TIS Interconnects

[zebbo]

I'm very tempted to go for a 500mm set of the TIS interconnects. I would need to chop-in the SSP's I bought a few months back but I can't bring up the details in my e-bay account. I can see the purchase in my feedback list but there are no details. Does anyone know how, (or if you can), get the details for past purchases? Cheers.

[Dr Bunsen Honeydew]

Ebay drop history quite quickly Paypal hang on to it for years, find it on Paypal.

[Dr Bunsen Honeydew]

Remember upgrades are for same size.

[zebbo]

Ah, good thinking Doc! I found them and they were 600mm SSPs purchased last November for £130. Hmm that'll leave a fair bit to make up. A 600mm set of TIS is £360 yes?

[Dr Bunsen Honeydew]

Yes, I have put it up at ebay.

[jammy395]

Well done Zebbo - look forward to yer TIS findings........

[_D_S_J_R_]

Don't expect bells and whistles. This stuff is infuriatingly subtle and becomes essential the more you listen!

[zebbo]

Well done Zebbo - look forward to yer TIS findings........

Whoa there boy! I haven't bought anything yet.
..........and I'm not sure I'm going to be able to afford to, (yet). Thinking about it, as my only "real" source is my TT, I would surely have to change both sets of interconnects, TT to Phono2 and Phono2 to Pre, to realise any improvement? Changing just one pair wouldn't do anything, surely, as the performance can only be as good as the lesser cable? As I would need one pair at 600mm (£360) and one pair at 1000mm, (£560), I make that £920 and I just haven't got that sort of dosh at the moment. Looks like I may have been a bit premature.

[Dr Bunsen Honeydew]

Any change of *any* interconnect changes the sound. It is like saying why change the amp when I am not changing the speakers.

[_D_S_J_R_]

You can hear a subtle but useful difference with the T.I.S. feeding SC. Switching the SC to SSC or the Klotz 5000 so beloved on AOS at present, the difference further back in the chain is far more I think. Maybe the best compromise for now is to use a T.I.S. from source to pre (if you use one input mainly as I believe you do) and the new SSP from pre to powers. The SSC is rather more expansive sounding and generally 'better' than the SC on its own, so the SSP2 may well offer a smaller but beneficial improvement.

By the way and forgive me - if the Oppo is only used for background music, there's something not right somewhere on that side - in my opinion