Silnote Morpheus Reference II IC's

[blackraven]

Well I received my Silnote IC's today and I am listening to them now. They do sound different then my BJC's. It is hard to put my finger on it except that they have tamed some of the sibilence in my system which is a good thing. They may sound a little warmer too. I am not sure if the bass is a little looser or it if it my imagination. These are supposed to be used cables from a recent audio show direct from Silnote. They supposedly list for $795 but I doubt that people buy them for that price. I paid $199pr. I will post more impressions later after extensive listening.

[Mr Peabody]

I don't want to be Mr Obvious, but did you check to see if the cables were directional?

[Jack in Wilmington]

Well I might be "Mr I Missed That" but where in your system did you install these cables, between the Pass and the VA? Nice pickup, by the way. $800 cables for $200 is a good deal. I'll be looking for a good deal like that myself.

[Jack in Wilmington]

Well I saw the cables you bought on Audiogon and I didn't want to be a "copy cat", so I bought a pair of Acoustic Zen Matrix Reference II XLRs. These are $675 retail, but like you said BR, who would pay that. The seller was asking $235 and I offered $200 and he accepted.

[blackraven]

Nice pick up Jack. My limit is $200 for cables. The Silnotes are directional. I think that they sound better than the BJC's but I only have about 1 hour of listening. I am running them between the preamp and amp, I may swap them and put them between the DAC and preamp. That is probably where they will eventually end up as I am currently looking at a Pass X1 preamp to buy and I will need XLR's.

[Jack in Wilmington]

That's where my AZ cable will go, between my DAC and my integrated amp, which will become my pre when I get my new amp.