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Calibrine Cable Update
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Left is DIY cables right is Calbrine bi-wire
Well as I said in my last post I was going to order the Calibrine Bi-Wire Cables for my front left/right speakers. When they came in they where packaged in a nice black box that sported the companies logo. Once I un-installed the old cables and installed the new cables I was ready for a test drive of the new wires.
As expected they performed nicely and made a audible difference from the 14 AWG Monster cables, however because it’s a bi-wire and the old DIY cable were Bi-Amped wires I had to recalibrate the entire system. The problem was the front left/right stage was no longer balanced and were no longer being driven the same way as they were with the Bi-Amped configuration. Fortunately for me my Denon receiver has Audyssey MultEQ acoustic correction optimization system that custom-tailors the sound for optimum tonal balance throughout the listening space. With the supplied mic I had my Denon receiver tuned for all six seating position in about 10 minutes… not to bad.
Auditioning some of the movies I had close by I was able to really notice the change in my system front sound stage. It sounded to me as if was more natural and not forced, granted I had to turn the volume up a couple of clicks but nothing major. I believe that just adding the larger gauge wire had the biggest impact on the sound. What makes these cables even nicer is that they looks as good as they perform. This cables are built well and look good doing it. I am sure I will have these cable long after my speakers or receiver. Sure you can get less expensive speaker wire and terminate them yourself but you will be hard pressed to achieve the build quality Calibrine puts in their cables.
