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Review: Argent Audio Pursang S and( BOB) Speaker cable
Category: Cables
Before I start this review I must go back over 20 years.The elder of you may recall and shake your head in agreement.Those younger may , in amazement.
Sometime in the early 80's a friend brought, to my home his newly purchased MIT shot gun speaker cable.Wanting to know if I could hear any difference between it and the original Monster Cable I was using on my Quad esl 63 speakers.I recall telling him as I hooked the cables to my speakers,that he wasted his money.(after all everyone knows that Stereo Review and Hi Fidelity magazine say that all amplifiers sound the same.Therefore how could even this expensive (at the time)cable make a difference.)
We sat back to listen and listen some more and then I said wow these Quads do have bass.
At that point I realized I have been depending and wasting big bucks on what the print media said about a product.
(this is pre Audiogon and A.A.)
I knew The MIT was better then the Monster cable,I heard the difference and I didn't need the reinforcement of reviewers or dealers to tell me so.
Over the years many cables have graced my system .I've purchased 3 versions of Cardas ;2 of Audioquest,Synergistic research, Nordost and Nirvana
And although the latter brought me closer to this impossible sound we call absolute I still felt at times that the magic was missing.
Flashback>A while back I was speaking via phone to a
manufacturer of excellent SET's, he stated he was listening to Rosinante speakers as we spoke.Never hearing this name before I inquired as to which company made them
His reply, Ric Cummins but he didnt know if Ric was still making speakers ,he was working on cables he thought.
Overtime I stumbled on to his website through Audiogon and called him.We discussed my equipment, music preference,listening room and chatted about experiences with audio.He modestly told me that he was also the guy behind The Room Lens plus more then time allows me right now. After about 45 minutes of chat (you just will love speaking to him)we decided on his new Pursang S speaker cable and BOB a new product that is supposedly corrects treble error.
I then went back to my sweet spot and thought as I did so many years ago, no speaker cable will better the sound I am hearing.
Two days later the Pursang S arrived with BOB,a product I didn't have much hope for, as I have had Walker High Definition Links in my system and although they were better then nothing ,they only made a subtle difference and were soon sold.
Now before I begin I must say I have learned to look at all things audio with a jaundiced eye.I do not buy into all the hype and just plain "bull" in this industry.
That said I'll begin with, The Pusang S is simply the very best speaker cable I have ever heard in my system in every parameter important to me.Depth ,width, dynamic ease and a
holographic image to reach out and touch.Background instruments came into focus and the speed and clarity on vocals is the best I have ever heard and yes, i've heard the Valhalla,s
Being so taken by the Pursang's I listened for days before I decided to install BOB on my speakers treble binding
post.Now, the stage not only got wider and deeper but the music rose from the blackest of backgrounds and filled this jaded listener with musical emotion that I havn't felt since hearing (seeing) Julie London perform at the Royal Box in New York some 40 years ago.These speaker cables and BOB have brought me closer to the real thing than anything before it.I now know there is a "sound absolute" and it's getting much closer with the help of Ric Cummins ,his Pursang S cables and BOB
Before I start this review I must go back over 20 years.The elder of you may recall and shake your head in agreement.Those younger may , in amazement.
Sometime in the early 80's a friend brought, to my home his newly purchased MIT shot gun speaker cable.Wanting to know if I could hear any difference between it and the original Monster Cable I was using on my Quad esl 63 speakers.I recall telling him as I hooked the cables to my speakers,that he wasted his money.(after all everyone knows that Stereo Review and Hi Fidelity magazine say that all amplifiers sound the same.Therefore how could even this expensive (at the time)cable make a difference.)
We sat back to listen and listen some more and then I said wow these Quads do have bass.
At that point I realized I have been depending and wasting big bucks on what the print media said about a product.
(this is pre Audiogon and A.A.)
I knew The MIT was better then the Monster cable,I heard the difference and I didn't need the reinforcement of reviewers or dealers to tell me so.
Over the years many cables have graced my system .I've purchased 3 versions of Cardas ;2 of Audioquest,Synergistic research, Nordost and Nirvana
And although the latter brought me closer to this impossible sound we call absolute I still felt at times that the magic was missing.
Flashback>A while back I was speaking via phone to a
manufacturer of excellent SET's, he stated he was listening to Rosinante speakers as we spoke.Never hearing this name before I inquired as to which company made them
His reply, Ric Cummins but he didnt know if Ric was still making speakers ,he was working on cables he thought.
Overtime I stumbled on to his website through Audiogon and called him.We discussed my equipment, music preference,listening room and chatted about experiences with audio.He modestly told me that he was also the guy behind The Room Lens plus more then time allows me right now. After about 45 minutes of chat (you just will love speaking to him)we decided on his new Pursang S speaker cable and BOB a new product that is supposedly corrects treble error.
I then went back to my sweet spot and thought as I did so many years ago, no speaker cable will better the sound I am hearing.
Two days later the Pursang S arrived with BOB,a product I didn't have much hope for, as I have had Walker High Definition Links in my system and although they were better then nothing ,they only made a subtle difference and were soon sold.
Now before I begin I must say I have learned to look at all things audio with a jaundiced eye.I do not buy into all the hype and just plain "bull" in this industry.
That said I'll begin with, The Pusang S is simply the very best speaker cable I have ever heard in my system in every parameter important to me.Depth ,width, dynamic ease and a
holographic image to reach out and touch.Background instruments came into focus and the speed and clarity on vocals is the best I have ever heard and yes, i've heard the Valhalla,s
Being so taken by the Pursang's I listened for days before I decided to install BOB on my speakers treble binding
post.Now, the stage not only got wider and deeper but the music rose from the blackest of backgrounds and filled this jaded listener with musical emotion that I havn't felt since hearing (seeing) Julie London perform at the Royal Box in New York some 40 years ago.These speaker cables and BOB have brought me closer to the real thing than anything before it.I now know there is a "sound absolute" and it's getting much closer with the help of Ric Cummins ,his Pursang S cables and BOB
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