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Audience frontRow Interconnects and Speaker Cables

John Acton — Sun, 16 Jun 2024 16:20:31 +0000

Of all the elements that make up a high-end audio system, few are embroiled in the kind of controversy that surrounds cables. By and large, audiophiles seem to align with one of three primary belief systems when it comes to the impact of cabling on a system's sonic signature: those who profess that wire, generally... Read More »

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WAY Cables: From Serbia with Love

Gregory Petan — Sun, 10 Mar 2024 00:08:50 +0000

WAY Cables Poetry X Analogue XLR interconnects Despite having access to a pretty wide range of very enticing gear, I really try to avoid the marry go round of constantly swapping gear in and out of my reference system. I made big changes about 3 years ago and before that it had been over... Read More »

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Stu's Place - Ice Age Audio Power Cords, Interconnects and Speaker Cables

Stu McCreary — Fri, 16 Feb 2024 20:57:44 +0000

Intro - Some New Toys at Stu's It's been a while. Over two years by my reckoning. There's been a lot going on in my world, but hidden away, deep in my audio bunker, I've been doing a lot of modifying, tweaking, and after doing much careful listening, I've even picked up a few new... Read More »

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Audiomica Cristal Silver Signature Speaker Cables and Veroni Silver Signature Balanced Interconnects

Malcolm J. Gomes — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 18:50:02 +0000

In the 36 years that I have been reviewing high end audio components, I have steadfastly held the notion that when it comes to cables, most mechanical filtering usually results in deteriorated sound quality. My rationale; it is very difficult to eliminate or reduce undesired artifacts in the sound signal passing through a cable without... Read More »

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Audio Art Cables -The Loom Effect

Tom Gibbs — Tue, 16 Jan 2024 18:19:30 +0000

When we left off (HERE), I had just contacted Rob Fritz at Audio Art Cable about possibly getting set up with a loom of cables for both my digital and analog room systems. While I didn't press Rob to go the "full loom" route, he did agree to send me a full suite of interconnect... Read More »

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First Impressions of the Audio Art Cables

Tom Gibbs — Tue, 16 Jan 2024 18:07:51 +0000

I've always believed in the importance of well-constructed audio cables, and my systems of the last five or so years have been built around expensive (if not completely esoteric) cables from highly regarded manufacturers. I simply believed that logically, having well-made cables of a higher pedigree would give my systems a more legitimate claim to... Read More »

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Loudspeaker Cables - Simple Passive Connection or Complex Dynamic Component?

Greg Weaver — Fri, 08 Sep 2023 15:57:17 +0000

As part of Positive Feedback's "New Old Stock" [NOS] series of reprints, Greg Weaver's article from 1997 is presented as a significant article worthy of renewed presentation here. This article was originally written in 1988 and appeared in Volume 1, Issue 2, of the audio analyst©, Winter 1989. It was updated and re-published in Volume... Read More »

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Adventures with Desert Island Cables: the Da Vinci Interconnect from Crystal Cable

Marshall Nack — Mon, 17 Jul 2023 19:27:29 +0000

We had a pair of Row K center tickets for the Dover String Quartet at Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center. Everyone knows that's the eleventh row, but we found ourselves settling in four rows from the stage. What happened? An usher informed us management had enlarged the stage for this event by removing a... Read More »

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When Does the Game Actually Change?

Roger Skoff — Sun, 07 May 2023 03:39:21 +0000

Roger Skoff writes about incremental improvements and value Is there anyone out there who doesn't know that, in addition to writing these articles, I also own a cable company? (RSX Technologies, for those who don't.) Positive Feedback, and I, and every other publication that I've ever written for, have all gone to great lengths to... Read More »

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Two from Purist Audio Design: Diamond Edition Dominus Power Cord and Dominus Interconnects

Marshall Nack — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 17:23:28 +0000

I was chatting with an exhibitor at last year's tiny NY Audio Show 2022 and mentioned I found the treble in his room had too much bite. I got no argument: "I like that. That's what I hear at concerts." Hmm…his comment made me pause before I continued with the rest of my list: boomy... Read More »

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From Ansuz! The Mainz8 D-TC Supreme Power Distributor, PowerSwitch D-TC Supreme Ethernet Switch, and the D-TC Supreme Cables

Robert S. Youman — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 16:51:13 +0000

Introduction This review is a follow up to my earlier posting on the Aavik I-580 Integrated Amplifier. If interested, please click on the link here as it provides some very useful background information. Like the Aavik I-580, the Ansuz products discussed in this review are all part of the Audio Group Denmark portfolio. Audio Group... Read More »

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Dynamic Design AV Cables

Mark Pearson — Mon, 10 Oct 2022 18:58:46 +0000

Dynamic Design AV is a Chicago based cable company that was established in 2000. Frankly, I was surprised that I had never heard of Dynamic Design prior to this review. Since Dynamic Design AV has been in business for 22 years, they must be doing something right. I was given the opportunity to review a... Read More »

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Wireworld Eclipse and Aurora Cables

Sam Rosen — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 15:57:09 +0000

If you look at my past reviews, you will notice certain names show up on a regular basis, Wirewold is one of those names and the subject of this review. Wireworld is one of the best manufacturers of high end cabling in the audio business. They are fairly priced and their lower to mid-tier lines... Read More »

