Stealth cables


What is with all of these Stealth cables for sale here at AG? I ended up buying a pair of the ($2,000.00) PGS cables for obviously the lower going rate here. But I was not impressed with them. I tried them in various locations on my system but the results were always the same.
They actually sounded a little brittle in the highs. I ended up selling them because I just couldn't see using them. Are they really $2000.00 retail cables or is this some marketing scheme ?
scottht

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I'm going to have to chime in here with Garys & Cjr888. I have used Stealth PGS, CWS, and Hybrid MLT in my own system and listened to Varidig and M7 (the interconnect) in friends' systems. While I don't believe there is a universal "best" cable I do think this is one of the better cable lines dollar-for-dollar. I also would not characterize PGS as bright in any way. To provide some context I'm familiar with most of the Transparent, NBS, Kimber, Audience, Straightwire lines, and a few pieces of Cardas, MIT, Tara, Analysis Plus, XLO, LAT, and Nordost. I have NOT heard many of the currently highly talked-up cables including Ridge Street, TG Audio, Bogdan, Jaden, and Empirical.
The bottom line is that cables are, to a large extent, system dependent. While there are a few lines that seem to be voiced either to be warm & euphonic or to give the impression of hyper detail most lines seem to be striving for neutral transparency, some succeed better than others.
I would take both published reviews and internet comments with a grain of salt. You must listen in your own system and make up your own mind.