Dekay! All right, man! I'm glad you like those Mapleshade ic's. The speaker wires should be worth a listen, huh? And a DAC1 one too? Man, I like you more and more all the time. [:)] Seriously, folks. For you big ticket guys, maybe you could keep these little gems in mind for your "bedroom" systems. Money-back 30-day guarantee! Charlie
Mapleshade versus Stealth
Has anyone tried the Clearview Ultrathin interconnects sold for $85 1M by Mapleshade Records? Or their Clearview Double Helix interconnects, $240 1M? It sounds as if Mapleshade is onto the hugely important truth (IMHO) that interconnect wire should be thin. Stealth interconnects also reflect this truth, many other makers cheerfully ignore it. Would anyone who has tried either Clearview be able to compare it with the Stealth model closest in price? This would be ETS at entry level, a Stealth ribbon model for the higher price. Mapleshade says nothing about the metal used, so probably it's copper, while the Stealths are both silver. BTW, it seems to me that people who wax enthusiastic over such thick (relatively) wire designs as Homegrown Audio's should really give a couple of thin wire designs a try, at a comparable price level. Mapleshade, like Stealth, offers a 30-day money-back guarantee, so the experiment would be cheap.