Cable Controversy
Some light reading..... www.image99.net/blog BTW - these are extremely good cables. But if you are not into DIY there are some great alternatives... - KLE Innovations - Anticables regards |
One thing I discovered about some pretty high profile cable manufacturers is - their speaker cables can actually degrade an amp’s performance to the point of failure. This applies to speaker cables that have a high capacitance - they should NOT be used with some high current solid state amp designs because they can actually drive the amp into an "oscilation state" resulting in blown components. Naim, is one company I know of that identifies this issue on their web site, but there are several other amp manufacturers who’s products would also be effected by high capacitance cables, but they do not publicly warn of this issue. And cable companies never suggest their cables are only suited to certain amplifier designs - it would be disastrous for their sales. It’s up to the customer to discover this - normally at their expense. - It happened to an acquaintance of mine who blew two high end amps On another topic.... Infection wrote - "No surprise that WW recommends KLEI...!" Yes, I promote their products shamelessly because I was fortunate to be able to try pretty much their entire line of cables, and Keith Louie Eichman and I have exchanged numerous emails back and forth on the subject of his approach, theories and cable/connector designs. However - I have also had the opportunity to compare their performance to a few other well known brands of cables on both my own system, on friends systems and also in-store systems (yes, I take my cables to the store :-) - and I have no problem recommending KLE Innovations products simply because of their level of performance and their cost effectiveness. They may not be anything fancy to look at, but they are extremely good at what they contribute to a system’s performance - once you burn them in. Are they the ultimate cable? Probably not, but they seem to consistently improve the performance of the few very varied systems I have tried them on to date. Back to the music :-) |
Psag, I, like you, believed balanced were the best solution. Then I got the opportunity to compare a 2 meter Kimber Kable silver balanced IC to a 1 meter KLE Innovations gZero3 single ended IC on a very nice Ayre/Magic system. The gZero3 sounded better with respect to clarity, dynamics, bass extension, bass control, Imaging and neutrality. They were also free of any colouration. Not only did it surprise me, it surprised the owner of the system. Just another person's observation 😊 But it made me change my view of single ended cables, which is all I use now. BTW, KLE Innovations only make Single ended cables because they believe them to be superior for shorter cables. Just another opinion. |
