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Who out there wants to, or has, validated an amazing cable find?

I own a very decent audio system and have slowly been moving up over the last several decades weeding out less-natural sounding equipment and focusing on best sound for my money (what I can afford). My current gear is a collect of Quad, Pass, Klyne, VPI, soekris and a fairly large collection of Kimber, audio quest, Furutech, Cardas, Straightwire, DH Labs cables built up over time.

I have come across lots of high-priced gear that isn't faithful to the music. My reference has always been unamplified voice and instruments and attend such concerts regularly though they are hard to find (but still easy if you live near a major city).

It always a pleasure to come across gear that is low priced and exceeds higher priced gear when it comes to faithful reproduction of music holding to the live unamplifed sound standard.

So.....

I have recently purchased some ATAUDIO cables from Aliexpress that have left me stunned due to low price and performance. Recommended by another audiophile who seemed credible and owned good equipment so decided to give them a try.

A $26 1 meter ATAUDIO copper interconnect cables is running neck and neck my Cardas Clear interconnects and beaten my Cardas clear Cygnus interconnect cables when it comes to clarity, lack of edge and sibilance, warm open holographic sound reproduction. 

Would someone here with a good resolving audio system give one of the ATAUDIO cables a try? The price is noise for us who have invested in decent (high-end) audio system.

ATAUDIO power cords and Interconnects have proved amazing. About to try their speaker cables. I would not recommend their silver cables. I tried them and while they sound more robust and full than their copper cables the silver cables have the a high frequency edge similar to other silver cables I have heard.

Just looking for couple of regular posters here to give the ATAUDIO cables a try.
Can't resist passing along an audio bargain.

If you don't believe in cables making differences please don't post here and go do something else as you have already found your happiness. 

sudnh
v-fi
323 posts
 

I've tried a few of these types of cables from Aliexpress over the past couple years. Some were surprisingly decent for the low prices, some sounded about like what you would expect a $25 cable to sound like... not great. In all cases they looked pretty amazing though, I'll admit that. But in my system none proved to be worth more than say an affordable Signal Cable or other known budget offering. 

Can't say they are all bad, it could be as simple as quality assurance, and the OP in this thread got a good set while I did not. Who knows. But now I think these brands are aware that they are getting attention, because as I look now a lot more cost double what they used to. Still "cheap" just not as low as before. 

kennyc
2,973 posts
 

I’m going to take the QSA plunge and try some QSA Lanedri cables.  Many reports of beyond improvement but rather transformative.  Pricing seems like gauging, QSA gives no info of their mysterious treatment (drives people crazy), but 30day free trial

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warnie7
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https://forum.audiogon.com/posts/2648589

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pennfootball71

Cardas Clear Cignus are dark cables that have nothing to do with price! Combine that with Passlabs and you have dark lord sith level sound reproduction of not good!!!

Im experiencing just the opposite with my Cardas Clear Cygnus, I traded my Audionote LX cables for the Cardas and difference is night and day. Im running a Koetsu Rosewood Cart with Conrad Johnson phono pre amp and amp and the sound is very detailed and neutral  with enormous 3D They are a keeper

arthurlen
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I"ve got their topline  'the reds'; 6n silver network-cable, powercable, speakercable and compared them with Audioquest Diamond and Wireworld Platinum, really no compatitors at all. I'm still awaiting one meter of 6n silver networking-cable to replace my Xangsane 4n silver one. Is very good too, but less precise than ATAudio. I want to make most of my new network-switch, which is to replace my Silent Angel Bonn N8. From Ali again. Brandname could be NVArcher. Produces an unbelievably black and clean background and unprecedented musicality. ATAudio 6n-silver cables are the best I ever heard and cost one-tenth of the two American brands I mentioned above. With modest budget, I don't have to make a compromise to sonic quality anymore. My setup is Linn, Densen, Atoll,  Lumin, ATAudio, Xangsane, Zerozone powersupply.

Modified: Linn,  Densen and Zerozone. After more than 15 years of experimenting and modifying, I could"t believe, highest segment Audio-products, sold by AliExpress  would fullfill musical wishes, I could not even dream of. I never found this quality cables on big general webshops like Amazon or Bol (NL).

Arthur

 

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