I have the Frey 2 interconnects. I had intended to buy a 1 meter length, but then considered I might want to put my amps behind the speakers, so I opted for the 2 meter length.
As I have said in another thread, the Frey 2 is a very, very significant improvement over the Frey 1. They sound like two completely different cables. I would compare Frey 2 to Valhalla 1, except that, allowing that nobody is going to make a lower-tier cable that is is good as their top of the line Series 1 cable, the Frey is completely liquid. I might not have known this had I not also purchased Nola Contender speakers, which have a silk dome tweeter, so I can now hear the capability of the Frey interconnects. High frequencies, astonishing to hear, are quite, quire pure, and float above the fundamentals with tremendous liquidity. Even at lower volumes, the room sound is extremely present, and low level details are obvious, even with an NAD integrated. I haven't yet set up my CJ/Hurricane electronics, but I tell you this: I could live with this, between the Frey and the Nolas, it's fantastic. Voices are SO articulate, you can hear the consonants with ease, particularly when, for example, Ella sings on the Cole Porter Handbook "I get a KicK out of you", you can hear the initial and ending "k" as a sound that propels itself forward into the microphone. This conforms to Jonathan Valin's use of the term "action" meaning the sound moves as it would in real life. The Freys did this even before the Contenders arrived, but with the Contenders in there, I was constantly sitting there, mouth agape.
A friend bought over his Peter, Paul and Mary CD, along with John Denver, and Moody Blues and Michael Buble. We could tell PP&M were the most transparent, and he kept talking about how articulate her vocals were. Both the Frey and the Contender contributed, but the effect could be heard with the Frey alone. The Contenders just allowed for a purity previously not a part of my system. And we both go to concerts at either Carnegie Hall or the Bushness in Hartford, so we know what it sounds like live.
I was expecting the Frey to be as good as it is. It's not just good. It's fantastic.
As I have said in another thread, the Frey 2 is a very, very significant improvement over the Frey 1. They sound like two completely different cables. I would compare Frey 2 to Valhalla 1, except that, allowing that nobody is going to make a lower-tier cable that is is good as their top of the line Series 1 cable, the Frey is completely liquid. I might not have known this had I not also purchased Nola Contender speakers, which have a silk dome tweeter, so I can now hear the capability of the Frey interconnects. High frequencies, astonishing to hear, are quite, quire pure, and float above the fundamentals with tremendous liquidity. Even at lower volumes, the room sound is extremely present, and low level details are obvious, even with an NAD integrated. I haven't yet set up my CJ/Hurricane electronics, but I tell you this: I could live with this, between the Frey and the Nolas, it's fantastic. Voices are SO articulate, you can hear the consonants with ease, particularly when, for example, Ella sings on the Cole Porter Handbook "I get a KicK out of you", you can hear the initial and ending "k" as a sound that propels itself forward into the microphone. This conforms to Jonathan Valin's use of the term "action" meaning the sound moves as it would in real life. The Freys did this even before the Contenders arrived, but with the Contenders in there, I was constantly sitting there, mouth agape.
A friend bought over his Peter, Paul and Mary CD, along with John Denver, and Moody Blues and Michael Buble. We could tell PP&M were the most transparent, and he kept talking about how articulate her vocals were. Both the Frey and the Contender contributed, but the effect could be heard with the Frey alone. The Contenders just allowed for a purity previously not a part of my system. And we both go to concerts at either Carnegie Hall or the Bushness in Hartford, so we know what it sounds like live.
I was expecting the Frey to be as good as it is. It's not just good. It's fantastic.