Supernatural silence. I mean the blacker than black canvas for music, as if the Dragon Zero | Bass was devouring the light. The digital zero is the first day of creation, one can hear molecules splitting in the empty space. Still, ...
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AQ s.r.o., Červenka, tel. +420 585 342 232
These Tellurium Qs are real gentlemen – they are understated and good-mannered. They have analogue smoothness, beautiful tonality and solid lows, all of which makes the listening one long seduction.
This March Pavel Rehberger aka Noble Audio has asked me to give a listen to a new speaker cable protype. I had a gap in my calendar so I agreed. The cable promptly arrived but I received no information on price or its design ...
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Noble Audio, Ústí nad Labem, tel. +420 602 119 246
The Supremus speaker cables are packed in a matte black box that opens via a magnetic lock hidden in a aluminum rectangular plate with QED logo. After unlocking the box´s top part slides to sides and reveals the cables nested in a ...
The familiar sound of brushed cymbals gets totally new meaning with the Odin. For the first time ever I can hear not only the circular movement of the brushes on the cymbal's body, but also individual bristles - if I exaggerate a bit ...
Every great cable I had in my system before the Redwood has a certain feature that made it different from another – a certain quality that made it perfect match for one system and mismatch for another. In this context the Redwood ...
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AQ s.r.o., Červenka, tel. +420 585 342 232
It is notable that Nordost keeps the original Valhalla in their catalogue. Inevitably there is a pricing gap of 30% between the two Valhallas which creates a competition from within the range. Not a bad move; it prevents the rumours ...
When I swapped my reference wires for the TL-2/14 I was surprised at how clean the sound was. The background noise, or better, the electronic hash in the background, was vacuum cleaned. Such a canvas was perfect for the TARA Labs to ...
The imaging within the soundstage is f-a-n-t-a-s-t-i-c, so is the purity and clarity of the sound. I wish every cable in the high end audio industry would image like that. The presence of the performance in your room is palpable, it ...
The Referenz range of InAkustik is a brilliant example of German legendary precision. It starts with packaging - each single connector is protected by a special plastic cover in a fabric bag. Plus there are white gloves provided with ...
I was impressed by the Analysis Plus’ proprietary solid bulk of pure copper – and gold plated – spades. They are really made from a billet of metal and milled into the shape - the mass of the single spade equals the mass of a fistful ...
Everytime the Silver Oval 2 returned to my system it reminded me of the immediacy of a live performance. Johnny Cash’s vocal was very emotional and communicative, it created a strong emotional link between the music and the listener. ...
With the purchase of a Crystal Cable’s cable the owner receives ´an authenticity card´ that provides a lifetime guarantee and acknowledges the purchase. Normally are similar certificates hardly used as cables come and go, however, ...
Well, from a distance of 3 meters the ZEF looks like an ordinary white twin-wire. If you take a closer look it still keeps looking like the ordinary white twin-wire. There was simply nothing to indicate that the ZEFs would be such ...
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Nisel SK, Bratislava, tel. +421 905 203 078
Today, there are many companies using cryogenic treatment of conductors with the claim of relieving material stress and improvement of molecular conductivity. The Emperor DCT++ is cryogenized twice in the production process.
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Nisel SK, Bratislava, tel. +421 905 203 078
The Vincent Premium is a true highend in its appearance. Without knowing its price one would guess thousand euros per meter. The cable is strongly inspired by Furutech’s Lineflux and Speakerflux cables: it combines black nylon, ...
The gold-plated banana connectors are a quite interesting feature of the SC-01: expandable springs of this hollow bananas tightly expands in speakers' terminals so that it is very difficult to get them out again. This is a good thing ...
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HTP Studio, Praha, tel. +420 606 346 822
The Proson P-217A is worthwhile checking if you listen to the rock music a lot as you will not miss the drive and punch that cannot be extracted from a standard speaker cable from your local radio store. The P-217A is a very good ...
The Telos Black Reference touches the highend ground and should easily harmonize withamps and speakers of any qualitative category. I assume that it may fix issues of an overly analytical or sterile system by bringing a bit of ...
