I've been on the lookout for a while now for a good interconnect to connect the analogues from my BD player to my processor and also to connect my Arcam P777 to the AV888 without spending silly money, its alot of cables
I've always used QED Reference cables in the past but thought I should try some other cables for a change, its always good to compare, I've got cables from Mark Grant before and know that his Canare LV61S analogues get great feedback on the forum so when I saw on his website that he had a new precision analogue cable I thought I'd get in touch with him to see what he had to say.
To cut a long story short he sent my a stereo pair to compare against my QED's, the results were very interesting so I thought I post my findings.
I spent a good afternoon comparing Marks new G1000HD with my QED Reference cables that I normally use, I was using the Arcam CD37, AVR 600 and PMC PB1i's, and I was suprised at the difference in sound between the two cables, people who say cables don't make any difference really do need to sit down and have a good listen on good kit. At first I wasn't sure what I preffered as the G1000HD cable seemed to give a fuller bottom end with more weight and drive to the overall sound and the QED didn't carry the bass but had a brighter top end which initially seemed quite appealing, I listened to various kinds of music from Massive Attack and Nine Inch Nails but then I tried the SACD of Brothers In Arms and straight away I found the presentation from Marks cable far more pleasing than the QED, I think I just needed to get used to the different sound that I'd become accustomed to, there is a guitar intro at the beginning of So Far Away and Marks cable added a richness to the sound that made the QED sound hollow and lacking in comparison and it was a pretty big difference.
Marks cable is 100% copper which if I'm right after reading many threads comparing copper to silver in interconnects takes away any brightness compared to the silver variants that are available, I suppose it comes down to individual tastes, as I guess what I call brightness others would call detail, I just know that I preffered the overall sound from the G1000HD, it was just smoother and over long listening periods wouldn't become fatiguing, anyway needless to say I ordered a good few sets to hook up my analogues and amp to processor. They are definately worth an audition
