There is a new review on Positive Feedback http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue6/purenote.htm for the Pure Note speaker cables and interconnects (FWIW). They say the cables are ultra-transparent yet silvery. I can say that the Pure Notes require at least 200 hours break-in to mellow. After that they are very revealing allowing you to hear the good and the bad of your system artifacts. The cables will not mask detail or add color, and on a good system will capture a live musical experience.
My benchmark is my VPI/Grado/Krell vinyl front-end. The Pure Notes are magical in rendering fine musical detail and are not silvery IMO. When I switch to my digital front-end I do hear the digital edge on some older recordings. I prefer the accuracy of these fine cables. When I compare the Pure Notes to Acoustic Zen or even the Valhalla I find these cables to sound thin and dry. Again this shows that cables are system dependent and one must take the time to evaluate several brands with the appropriate break-in hours.
My benchmark is my VPI/Grado/Krell vinyl front-end. The Pure Notes are magical in rendering fine musical detail and are not silvery IMO. When I switch to my digital front-end I do hear the digital edge on some older recordings. I prefer the accuracy of these fine cables. When I compare the Pure Notes to Acoustic Zen or even the Valhalla I find these cables to sound thin and dry. Again this shows that cables are system dependent and one must take the time to evaluate several brands with the appropriate break-in hours.