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Stage III Ckahron Interconnect

Marshall Nack — Sat, 24 Sep 2022 16:33:56 +0000

Six years have passed since Stage III Concepts introduced their Medusa Speaker Cable, which the brand distributor claimed to be the world's first with a vacuum dielectric. This was no ordinary wire product. I gave it a Writers Choice Award in 2016. The Cerberus Speaker Cable, a new top model in the vacuum line, followed... Read More »

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Audioquest Niagara at CS Mastering: A Review with Download Links

Dirk Sommer — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 00:48:53 +0000

Dirk Sommer, Birgit Hammer (photography). This review is quite unusual: Audioquest's "LowZ/Noise-Dissipation" mains power technology, implemented in cables and power conditioners, which has recently received the Statement in High Fidelity award, has to show in the CSM mastering studio whether it has there just as positive an influence on the sound as in a HiFi... Read More »

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Dominus Interconnect from Purist Audio Design

Marshall Nack — Fri, 01 Jul 2022 16:16:29 +0000

Last Sunday marked a return to Town Hall, New York City, for a concert by ECCO (the East Coast Chamber Orchestra), a group of 18 youthful, professional string players. These guys (actually, most were female and Asian) were really digging in, using the full bow when they had to and, alternately, approaching near silence in... Read More »

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Audience Studio ONE Interconnect and Speaker Cables

John Acton — Sun, 15 May 2022 16:29:30 +0000

An audio reviewer's mandate is to seek out the new, the innovative, the cutting-edge, and to write about it, preferably while it's still new and innovative and cutting-edge. As a scribe for Positive Feedback, I've certainly done my share of chasing the newest and most revolutionary products for evaluation. But, in assembling my reference system... Read More »

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Virtuoso Interconnect from Fono Acustica

Marshall Nack — Sun, 01 May 2022 16:45:46 +0000

Last year I spent quality time with the Armónico cable from Fono Acustica. The wires left a lingering impression of intense musicality, along with a desire to audition more of their products, including the top-of-the-line Virtuoso model. Felix Avalos, the proprietor of Fono Acustica, teased me along with, "The Virtuoso is a whole different cable... Read More »

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Audience frontRow Cables

Michael Corsentino — Sun, 01 May 2022 16:40:56 +0000

Whenever I write about cables I always feel the need to include a disclaimer as they're such a hot button topic. Especially when it comes to high dollar interconnects such as the Audience frontRow cables reviewed below. What I can tell you from personal experience is that cables matter. There is a clear difference in... Read More »

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AudioQuest Mythical Creatures - ThunderBird, FireBird, and Dragon

Dirk Sommer — Mon, 04 Apr 2022 21:58:45 +0000

The Mythical Creatures first appeared among the power cords. Then we spotted them among the speaker cables, and more recently, my colleague Wolfgang Kemper tracked down a few HDMI cable specimens. Now, Richard Drees, Sales Director for Germany, and Rob Hay, Marketing Director for Europe, released the NF cable variants directly into my listening room.... Read More »

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Stereovox SEI-600 Interconnects

Editors at Positive Feedback — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 16:23:24 +0000

This article, as reviewed by David Robinson originally ran in Issue 3, October/November 2002, so while we call this section "New Old Stock - Articles from Our Days in Print" you are also going to see some articles from our early days of going online. Yowzah! Cables Again! The world of cable/interconnect reviewing is a... Read More »

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The Audio Note (UK) Io I MC Phono Cartridge, AN-S4 Step-Up Transformer, AN-V Silver Interconnects, and AN-SPe Silver Loudspeaker Cables: An 'Out of this World' Listening Experience!

Jeff Day — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 18:23:26 +0000

My highlight of 2019 was visiting with Peter Qvortrup (below) and the Audio Note (UK) 'family' in Brighton, England. Meeting Peter Qvortrup, Daniel Qvortrup (Peter's son, below), Andy Grove, and Darko Greguras was a real treat. Peter and Daniel walked me through the Audio Note (UK) operation, and told me about some of the exciting... Read More »

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Graceline L3 Cables

Danny Kaey — Fri, 02 Jul 2021 22:18:53 +0000

I love cables. I hate cables. There, I said it. Cables—from an audio perspective—are that step-brother no one really knows how to engage at the annual Thanksgiving bash. Everyone knows he's part of the family, everyone knows he generally has a nice guy image, but no one really knows how to properly befriend him. Let's... Read More »

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Siltech Legend 880 Cables - When the Classic Becomes a Legend

Gregory Petan — Mon, 10 May 2021 19:08:54 +0000

For those Audiophiles that have been around a while, the name Siltech conjures images of high-end esoterica and rarified audiophile air. Edwin van der Kley Rynveld, an electrical engineer with very high level experience at Exxon and Phillips, acquired the company in 1992. Since the acquisition, Edwin has propelled Siltech into the ranks of the... Read More »

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Siltech Crown Princess Interconnect

Marshall Nack — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 18:20:00 +0000

If there was a robust market for high-end audio cables back in 1983, I wasn't aware of it, but that's when Siltech joined the fray. In 2018, they commemorated 35 years with a limited edition series. It's now 38 years! That's a long time in any business. The 35 Year Anniversary series is comprised of... Read More »

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