Purist Audio Design - Dominus Interconnect Cable

RW, you are right. I am totally with you.

If all these magic cables are superior to the internal wire of pre-amplifier or amplifier, why pre-amplifier or amplifier designers don't upgrade the internal wire to these magic cables?

I have a friend who works in the luxury goods / fashion industry. One time he was in the high ranked position at PRADA. He admits that people do pay a LOT for visual pleasure and touching enjoyment and people are willing to pay that much for their psychological satisfaction.

I pay a lot for my audio equipment to enhance my listening delight. The EDGE amplifier and Counterpoint SA-11 pre-amplifier I possess, they all have high price tags. Also I was one of the earlier Beta testers of Stealth’s cable more than 10 years ago. But I just can not justify myself to pay for the super expensive cables from Purist Audio Design. By the information Purist Audio Design provided, the Dominus cable is cryoed and stranded multi-gauge alloy in 18 AWG with special shielding. 18 AWG! My current cable is pure 6N silver in 16AWG at much realistic price. By my calculation, the cross section of 16AWG cable is more than 2.5 times of the cross section of 18AWG cable, what kind of technology can surpass these fundamental differences in Physics? Until more detail information is provided, I am still in the non-believer camp.

Hi Yull375,

Get a Genesis from Purist Audio Design I bought one for $310 love it. Also the Acoustic Zen WOW for $211.00 is nice too.

Hello Otto - I am not at all certain what information you need for "your" justification, but Purist Audio is a very reputable company and the lead designer, Jim Aud is very accessable by phone or email. They do publish their specifications and treatments of cables, design and use their own alloys ( Dominus is a copper/silver/gold alloy), design their own dielectrics, and make their own connectors. Purist cables are one of the few that I know that are actually designed by a degreed, scientific engineer - someone that has the legitimate "chops" to discuss their designs and materials. We all wish that cables would not cost as much as they do, but Purist Audio has many less expensive models in their product line as well - all very well detailed and documented as to materials and design.

Cryoed, Shielding, Materials, Engineering, Technology, AWG, Watever would never justify multikilobuck except for Fassion.

For Performance double digits for wires can bring you to peak.

At the very beginning, I mentioned that I can pay for technologies like amorphous metal alloys from Stealth or the battery-biased designs of Audioquest. Because those companies explain the technologies they employ to their cables to convince customers.

Now for Purist Audio Design,

Treatment: Cryoed. It is not uncommon these days. You can even send your tubes to receive cryo treatment.

Shielding: Only a few cables use AIR as shielding. The majority of the rest cables all have their special shielding. What does it make Purist Audio Design shielding unique?

Materials: copper/silver/gold alloy. How precious this alloy is? At least Stealth let us know how difficult to make amorphous metal.

I am not against Dominus cable. On the contrary, I am interested in acquiring it. For me, I just don't have the information can persuade me to do such purchase.

Like The Radiant Light Source (RLS) technology Purist Audio Design so proud of not long ago, they did not explain the source of the designed illuminating light. How can you make people believe without any energy source that a designed illuminating light can long last in a cable? If it depends on natural lighting, how would it function during the night? For me, it is as mysterious as David Cooperfiled walks through the Great Wall.