I’d have to disagree Bo, based on owning a tremendous amount of equipment from many different manufacturers...from all tube designs to all SS with many different cable designs. Silver just doesn’t sound as natural. It can artificially add accentuation to highs and leading edge of the sound, but overall it sounds less like music TME! |
Teo and Bo sound a bit off...as in slightly psychotic maybe? Working through their rambling manifesto’s was unsettling. Anyone else concerned for these two out patients? Reminds me of the alien abduction stories or Mandela effect/deep state conspiracy videos on YouTube !
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Ah yes, the Truth! Who’s truth would that be then? The sound in the recording space? The producers feed at the mixing counsel? The fully mixed version on analog tape or the one digitally encoded on a hard drive? The master transfer to vinyl or CD ? Do we sum the truths over the number of possibilities and use an audio constant to correct for variability in the recording/mastering chain? Do tell us great sage, oh bringer of Truth!
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I tell ya this is quackers!! Like Looney Toons man. Obsessive compulsive cable disorder (OCCD)
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None of the above responses, sans agreement, counters anything I said. I mentioned zero products! What is thee brick wall filter, is the recording chain to a fairly large degree. Ergo, the Truth is unobtainable in any absolute sense. One can only estimate a variance of the original truth and then reverse engineer a system to accommodate ones personal preferences.
BTW.....sometimes Quackery is just Quackery dressed up in sufficiently advanced clothing!
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Like talking to a wall...a crazy wall...but still a wall!
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I’m sure you mean well Bo...keep your love of music and audio strong! Perhaps see a psychiatrist once in awhile, but otherwise keep living your dream:)
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Anyway, revisited some of my favorite cables over the last 4 decades, including one newcomer; MIT, Transparent, Audioquest and Anticables. For my current setup, I have narrowed it down to Transparent and Anticables. They all have their virtues and finding the right balance for any given system will be subjective of course. Audioquest always gets my attention at first, but then let’s me feeling flat after the break in period is over. MIT always sounds musical, yet can wind up a bit too uneven in the frequencies. Transparent offers the lowest noise floor and the greatest dynamic range, with exceptional bass/midrange and clean organic highs. Anticables are an open window...dynamic and totally revealing yet smooth . They are expressive and quick with a bit of an upward shift harmonically. It’s all in the balance and personal preference. Long term listenability will probably put me in Transparent Audio’s camp for this system...provides nuance, texture, dynamics and an organic palpability that is hard to beat. FWIW
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I think Bo likes Audioquest a little bit or am I reading into his thesis too much?
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Had the new Audioquest stuff on trial...not bad, but any of their cables with all silver just sound hard to my ears. Just passed minimum break in time for my Transparent Plus loom Gen 5....oh boy, the whole room is energized with dynamics and a full, complete tonality that is rarely conveyed! All the detail without overemphasis and so right sounding. I think I have my winner...lightyears better than anything I’ve heard to date!! |
Alrighty then...IMHO and substantial experience, I have achieved my best results with either Transparent Cables or MIT. Their superiority really becomes apparent when you compare them to other various cable manufacturers offerings in your own system. It can be quite dramatic and ear opening as to the full potential that can be unleashed from your gear with these cables. Currently I have found that Transparent has taken the lead with the Generation 5 designs....I can only give them praise as I’d be hard pressed to hear any weaknesses. Everything comes through in full measure and in correct proportions. Music just sounds stunningly realistic!
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After installing some new Transparent Gen 5 Plus cabling in my system, I can’t help but smile and laugh at the contortions and mental gymnastics many audiophiles put themselves through, attempting to find that one special way to connect their components that will leave all the others in the dust. The latest stuff from Transparent Audio is just soooo right sounding that it’s just sick, compared to anything else I’ve ever heard or owned. Just crazy great, they allow music to flow as if it were restored back to before the recording chain degraded it. Mind bogglingly musical is all I can say...just so far beyond all the other wires available. IMNSHO
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That’s the exciting news...pricing was reasonable compared to what garbage is sold for many multiples higher! For $1800 I received beautifully made 12ft bi wire speaker cables with customized connectors and a pair of Balanced Interconnects. I’ve owned $12k cables that did not convey the music as realistically as these manage to do. Considering they can keep you off the cable go round...they are a steal!!
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