Just like I thought it would turn out...
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Originally Posted by
blackraven
they are warmer sounding with less air, detail and smaller sound stage. Treble is smoothed over. On one of my Cd's there is some sibilance and the Nirvana's smoothed this over. Bass seems slightly less prominent but maybe a little tighter. It seems the volume is lower too. The over all tone is very good though.
I removed the Nirvana cables from the MiniWatt and placed the Neko cables (Belden wire) into play. It's just like you said above but in reverse...with the Neko I have greater micro detail, more air, larger soundstage, and a lot more what I would describe as rhythmic drive...yes, bass and volume was greater with the Neko too!
I then moved the Nirvana back into the Rogue and played it for an hour. Got some new music today from Sequoia Groove Records and put in the first disc, Achillea, Amadas Estrellas, featuring Luisa Fernandez. Well, it only took me about 20 seconds of listening through the Nirvana cables that I needed to switch the knob back to the input with the Neko cables. No contest is the verdict over here.