Ωmega (Omega) thread, 3 / 7 / 8 / Alnico

Omega Mikro cables for my Omegas. Naturally right? I mean they MUST have synergy? What if components were like Geranimals, that their naming convention would automatically tell you what other components they’d have guaranteed synergy with? One can only think of stupid ideas like that when a little punch drunk from lack of sleep because of a long listening session the night before.

In short, they’re a good fit for the speakers. Cables can and do make a difference, YMWV but please do yourself a favor when you’re good with everything else in your chain, experiment a little with cabling.

That wonderful euphonic Omega midrange expanded a little, more up than down but the high end gained a little bit of sweetness, feeling a little bit more organic and it helped to counterbalance the LTA Ultralinear and Weiss that are both detailed in nature and if you don’t pay attention, they can move from an enjoyable technical to a clinical/antiseptic. What’s the tradeoff for all this gained goodness? Interestingly when I compare them to the Kimber Kable 8TC that I replaced, they’re not as deep in the lower register, they seem to roll off a bit steeper or earlier and I found myself going back and having to readjust the sub to dial everything back in. Gave it approximately 15 Hz higher crossover, from about 60 up to 75 Hz. Getting back on the plus column, they have a considerable impact in expanding the stage in every dimension which for me is the real boon here with the center focal image feeling more tangible, more precise, while moving the sound boundaries out about another 5 degrees.

Really lucky used find for me as these are not common in the used market and the guy I bought them from is local so we spent about a half hour just shooting the audio breeze and he’s a regular at the bar my daughter and her husband run so I get to throw that back at my wife for the idiot comment the previous day. :slight_smile:

I’ll think of something else to say I’m sure but for now the only real negative to these is that they take A LOT of work to set up as you want to maintain a constant relative distance between the cables and they are fragile AF, I mean it would take absolutely nothing to damage them.

I’m going to enjoy the rest of the weekend exploring what they can do.

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