Review: Ridge Street Audio Midnight Silver Edition Interconnect
Category: Cables
Associated Music:
Patricia Barber Companion Count Basie 88 Basie Street Tracy Chapman New Beginning Golden String Audio Repertory Top 12 In Gold Norah Jones Come Away With Me Luther Kent Luther Kent & Trick Bag Live Diana Krall Live In Paris Hugh Masekela Hope Buddy Rich Keep the Customer Satisfied Sonny Rollins This Is What I Do Santana Supernatural
I’m an independent audiophile and have no association with any manufacturer whatsoever. I was very content with my interconnects and speaker cables, which I purchased in March of 2002. A friend had purchased a pair of Ridge Street Audio Midnight Silver Edition Interconnects and told me I had to hear these, so he brought them over and we put them into my system. Since I need to use two pairs of interconnects in order to make sure my reference interconnects weren’t masking any sounds. I ended up with two pairs of Midnight Silver Edition interconnects and a pair of Midnight Silver Edition speaker cables for review purpose.
Before I begin the review, let me state up front that I believe interconnects and speaker cables can be system-dependent. In addition, I also think audiophiles are capable of liking different products. Just because I prefer item A and you like item B does not mean one of us is wrong. We can agree to disagree over personal choices. My review is based upon listening results from my tube system and my Solid State system.
The Midnight Silver Edition interconnects and speaker cables are fantastic sounding products. If I had not heard them for myself, I never would have believed that they could have sounded better than my reference interconnects and speaker cables that I was very happy with!
The Midnight Silver Edition are extremely fast, neutral and transparent. They don’t favor one frequency band over another, and are very coherent, allowing me to hear deep within a recording. There is a wider and more dimensional soundstage with a deep fast bass, sweeter mids and extended silky highs with a timbre to kill for. There is a very black background that reveals the detail in a very positive manner, even when listening at very quiet levels.
Construction of the Midnight Silver Edition interconnects and speaker cables is excellent.
The Midnight Silver Edition speaker cables bettered my reference speaker cables (no doubt in my mind) by a larger margin. (I heard the same improvements as mentioned above).
The interconnects that I have owned over the past four years were all good. However, the Midnight Silver Edition interconnects and speaker cables are number one to me in my audio systems. I highly recommend you give them a try if you are in the market for interconnects and/or speaker cables.
Associated gear Tube: First Sound Presence Audio Linestage I Wadia Transport #20 Dodson Audio Model DA-217 MK II D Cary 2A3 Monoblocks that sit upon SP 004 Sistrum Platforms including three direct coupled Audio Points or Bel-Canto EVO 200.2 Amp Equi=Tech 2Q Power Balancer Abby Speakers ported, modified Voight pipe with Fostex FE 166 E speakers or Legacy Studio Speakers Velodyne F-1200X Subwoofer with Bass Euphoria RAC interconnects Bybee Quantum Force – single ended Interconnect Filters Bybee Quantum speaker filters Pure Note Epsilon Reference Speaker Cables Pure Note Epsilon Reference Interconnects Purist Proteus Digital Cable Purist Proteus 20 Amp Power Cord BMI Whale Elite MK I Power Cord BMI Whale Elite MK II Power Cords BMI Shark Power Cords Absolute Power Cord (cryogenically treated) Virtual Dynamic Power Three Cryo Power Cord Audio Points under all componenty Salamander Archetype 5.0 with Mega-spikes Dedicated 20 Amp circuits with FIM #880 (cryogenically treated), Wattgate 381 (cryogenically treated), Hubbell 8300’s and 5362 (cryogenically treated) outlets.
Solid State:
Legacy High Current Amplifier 250 watts/ 8 ohms, 400 watts/ 4 ohms Legacy High Current Preamp Legacy Signature III Speakers (4 ohms)
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This question is actually in regard to the associated equipment you used in the review. Is the First Sound Presence the Deluxe (current) version, or the older version from around 1996? I'm wanting to determine if I would get the same results with my First Presence, which is a Mk. I version.
Gbmcleod, My unit is an older Presence Audio Linestage I with an upgraded power supply. I would think the Midnight Silver Edition would sound very good in almost any system it was put into. I have experimented with my SS system (individual components) including (lesser expensive) a Kyocera R-861 and Yamaha RX-770 Receiver. The Midnight Silver Edition sounded very good.
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