It's been a while.....
I’m currently using Linn Silvers with my set up (Linn components) at the moment but fancy a change. Anyone had experience of RFC interconnects? Anyone compared the Mercury and Venus?
Cheers
Rob
It's been a while.....
I’m currently using Linn Silvers with my set up (Linn components) at the moment but fancy a change. Anyone had experience of RFC interconnects? Anyone compared the Mercury and Venus?
Cheers
Rob
Well Tempered Versalex, Ortofon Cadenza Black, Trilogy 906, MCRU LDA Linear PSU, Naim ND5 XS 2 , Exposure 3010S2D, Roksan TR-5 speakers, Spotfire Interconnects/Spotfire Reference speaker cable
I believe hifinut (Phil) has some, He may be able to help.
I have heard the comparison between the RFC Mercury and the Spotfire cables.
The Spotfire win hands down, loads more clarity and 3D image.
I have a full set of RFC Cables, doing everything except my tonearms for which I use silver (the only place I still use silver). They sound great in my system, replaced a full rig of mixed Kondo and Audio Note. (As I say, I only kept silver for tonearm use). I wouldn't spend a penny more on an interconnect these days.
I'm personally skeptical that anyone can hear anything other than tiny differences between properly made cables though there are some oddball ones that bugger around with capacitance and the like that have some 'effect' that sounds different. I've always tired of that sort of thing pretty quickly and gone back to normal ones..
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Are you inferring that you prefer copper to silver in I/Cs, Tom, after dabbling in both for some time? Geoff seems to hold the same opinion, but to me this sounds a wee bit counter intuitive, though I've no experience of silver. Wonder why, as I was contemplating buying a pair of solid silver/silver RCA I/Cs.
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I'm Marcus.
I have had pretty much all the RFC RCA interconnects.
My experience is that switching from Mercury to Venus, you get more transparency - so it reveals more of you components.
If you have a bass-heavy source, you will get more bass (and detail about it), and so on. Want to find out if power chords doing anything for you ? Yup, Venus will tell you.
I also found that the worse the source equipment, the bigger the differences, and that the Venus was noticeably preferable, in that it made everything 'richer' sounding.
Of course, you are paying for the Rolls Royce of Furutech plugs with the Venus - not better sound directly. That has to come from your components.
If the SpotFire is anything like Oliver's first cable, and you like the RFC sound, you may not like it at all, it very much depends on the balance of your system, but you are in a position to try it out at the moment, so worth a shot.
I have no problem using Van Damme (no silver plating) + Venus these days, with other kit, Van Damme sounded awful.
So, get your base kit sorted first if you don't like what you hear, and then something like Venus/SpotFire should just be gravy on top.
Ziro power cables -> Modded Marantz CD63SE or Bluesound -> Roksan K3 Dac -> RFC Venus -> Onix DNA 45 -> LS25 -> Proac D18
yes i am a great fan of the rfc cables , i do like the mercury a lot . i would have to do a prolonged listening session with both spotfire and mercury to see if i fully agreed with alan on this one
the construction of the mercury is first class , it would be worth you adding your name to ollies demo list of the spotfire before making your mind up
rfc cables are consistantly in demand and sell fast . whether the venus construction is much better sonically i can`t say , i like the KLE plugs on the mercury . i have had a couple of pairs of venus but not at same time as mercury
i also use acoustic zen , mavros , chord signature , townshend dct 300 , and kimber select cables
some years ago i spent hours comparing them all but i am a bit weary of all that now , i even have some £28 van damme speaker cable and it sounds amazing with the rfc impulse ta`us . i am sure there is better but i can`t afford the long length i would need
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Yes and in speaker cables too. Quality copper in my view keeps a nice balance between detail and texture/timbre, I find silver can be out of balance. The exception is tonearm cables where silver litz is the way to go to get those tiny signals to the SUT. I think a small amount of silver used judiciously in this way can be beneficial but too much is too much!
never tried silver.
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