Speaker Cable and interconnects

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Hi there, I Have just bought on What Hifi 5 star ratings

Yamaha AS 500 Amp

Marantz CD 6003B CD Player

Dynaudio DM 2/6 Speaker

Interconnects i already own are Chord Chameleon Silver plus

Was thinking Chord Carnival or Qed Silver anniversary or XT Fully terminated with Qed Airlocs

Any advice would be great

Plus a Usb DAC

was using a Beresford 7510 Basic but wasnt impressed

Was Thinking Kingrex UD 01 Pro £249 . MF M1 DAC .£300

Thanx Chris

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Just straight to the point answers please no confusion

 

[CnoEvil]

The two makes of cable I like, are Atlas and Telurium Q.

Of the two dacs you mention, I would choose the MF - but as in all advice, please listen for yourself.

 

[the record spot]

If USB playback's important, then Emotiva's XDA-1 upsamples to 24/192khz while most others go up to 16-bit only. Item Audio can do one on home demo - expect to apy around £350.

The MF M1 DAC is nearer £400 unless you've found one on a deal somewhere. Its USB I think also only does 16-bit, so do check.

 

[idc]

Keep th ICs you already have, changing them will not make any difference. Get the DAC which has the most features you will use.

 

[Anonymous]

The Chord interconnect is a good one so I agree that it may be worth keeping

However if you feel that you do need a change I can highly recommend the Chord CobraPlus interconnect; superb sound with that and one that your amp and speakers would lap up.

As for speaker cable; the QED Silver Anniversary is good but it can be bettered by the Chord Carnival Silverscreen. If you want to go up from there, the QED Revelation or Chord Odyssey 2 speaker cables are superb