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Re: Recommendation may be too strong of a word (long)

John - perhaps then you could comment on any experience you (or any other member for that matter) might have had with Audioquest Hyperlitz Silver in an internally bi-wired 5' Pair. I have used these for several years and have long suspected that they might be the contributor to a sometimes "brittle" sound with forward sounding (especially) female vocals, massed strings and the like. I know Pierre Sprey says anything shorter than 8' sounds worse and that Richard Vandersteen says that internal bi-wiring ameliorates much of the bi-wire advantage.

On a lark, I bought a 50' 14 Ga Home Depot cord, cut it into 4 8' pieces for true bi-wire configuration, wired it direct (bare wire, no spades or bananas) and the results have been, in a word, fantastic. I have listened to everything from Steely Dan (Aja) to my 1971 Steinberg/Boston "Planets", to BS&T to D'Oyly Carte Gilbert & Sullivan's - you name it. In EVERY case, the HD's are better. Not only does it fit much of your description: More powerful bass (still very tuneful) & smoother highs but, the soundstage is both more substantial and more coherent. In an almost contradictory fashion, the details are MORE apparent while remaining more a part of the "whole cloth". Depth at the back corners is greater and vocals, (oh those all-important vocals) are way better whether male or female. I keep telling myself I'll "tire" of these as I often have with other "upgrades" but - so far, the keep getting better.

For the record, they sounded great from the get-go, then shitty for a day or so, then better and better.

My system is posted.

Thanks,

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