My AudioQuest Type 4 below. I like them very much in my current system with a SuperUniti and Spendor A6 speakers. As a minimum, they are different and I think better than other cables I have tested.
There is a good thread about this cable and quad core in general, here:
That comment is, as I understand it, more applicable to older amps.
But if weāre seeking to make these magnificent speakers do as well as possible, we might as well recommend feeding them via cable designed specifically for Naim amplifiers. ie NAC A5
hi Cosca, I have Focal Diablos too with naim equipment, about cable I can advice to you for Nac A5 as speaker cable, interconnect tellurium qblack din (qblack diamond is better but is also very expensive), as power cable, Iā,m very happy with powerline and neutral cable fascino, powerline is more dark and neutral cable more detailed, In my opinion you must choose about your target. Is also true that Diabloās with better equipment will play better, but sn2 with hicap dr is very good because in my experience sn2 is quite relaxed and hicap dr give speed, transparency and detail. The source is objectively back the other equipment.
Thanks all.
I never expected such a comprehensive, professional and holistic participation by the audience.
And it did suggest as well hints and areas of improvementā¦
Another speaker cable I can recommend is the AudioQuest Rocket 22. Very open and settles fast. I have several lengths short and long to experiment with amplifiers and speakers. The one in the picture beautifully terminated in gold.
From what I can understand from ckcage79ās post, the NACA5 is being used as a speaker cable (power {amp} cable). I would guess that the translation to English was not the best.
Surely this was the case and I was half kidding, and half didnāt want to let it stand like this because who knows what future readers of the thread will try
Feel free. Others had serious issues with certain AQ cables, so. I think if AQ decide to put a warning on the website, they will know why.
Maybe it does not apply to the 22, but then there is no warning for AQ Type 5 either, and ask airedog about how much his Nova liked that one.
In any case, every time someone complains about overheating amps it turns out to be some Kimber, Cardas, or AQ cable. (And some AQ are surely fine but others definitely are not. In particular the Rockets come in different configurations, such as single bi-wire which is the opposite of what Naim amps want)
Hi Cosca, this observation is not aimed a you or your point, but I struggle to understand the level of near anger that sometimes finds its way on to a forum thread for no real obvious reason generated from a simple question or statement, or am I in the wrong area? Oh no it affects all threads at sometime or another!! Has any one else noticed?
Of course and my post was not a reaction against your post, I apologize if it looked like that.
I am also trying to google the supposed warning from AQ but I was unable to find it, perhaps it is only in a Dutch or German site. Instead I found the following in What Hi-Fi? about the Rocket 22:
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But given a few days of use, the Rocketās sonic presentation opens up considerably. We use it as part of our reference stereo set-up ā Naim NDS/555PS streamer, Gamut D3i/D200i amplifier and ATC SCM 50 speakers ā as well as with Naimās Uniti Star and a pair of Dynaudio Special 40 speakers with consistent and pleasing results.
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This seems to contradict your warning. We should be very careful with this kind of generalizations that can easily harm a reputation. Another cable I like and use is Kimber Kable, by the way.
I have noticed and it is nice to feel I am not alone. When it happens I go to my room, listen to my music and say a little pray. At the end I find it amusing.
I didnāt generalize and explicitly wrote āsome AQ are surely fineā. But I agree that we must be careful with generalizing that all cables are OK because some clearly arenāt, for Naim amps. You can search the forum for all the posts about overheating amps due to inappropriate cables.
Youād have to take it up with AQ regarding why they put the warning only on the Dutch website.
Naim publishes the recommended cable specs and I will never understand why some people insist on using the opposite. But if they do, itās up to them, but they should be aware, so I see nothing wrong with an appropriate warning.