VH Audio, Ridge St Audio or Audience Au24 XLRs?

Great responses from very level headed Agon members. Sean
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Im in with Lak here...Ive demo'd and tried many cables and ultimately stopped the merry go round when I landed on the Ridge Streets. I honestly did not try the other cables mentioned, so I cant help in comparison, but can wholeheartedly and unequivically recommend the RSA Poiema's or MSE GenII's.Detail without etch, great bass and soundstage depth and especially width across the stage.

Again, having recently gone down this IC path, and trying these three interconnects, I can only advise the following:

Try them for yourself!

If you notice, there are several members who have tried all three, and have decided differently on what they want in their system. Since all three are excellent cables, the only explanation for the different choices is a difference in personal taste. To rate one over the other is like saying Hagan Dass vanilla is better than their chocolate.

Silly.

So taste them. Enjoy the process (Chris and Robert are outstanding to deal with). And decide then.

Best,

Bingenito, my decision to go with the Star-quad wire was from Chris's recommendation after I liked the performance of his PCs and ICs. I was using Audience Au24 speaker wires and when I compared the Star-quad, I really couldn't tell a difference, both were open and transparent to me. I really like the sound I'm getting from my cables, it's a good feeling to have the confidence of knowing you're comfortable with what you are using based on A/B comparisons in your own rig. I believe Chris is developing a line of speaker wires now, I'm anxious to check them out.

Anyone care to say which one is the most transparent?

Thnx,

Read my reviews under user name Lak. I’ve auditioned many interconnects and speaker cables.
I agree with what Tvad and Driver said, "all interconnects and speaker cables are system dependent", including listener dependent. With that said, I’ve owned the AU-24’s including the Ridge Street SME Gen. I and II and the Poiema’s. I have not had the pleasure of listening to the VH Audio Pulsar (but I would be grateful to anyone that would let me borrow a pair or two (RCA) for review purposes).
I prefer the Ridge Street for the reasons written in my reviews.
Good luck, you can’t go wrong, they are all good!

Mijknarf,

Good info. I see you are using Chris's cyro wire for speaker cable and you were using Au24. Is the Cyro wire really on par with AU24. Please let me know. At those prices I have to pick some up!

I'll jump in. I did do a home test between two of these cables, the Au24s and the Pulsars. I had been using Audience Au24 ICs and SCs in my system. I wanted to try out the Pulsars fron Chris since I was so pleased with his power cords. In my system to my ears, the Pulsars had more sparkle and clarity w/o being overdone. The difference was not night and day. I kept the Pulsars and sold my Au24 ICs. You really can't go wrong with either cable, in fact I have recently made some changes with components and wanting to try the Au24s again. At the end of the day, try them out with your rig and tell for yourself.

Not be be hard headed but I am looking for what others have found that have compared these cables. It is obvious that I could buy the cables and try them but before I do that I am asking what other people think.

I just want to echo what Tvad said, that is, you must try them in your system to know for sure.

Don't take this the wrong way but regardless of the cable, they all act like tone controls to some extent, as does the rest of the gear in your system.