The Nordost’s ribbons have specific assets and specific drawbacks. The White Lightning is snow white which looks quite trendy. As the outer ‘jacket’ is plastic you do not have to be afraid that the cables could become dirty over a ...
The Purple Flare should outperform the Nordost's own White Lightning, at least according to the Nordost’s hierarchy. The simple question therefore is: if I spend extra 100€ on a set, how far I can get?
I have to say that I did not expect such a good performer in this price level. When I talked to Joe Harley of Audioquest this spring he kept assuring that the philosophy of Audioquest is to do as less harm as possible to a music ...
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AQ s.r.o., Červenka, tel. +420 585 342 232
There is one thing that is common for both the CV-4 and the Rocket 33: the complex perception of a music and analog feel to it. The CV-4 is more mature, however, and the listener hears it.
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AQ s.r.o., Červenka, tel. +420 585 342 232
The Monocle X provides excellent dynamics. John Williams’Star Wars fanfares and thundering drums jumped out from my speakers with an explosive attack and left me breathless for a while. Unlike the cables I was listening to for three ...
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HiFi Store, Praha, tel. +420 283 871 462
Krautwire uses preferably silver wires or hybrid constructions (silver-copper) in their cables, however, now and then it is possible to come across to a purely copper Krautwire: the Clever is one of such wires. As Krautwire is also a ...
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Krautwire, Ing. František Kraut, Praha, tel. +420 724 076 707
Should I describe the Furutech Evolution II’s sound in the context of our group test I would have to say: sensational! It sounds excellent from the very first tones and it remains to be excellent after few days of auditioning and ...
Tonally the XXL Fusion Two is a mature speaker cable so do not expect any frequency lumpiness. However, its performance was quite dependant on the connected equipment so it required careful mix & match to shine.
The Sharkwire was a slightly introvert cable. A listener becomes an observer than is not a part of what happens in the music. Thus the listening becomes a kind of detached experience, as opposite to emotional involvement. However, ...
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HTP Studio, Praha, tel. +420 606 346 822
To describe the character of the VDH The Magnum I would say "a universal cable". It is actually quite good but not exciting. It may be a good partner for cheap and rather clinical sounding amplfiers and speakers as it may awake them ...
VDH The Revolution definitely improves over the cheaper VDH The Magnum – it is more effortless, more mature and more nuanceed. The Revolution, though not really revolutionary, lets you better hear into breathing ambience and provides ...
The 'raport´is an expression describing two human beings to be on the same wavelength, in an accordance. Thus I was wondering if the Rapport could induce such a state in a listener and made a harmonizing link between me and music. ...
Silver Audio uses their own High Pressure Fusion termination of the speaker cables - the spades are cold-welded by 12 tons of hydraulic pressure with silver wires. This type of connection is irreversible, air tight and eternal. ...
It was a piece of cake for the Fractal to precisely locate the position of a talking man within the soundstage. Well, it was in the stage's center, right? The Fractal, however, shared also which side of a microphone the person was ...
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Krautwire, Ing. František Kraut, Praha, tel. +420 724 076 707
For those looking for an affordable Valhalla the Heimdall may be a good start. The basic attributes of the iconic Valhalla are there with the Heimdall too. On top of that, Nordost products are the only cables - as far as I know - ...
The Crosslink is a kind of entry-level cable for Cardas and it also represents one of the best price to performance ratios in the company's portfolio. There is not many such good sounding cables out there at the same price point - on ...
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Excelia HiFi, Chrudim, tel. +420 724 00 77 44
The Cross represented a milestone in the Cardas's portfolio and soon became one of the best selling cables in audio. It takes you only few minutes of auditioning to understand why. In the early era of sterile digital sound it arrived ...
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Excelia HiFi, Chrudim, tel. +420 724 00 77 44
The resolving capacity of the Neutral Reference is higher than that of the more expensive Cardas Golden Presence cable, yet it is less involving and less neutral. However, I like the Neutral Reference's good dynamics, great imaging ...
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Excelia HiFi, Chrudim, tel. +420 724 00 77 44
The Golden Presence may be a small family treasure for Cardas. Though it is less liquid than the Golden Cross I found it truer to the music. And it has a better price to performance ratio too.
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Excelia HiFi, Chrudim, tel. +420 724 00 77 44
