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NAD 355BEE - What cables?

Last post Aug 22, 2008, 9:02 AM by d_a_n1979. (4 replies)
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Posted on Aug 21, 2008, 10:15 PM

NAD 355BEE - What cables?

Having purchased the 355BEE to partner my NAD 542 CD and M/A Bronze BR5's I am interested in peoples recommedation for speaker cables and interconnect. I currently have them biwired and whilst good the bass is just a bit too 'unrealistic' at times and can dominate the overall mix.
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Posted on Aug 21, 2008, 11:32 PM

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Chord gives a very balanced sound, in my view. It is certainly a step up from the QED that I was using for a long time. What do you use at the moment?
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Posted on Aug 21, 2008, 11:45 PM

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Rich can you get Tara labs cables? Give them a try for the interconects. Also the amp has steel jupers between the pre and main in terminals. Look at replacing them with a cable as i found it made a big difference.
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Posted on Aug 22, 2008, 8:48 AM

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Rich_NZ:
Having purchased the 355BEE to partner my NAD 542 CD and M/A Bronze BR5's I am interested in peoples recommedation for speaker cables and interconnect. I currently have them biwired and whilst good the bass is just a bit too 'unrealistic' at times and can dominate the overall mix.


Or you could try (wash my mouth out with soap) using the bass control to just cut the bass a little. Embarrassed

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Posted on Aug 22, 2008, 9:02 AM

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Yeah try balancing out the bass first before you start changing cables.


IMO QED Silver Anniversary biwire or Chord Carnival Silver will go well with your system.


NAD have a similar sound to Arcam and both the above cables do well especially with M/A speakers.
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