hul cables. Decent ones i thought were D102, The jubilee hybrid, First metal screen and speaker cables from this brand i liked was a CS 122, and the more expensive revolution hybrid.Great bass at the expense of some treble.
Have tried all Kimbers and they made my set up a little lean, at least the 4s seemed to lack weight. Had the 4vs,4tc,8tc plus the hero/pbj/timber ICS. Actually these two brands are at opposite ends of the spectrum.
Transparent makes some great products and if they work in ur set up u will be immensely pleased. The music link range i still have and they work well.I love the ICS from this brand and u get these at great prices in the US.
Supra has a good IC in the EFF. Can work well and the sword range is good too but pretty pricey. Though they did make a difference in the bass for the better. All supras are coated in tin and i feel they bring things forward so may work with laid back set ups.
Chord i feel is good for ICS. The chameleon/chorus being good but i really could not be a 100% certain about their qualities and the cobra i didnt care too much for. The much rated carnival silver seems an average performing speaker cable though i had i think an odyssey many years ago and it was lovely. The signature series is just too pricey and hence not tried.
Recently i heard Straight wire and its a very different sounding cable. Super mid range presentation , good bass but was not too sure if i could live with the treble.
QED and Nordorst i have never heard in my set up.
In fact am awaiting some new ICS from transparent and speaker cables from Audio note (stunning speaker cables these copper heads)which should come from the US anytime now.
As for power cords i had bought the connectors from the UK many years ago and had made some good power cords but the one that i had liked was a PS audio.
Buy tons of music and enjoy, thats most important. Have too many friends who are so into systems etc they have almost forgotten to enjoy what the goal of all this activity is.
This constant experimenting has definately given me a lighter wallet and a bad back and i would love to hear opinions.
Regards