Siltech Prince vs King

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Hi;

I know there are a number of Siltech fans around here and I was wondering if anyone has had a change to do a comparison between the Prince and King speaker cables? I won't be able to audition either so I'm curious is there is a noticeable and immediate difference between the two or they are fairly close and the improvement is something that becomes apparent during longer auditioning sessions? I suspect there would be a high likelihood of an immediate difference between the Prince and Emperor and even more so comparing to the Crown's as the Crown, Double Crown and Triple Crown use different technology (i.e. mono crystal) compared to the Prince, King and Emperor.

I could stretch the budget and get the King but definitely can't afford to go beyond that.

Thanks
 
When it comes to Siltech, go for the best that you can afford and trust me, you'll never look back. I can't even remember all the cable brands I've had in my system, but I can tell you, none of them did what the Siltech does.
 
Mike said:
When it comes to Siltech, go for the best that you can afford and trust me, you'll never look back. I can't even remember all the cable brands I've had in my system, but I can tell you, none of them did what the Siltech does.
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But at a roughly $4k difference in price to not know if the improvement is subtle or not that's money that could be used to get a Bryston 7B-SST2 for my center channel, another Ruby Hill II, a single Prince or Princess for my center channel, etc. so I'm nervous :)
 
Rod#S said:
But at a roughly $4k difference in price to not know if the improvement is subtle or not that's money that could be used to get a Bryston 7B-SST2 for my center channel, another Ruby Hill II, a single Prince or Princess for my center channel, etc. so I'm nervous :)
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I think you just answered your own question. [emoji6]
 
Rod#S said:
Problem is I want it all :D
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I know. I never bought the Prince thinking "I should have gone up the line". I listen and think "WOW! What more could I want out of a cable?"

The way to think about Siltech cables is they are equivalent, in my opinion, to a component change. So if you think of the Prince as the Pass XS150's and the Emperor Double Crown as the XS300 or the Prince as the D'Agostino stereo and the Emperor Double Crown as the D'Agostino Mono.


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Mike said:
I know. I never bought the Prince thinking "I should have gone up the line". I listen and think "WOW! What more could I want out of a cable?"

The way to think about Siltech cables is they are equivalent, in my opinion, to a component change. So if you think of the Prince as the Pass XS150's and the Emperor Double Crown as the XS300 or the Prince as the D'Agostino stereo and the Emperor Double Crown as the D'Agostino Mono.


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I run a full loom of Siltech Royal Sig Princess/Eskay Creek G6 SATT, the first one is a pain to purchase but a full loom can be a bitch. Remember that if you start with a King as SC then you should continue with Queens IC's if you want the full level experience, it can become a rather expensive journey.

Local dealer had both Princess' and Queens as demos when I tried the Princess' and I asked him what the difference was and if I could try the Queens in my system, his simple answer was if you can't afford the whole loom then just don't try them and he smiled. I've never looked back and happy as can be with the lower level Royal Sig's.
 
Mike said:
I know. I never bought the Prince thinking "I should have gone up the line". I listen and think "WOW! What more could I want out of a cable?"

The way to think about Siltech cables is they are equivalent, in my opinion, to a component change. So if you think of the Prince as the Pass XS150's and the Emperor Double Crown as the XS300 or the Prince as the D'Agostino stereo and the Emperor Double Crown as the D'Agostino Mono.


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What I think I'll probably do then is get the Prince initially. I actually have to get interconnects 1st as the speaker cable length I want for the Siltech's to my main L/R speakers is to short to reach my right speaker at the moment as my Bryston 28's are stacked beside my left speaker because my current Kimber PBJ's are only 1m thus just long enough to reach out in front of my rack but no more.

By getting the Prince instead of the King I could finish getting the other cables I want/need and when it comes time down the road to get Siltech SC's for my surrounds I could revisit Prince/King then. If I wanted to go King then I just move the Prince cables to my 802's and use the Kings for the 800's, the plan for the 802's has always been Prince anyways.
 
RedSectorA said:
I run a full loom of Siltech Royal Sig Princess/Eskay Creek G6 SATT, the first one is a pain to purchase but a full loom can be a bitch. Remember that if you start with a King as SC then you should continue with Queens IC's if you want the full level experience, it can become a rather expensive journey.

Local dealer had both Princess' and Queens as demos when I tried the Princess' and I asked him what the difference was and if I could try them in my system, his simple answer was if you can't afford the whole loom then just don't try them and he smiled. I've never looked back and happy as can be with the lower level Royal Sig's.
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Thanks for the advice

I'm actually going to be stuck at Princess for my interconnects to my main L/R due to the length and the crazy expense that a long run entails, I'll need 5m. I think I can get away with 4m but 5m would give some wiggle room.

Once I get Bryston 7B-SST2's for my surrounds that interconnect run will be absurd in comparison to my L/R length so that run will most likely end up being 330i with a potential for 550i. 770i would be way to much money.
 
Someone advised me, if the cost of cables far exceeds the cost of the component, replace your component and keep your existing cables. But in your case, looking at the components that you already have, what's there to replace?:D
 
hifidelitea said:
Someone advised me, if the cost of cables far exceeds the cost of the component, replace your component and keep your existing cables. But in your case, looking at the components that you already have, what's there to replace?:D
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Thanks :)

I'm very happy with my system so the stage I'm at now is just fine tuning and tweaking. For example I certainly don't need 3 Bryston 7B-SST2's for my center and surrounds but I've always liked the idea of monos for everything so when funds permit I'll do that. Having high end cables like the Siltech is something I've wanted to do for years but had to keep putting that off to get the major components in the system. The eventually inevitable next major component upgrade will probably be my SSP. I've had my MC-12B since 2004 so I expect at some point in the future to start experiencing reliability issues. Thus far I've only had to replace the power switch, knock on wood.
 
Hi no, it still hasn't happened yet. At the end of 2016 my interest in playing guitar crept up on me as I hadn't played in years so that lead to a switching of my finances over to guitars, amps and pedals since then. I've almost purchased everything I wanted there so I'll soon be back into the home theater side of things. I'm not sure what will happen 1st though, the continuation of upgrading the interconnects and speaker cables to my 28B's and 800's or to move towards 4K and get an OLED and new SSP.
 
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