Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2014 3:26:25 GMT
Recently bought some new speaker cable - Nordost Super- Flatline MKII and was deeply impressed with the extra detail it allowed through my system. It's a rather unexeciting, flat-configuration, 6-nines copper cable, with no fancy shielding. I initially bought two runs of unterminated 3.5 metre Super-Flatline cable. It has absolutely no shielding whatsoever, but in saying that, I've never had any probs with RFI or EMI in my system.
I know that, because I have been running DNM Stereo (Solid Core) Resolution, which also has no shielding, very successfully for the past two or three years.
In a mad spell a week or so ago, I wondered if I could use this speaker cable as an interconnect. So I went straight onto Google and I couldn't find anything to say that I couldn't, and remembering that I've had no probs with RFI or EMI in my system since I've set it up in this house 10 years ago, I bought some second-hand Nordost Flatline speaker cable to try as an interconnect. I used some WBT REAN interconnect plugs to terminate the cable, as it was finished with banana plugs when I received it.
The sound changed only very slightly when I changed the speaker cable from DNM to Nordost. Slightly more high frequency detail, slightly more definition to the bass, a subtle, though noticeable difference, in the overall sound signature.
What really surprised me was the big difference in the sound signature when I added the Nordost Flatline 'Interconnect'.
The big bass that my valve amp kicks out was placed further back in the mix, allowing the mid and treble to gain their rightful places, and exposing the more balanced sound that my source and amp were trying to reveal all along.
I have noticed over the past couple of days that the difference between 320 MP3's and Flac was slightly more noticeable with the Nordost speaker cable added, but much more noticeable, with the speaker cable plus the made-up interconnect cable. I don't have many 320 MP3's in my music library and had never noticed the differernce between them and 16/44 Flac rips, but with the Nordost Flatline MKII in place I definetely do.
I guess that is the price of even more transparency.
If so, it's a price I'm willing to pay.
I know that, because I have been running DNM Stereo (Solid Core) Resolution, which also has no shielding, very successfully for the past two or three years.
In a mad spell a week or so ago, I wondered if I could use this speaker cable as an interconnect. So I went straight onto Google and I couldn't find anything to say that I couldn't, and remembering that I've had no probs with RFI or EMI in my system since I've set it up in this house 10 years ago, I bought some second-hand Nordost Flatline speaker cable to try as an interconnect. I used some WBT REAN interconnect plugs to terminate the cable, as it was finished with banana plugs when I received it.
The sound changed only very slightly when I changed the speaker cable from DNM to Nordost. Slightly more high frequency detail, slightly more definition to the bass, a subtle, though noticeable difference, in the overall sound signature.
What really surprised me was the big difference in the sound signature when I added the Nordost Flatline 'Interconnect'.
The big bass that my valve amp kicks out was placed further back in the mix, allowing the mid and treble to gain their rightful places, and exposing the more balanced sound that my source and amp were trying to reveal all along.
I have noticed over the past couple of days that the difference between 320 MP3's and Flac was slightly more noticeable with the Nordost speaker cable added, but much more noticeable, with the speaker cable plus the made-up interconnect cable. I don't have many 320 MP3's in my music library and had never noticed the differernce between them and 16/44 Flac rips, but with the Nordost Flatline MKII in place I definetely do.
I guess that is the price of even more transparency.
If so, it's a price I'm willing to pay.