Lam Seng Fatt has posted a review of the Tellurium Q interconnects (£370) at av2day.com. His conclusions: “If you like listening to good singers, then buy the Tellurium. If your speakers sound a bit bright, then the Telluriums should tame them and give you a fabulous mid-range to boot. But if your system is...
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Wojciech Pacula has posted a review of the Einstein The Preamp (€17,000) and The Silver Bullet OTL monoblock amplifiers (€40,000) at High Fidelity. His conclusions: “The Einstein system belongs to the elite of devices that are outstanding in every respect. The combination of saturation with differentiation, consideration with entertainment, precision with fluidity and detail...
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Wojciech Pacula has posted a review of the Mogami NIII-2803 interconnects (~€250) and NIII-2804 speaker cables (~€500) at High Fidelity. His conclusions: “These are reliable, solid cables that have been on the market for years and with their performance they confirm that solid engineering supported with lots of listening sessions result in products that...
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Brett Rudolph has posted a review of the Nordost Red Dawn cables at Enjoy the Music. His conclusions: “My experience with the Nordost cables leaves me speechless, if that is even possible. Overall, the difference is nothing short of spectacular. In fact, during the review several friends and colleagues remarked that the reference system...
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Steven R. Rochlin has posted a review of the Estron Linum balanced two-pin 2.5mm TRRS custom IEM cable ($160) at Enjoy the Music. His conclusions: “Love the reasonably-priced €145 Estron Linum Balanced two-pin 2.5mm TRRS IEM cable with the Ultimate Ears UE18 Pro and JH Audio 13 as they have breathed new life and...
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Wayne Donnelly has posted a review of the DanaCable USB cable ($895). His conclusions: “It makes music in any genre sound relaxed, harmonically full and rich, and effortlessly musical. For anyone who wants to hear the best from computer audio, this cable is at the least a must-audition. Mine is here for the long...
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Lam Seng Fatt has posted a review of the Tellurium Q USB cables (£636) at av2day.com. His conclusions: “But with acoustic instruments, the Tellurium rendered the harmonics and decay of notes in a more believable way and there was certainly more shades of colour in the music. The Tellurium Silver Diamond is definitely one...
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Jacob Heilbrunn has posted a review of the Nordost Valhalla 2 Reference interconnect ($7599), speaker cable ($11,849), and power cable ($4999) at The Absolute Sound. His conclusions: “It delivers the whole package: speed, detail, resolution, and musicality. There are other cables that will provide a fuller presentation, others still that will sound zippier, and...
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Anthony Kershaw has posted a review of the Antipodes Audio ‘Reference’ interconnects ($2500) and speaker cable ($2500) at Audiophilia. His conclusions: “His cables are nothing short of remarkable in their musicality and refinement. Superb bass and wonderful ability to portray accurate dynamics. Like all his products I’ve heard and reviewed, Jenkins’ Reference Cables are...
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Michael Lavorgna has posted a review of the Shunyata Triton V2 ($6995) and Typhon ($5995) power conditioners and Sigma power cables ($2495-$3495) at AudioStream. His conclusions: “Every component used to build these devices was scrutinized for their contribution to the overall design’s sonic result. I have no doubts that those of you with the...
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Neil Gader has posted a review of the Clarus Cable Crimson USB ($250) and Kimber Kable KS 2436 ($1195) USB cables. His conclusions: “The Clarus is the sweetspot, sure to please the majority of users. The Kimber is a different kettles of fish. This is an ultra-premium wires designed for first-class DACs and well-informed...
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Scot Hull has posted a review of the Purist Audio Design Luminist Revision Dominus and 25th Anniversary cables at Part-Time Audiophile. His conclusions: “These audio cables from Purist Audio Design are not only a fascinating case study in engineering, I think they sound fantastic. Will they be right for you or for your system?...
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Nordost is proud to introduce the newest addition to the QRT range of power products: the QLINE Ground Wire. Nordost’s QLINE is the most effective method to achieve a solid secondary ground for your hifi audio system. This unique and effective ground wire will not only increase the size and depth of your soundstage,...
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Kirk Midtskog has posted a review of the Cardas Audio Clear Reflection interconnect ($1150) and speaker cable ($2800) at The Absolute Sound. His conclusions: “When stacked against more expensive cables, Cardas Clear Reflection held its own and, accordingly, gets high marks for delivering good performance at a reasonable price. Clear Reflection is a fantastic...
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Robert Harley has posted a review of the Audience Au24 SE USB cable ($) at The Absolute Sound. His conclusions: “Frankly, there’s nothing to fault in the Au24 SE. Many USB cables—as with everything else in audio—force you to make trade-offs; this cable has better resolution while another may have greater smoothness and ease....
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Francisco Duran has posted a review of the Soundstring Cable Generation II Special Edition cables ($200-$640) at Hi-Fi+. His conclusions: “But with all of that the differences were instantly obvious for the most part. In fact, as I compared the Gen II Delta wire to the Gen II SE wire to each other an...
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Vance Hiner has posted a review of the Shunyata Research Sigma power cords ($2495-$3495) at The Audio Beat. “The Shunyata Sigma power-cord system is just such a transformative component. That’s right — component. It’s simply inaccurate to use terms like accessory or tweak to describe equipment that unearths so much music from the recordings...
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Rad Bennett has posted a review of the AudioQuest NightHawk headphones ($599) at The Audio Beat. His conclusions: “Tken altogether, that’s an incredibly diverse list of recordings, yet the NightHawk sailed through everything with accuracy, solid soundstages and imaging consistently outside the ears. Couple that terrific sound with equally terrific design and an economical...
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Maurice Jeffries has posted a review of the Sound String Cable Technologies Gen II cables ($170-$395) at Stereo Times. His conclusions: “It doesn’t get much better than this! Enthusiastically recommended.” You can read the full review here.
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Robert Harley has posted a review of the AudioQuest Wind interconnect ($1995) at The Absolute Sound. His conclusions: “AudioQuest has developed many new and interesting cable technologies since Amazon (see sidebar). Judging from Wind’s performance, those efforts have gone a long way toward making an interconnect that seemingly vanishes from the system. Wind is...
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Robert H. Levi has posted a review of the Merrill Audio ANAP interconnect cables ($1149) at Positive Feedback. His conclusions: “Even at this low price, there is amazingly little these cables leave on the table compared to my exalted expensive references. They will please even the most jaded among us.” You can read the...
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Mike Girardi has posted a review of the Synergistic Research Atmosphere series cables ($3095-$4995) and Grounding Block ($595) at Stereo Times. His conclusions: “The SR Atmosphere signal cables excel in all areas as compared to my previous reference and my previous reference was nominated by multiple members of the ST staff as a Most...
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Marja and Henk have posted a review of the Oyaide Tunami mid-level cable loom (€176-€995) at 6moons. Their conclusions: “Part of the fun was that all cables came from Oyaide’s mid-price range except for the M1E/F1 terminated power cord which nearly hits the €1’000 threshold. This combined with the wide range of cables all...
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Christiaan Punter has posted a review of the Mamba Audio Powerblast power cable (€3125) at Hi-Fi Advice. His conclusions: “In fact I would call this a highly natural sounding cable and it made for the most beautiful renditions of human voices, piano and strings ever. It does tend to polarise things though, as for...
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Scot Hull has posted a review of the Audioquest Diamond ($25/foot), Vodka ($85/foot) and Cinnamon ($235/foot) Ethernet cables. His conclusions: “With all of these improvements, across all of these cable changes, I want to emphasize that the improvements were never egregious. Yes, I believe that sound quality improved. Yes, I felt that the improvements...
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