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Waters on the Hardware: A Life-Changing Visit to GTT Audio

Dean Waters — Sat, 21 Sep 2024 23:06:45 +0000

Dean Waters with Cigar: a study. 2023 Pacific Audio Fest, Seatac, WA (photograph and image processing by David W. Robinson) Throughout our lives we encounter special moments that are so transformative that we know that we will always remember exactly where we were and what we were doing the moment they occur. If you're old enough,... Read More »

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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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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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Straight Wire Crescendo 3 Speaker Cables - Truly a Monolithic Experience!

Juan C. Ayllon — Fri, 23 Dec 2022 23:35:30 +0000

In Stanley Kubrick's 2001: a Space Odyssey, awestruck australopithecines (prehistoric ape-like primates with human traits) encounter an alien, 11' x 5' x 1.25' black monolith standing in the rocks and crags of an African desert and, shortly thereafter, have an epiphany and create crude weapons. Fast forward 4000 years: clothed and scented homo sapiens gawk... Read More »

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Van Gogh Loudspeaker Cable from Crystal Cable

Marshall Nack — Sat, 19 Nov 2022 16:49:14 +0000

In the brightly lit labs of the professional or the informal workshops of the DIYer, cable designers labor diligently, permuting materials, listening critically, then doing it again, ad infinitum. The process mandates a high degree of scientific rigor. With experience, the designer acquires an intimate understanding of their materials. They know when they tweak this... 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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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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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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Cardas Neutral Reference Speaker Cables, Transparency vs. Opacity, Part Three

Editors at Positive Feedback — Sun, 01 May 2022 16:37:12 +0000

This article by Bob Neill 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. How George Cardas's Neutral Reference speaker cable strikes you and whether or... Read More »

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Matthew Bond Audio GSC 36 Loudspeaker Cables

Arnis Balgalvis — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 21:45:53 +0000

Once upon a time the life of an audiophile was very simple. Take speaker cables, for example. At a meeting of The Audiophile Society in the 1980s, in front of a group of some 60 people, the featured guest presenter, a very prominent equipment modifier, proudly declared: "As far as I'm concerned, the only requirement... Read More »

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Kirmuss Audio Advances Record Restoration and Introduces the Adrenaline Speaker Cable

Robert H. Levi — Fri, 08 Oct 2021 01:05:29 +0000

An important announcement! The energetic and brilliant Charles Kirmuss has no grass growing under his feet as he announces changes in usage of his superb KA-RC-1 Ultrasonic Record Restoration System and newly developed and very high value speaker cables for audiophile systems. I inquired about the cleaning process since there is so much buzz associated... Read More »

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The Fono Acustica Armónico Speaker Cables and the Critic's Gaze

Marshall Nack — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 16:30:22 +0000

The Covid-19 pandemic turned the world topsy-turvy, devastating lives. Nothing is the same. We are beginning to turn right-side up, so to speak, but life must now be perceived through differently tinted glasses. Where we go from here—what comes next? One personal side effect for me was the suspension of my audio sessions for the... 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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Audience frontRow Loudspeaker Cables

Marshall Nack — Mon, 22 Feb 2021 20:32:17 +0000

Advocacy for Neutrality Last year I came across several articles on high-end sites purporting to address, What is good sound? Most veered off to the vague and vapid, concluding, whatever floats your boat is good. Has it come to this? I know long-established standards smacking of elitism and privilege are under siege and youthful disruption... Read More »

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Cardas Clear Beyond: What's In A Name?

Gregory Petan — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 21:55:51 +0000

When I first relocated to NYC from Chicago in 1994, I was deep in the boil of my audio obsession. The timing of my move couldn't have been better. I had exhausted nearly all the audio salon's salesmen in Chicago, and needed a fresh batch of victims to torment. One of my first visits was... Read More »

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Pushing the Envelope: The AudioQuest Dragon Power Cable and Dragon ZERO Loudspeaker Cables

Robert H. Levi — Mon, 17 Feb 2020 20:45:26 +0000

AudioQuest's founder, William Low, and Senior Director of Engineering, Garth Powell, have once again co-developed the next generation of AudioQuest audiophile cost-is-no-object power cables and speaker cables. Interconnects are in development and will be available this fall. They are designed to be the best in the world of connectivity—full speed ahead, damn the torpedoes! I... Read More »

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Synergistic Research Foundation Cables

Editors at Positive Feedback — Sun, 12 Jan 2020 17:49:43 +0000

Oracles house themselves within temples of the humble. Review By Rick Becker With this article, Positive Feedback continues its content-sharing relationship with Enjoy the Music. Rick Becker shares his thoughts about Synergistic Research's Foundation Cables. Dr. David W. Robinson, Editor-in-Chief Like with climate change, it's hard to believe there are still cable deniers in this world, but they... Read More »

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The Neoteric Listener - The Furutech DSS-4.1 Speaker Cables and DPS-4.1 Power Cable

Dean Seislove — Tue, 07 Jan 2020 18:26:20 +0000

Cables have it rough. Last in thought, least in budget, forever to be put to work quickly, and then quickly overshadowed by flashier audio gear. When gushing about an audio system, who starts with the cables? Nobody ever, that's who. Such neglect is a crying shame. Cables bear the precious audio signal like a yeoman's... Read More »

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Audio Art SC-5 ePlus Cryo Treated Speaker Cable and Jumpers - Masterful Performers at a Pocket Friendly Price

Juan C. Ayllon — Sat, 16 Nov 2019 22:05:19 +0000

Plugging a pair of Audio Art SC-5 ePlus Cryo Treated Speaker Cables into your system is like renting a Sebring convertible for a spin down Pacific Coast Highway, top down, taking in the sun splashed vistas and ocean air; they won't break the bank as they open up new sensory pleasures in your listening experience.... Read More »

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Clearly Cardas - A Loudspeaker Designer's Entanglement in Cardas Clear Loudspeaker Cables

Michael Zisserson — Mon, 28 Oct 2019 20:32:52 +0000

Strange Relationships Cables are a source of much contention in our epic. So much so that some publications seem afraid to discuss them anymore. YouTubers will show you a coat hanger that somehow out-performs, or at least equals, Monster Cable. Devout subscribers to the esoteric could chew an ear for hours, pontificating that cables are... Read More »

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