I tried to use my Reality Cables as biwires by snipping the spades and connecting the loose wires to the posts... I learned I had (unknowingly) broken them at some point because one set of leads didn't work... So, now I had a set of broken cables. So, I sent them to Gregg for repairs.
I had borrowed a pair of Piega speaker cables... the exact type of cable that the speakers are wired with in a bi-wire configuration with banana plugs... very easy and convenient. (Thanks again to Bobby) Without these, I would've resorted to Home Depot stuff... and that stuff always sounds harsh in the mids to me.
Anyway, I got the Reality Cables in the mail a few days ago and here's what I wrote Gregg:
Just wanted to say thanks for the nice work on my cables. They look brand new.
Your cables have been in my system playing for a few days non-stop… at various volumes. It’s SO nice to have them back. I was thinking I’d made a mistake with the speakers I’d bought.. they weren’t that much better than what I had and cost twice as much… I was using the Piega bi-wires with banana plugs and there was something wrong with the pace of the music. They also sounded a bit sterile and/or gave an ‘electronic’ personality to everything. When I first put your cables in, I was pretty pleased but didn’t have a chance to listen… but I had an ‘ahhhh, there it is’ reaction. I finally got a chance to listen last night and it was just beautiful. The music was back… a REAL presentation in my room…. And I’m hearing things I didn’t hear with my previous speakers so I feel a LOT better about that purchase as well. I’m using your IC’s from preamp to amp and Grover’s from source to preamp.
I can't believe what a transformation a pair of SC's can have on my perception of a system. The Reality's are true to their name... I can hear everything perfectly in balance and presented very naturally... and with loads of detail. I find I don't battle with the volume control anymore with the Reality's in the system... just great. I'm seriously considering re-wiring the internals with Gregg's cable now. Just too cool.... we'll see...
I'll try and get some photos of the 2 types of jumpers Gregg sent... I'm experimenting with 2 types to see which sounds better... and I'm still getting used to the new-found emotional attachment I have now.
More on that later...
-C