Highest Quality Cable company
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arm013
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'It is said, wire is just wire. In reality, a high-end audio cable must balance resistance, capacitance, inductance, conductance, velocity of propagation, RF radiation and absorption, mechanical resonance, strand interaction, hysteresis, high filtering, wavy serial impedance and reflections, electrical resonance, dissipation factors, envelope delay, phase distortion, harmonic distortion, piezoelectric effects, hall effect, field effect, voltage and current tracking, thermoelectric phenomenon effects, structural return loss, skin effect, corrosion, cross-talk, bridge-tap and the interaction of these and a hundred other things. As a high-end cable manufacturer, Cardas Audio strive to address every detail of cable and conductor construction, no matter how small.' (taken from the opening page of Cardas catalogue)
Well if that aint blowin' wind up your ass, I would be tempted to spend a few grand on a pair. Unfortunately, nothing I own is close to the cost of some of his cables.
Kimber is pretty darn pricey too.
Well if that aint blowin' wind up your ass, I would be tempted to spend a few grand on a pair. Unfortunately, nothing I own is close to the cost of some of his cables.
Kimber is pretty darn pricey too.
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analogue_lover
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We're going to carry those brands, and Acoustic Zen as well. That said, most people spend too much on cables. Depends on budget, and system used (obviously, Mike).
Cardas would be my first choice, and Analysis Plus would be second. That said, I don't own any of either brand, so my impressions come from listening in stores and on other folk's systems, meaning no long-term experience.
My definition of quality includes affordability. Best quality.... bang for the buck, IMO, is used KimberKable. PBJ,4TC & 8TC. Also I have been picking up every pair of Signal Cable Analog II's I can find as well as their power cords. I think they offer a cost to performance ratio that is nearly unbeatable in a well made product!
Anyone tried the AntiCables? I am curious. I like that simplistic approach, and hey, the "science" makes sense.
Anyone tried the AntiCables? I am curious. I like that simplistic approach, and hey, the "science" makes sense.
analogue_lover
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Auditioned AQ cables..only the uber-expensive models seemed to ROUGHLY be near the cardas TOTL, but much more $$$. Cute battery packs, though.
Mike
Mike
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Sweet nightmares!
blownsi said:
IMHO, the low end of Audioquest (I've tried the three from the bottom of the line, upwards - I can't remember their names at this time of the morning) are unimpressive. Very unimpressive, if you know what I mean.
jeffe said:
Yep. Very warm, full bass & midrange and detailed. Great cables!
I thought they lacked some high end in my system. But not enough to complain too loudly about it, though!
Tangent
Sweet nightmares!
Just remembered - another company with reputedly excellent cabling is Kubala-Sosna Research. www.kscables.com
I've never heard them but I know of a mastering engineer who uses them.
I've never heard them but I know of a mastering engineer who uses them.
dnewma04
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Dusty Chalk
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I like Cardas.
Straightwire doesn't suck.
Neither does Kimber, if you don't need shielded.
Straightwire doesn't suck.
Neither does Kimber, if you don't need shielded.
chrisf
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If you go to Cardas web site they say they supply cables to many,many of the cable retailers.Of course they also say they can't and won't reveal who they are.This is the site that explains The Golden Ratio,thats another story.So when you you are sitting there listing to your high dollar cables from who ever you have a very good chance you are listening to Cardas.
ginovino
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Its warming to see there is ANY interest in cables other than RatShack or 18 gauge lamp cord!
For too long, our board was repleat with naysayers on the effect cable plays in audio reproduction in the home.
On my list of capable companies:
Bargain for the $ = Kimber 8TC, 4TC and Hero Interconnects.
Mid price Bargain $$$ = Straightwire Encore II, Maestro II & Crescendo and Serenade & Virtuoso Interconnects.
High end $$$$$ = Nordost and Cardas, just about anything.
I use the rule of inverse proportion. the more they promote, the less likely the product sounds accurate. :nono:
For too long, our board was repleat with naysayers on the effect cable plays in audio reproduction in the home.
On my list of capable companies:
Bargain for the $ = Kimber 8TC, 4TC and Hero Interconnects.
Mid price Bargain $$$ = Straightwire Encore II, Maestro II & Crescendo and Serenade & Virtuoso Interconnects.
High end $$$$$ = Nordost and Cardas, just about anything.
I use the rule of inverse proportion. the more they promote, the less likely the product sounds accurate. :nono:
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systemerror909
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ginovino said:
Funny you should mention the 18 gauge lamp cord....
I just upgraded my cables from this stuff and a "higher" end radio shack rca cable and WOW cables really DO make a difference. I mean sure, I could afford to bi-wire my speakers with lamp wire, something I can't do with my current cables, but man I swear the sound field has widened by almost 50% and I'm now left wondering whats holding back my system, the speakers, reciever or source input, cause it sure as hell ain't the cables.
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