It's hard to believe I only have about 30-40 hours on these cables and not the "needed" 400 hours to have them sound their best. The bass is now on par with the rest of the frequencies. Everything is very evenly proportioned, strength-wise.
I feel sorry for my neighbors. :-)
I just had to turn it down some because of the large dynamic swings I'm getting (time to turn it back up now....). Where was I? Oh yeah, tight and tuneful, delicate when called for, deep and super wide soundstage. I'm not one to get picky about soundstages as I enjoy the tone, timbre and timing aspects but there's one recording I have where this has never happened: while the singer is lulling me center stage, the guitarist appears to be sitting down as he's now about a foot below the speaker (which is on 24" stands and about 1.5' to the side of the right speaker. This has never happened on my rig. Horn players are about 5' high and 2' feet past the speaker. This happens in both directions, when called for.
It's basically out in all directions as I can hear the notes dissipate left, right, high and low.
It seems that there's some really good timing elements with these cables. Or maybe it's that phase thing that some cables makers brag about. All I can say it's very, very coherent, allowing for a more accurate recreation. If it gets better after another 360 hours, I'll commit myself.
All the best,
Nonoise
I feel sorry for my neighbors. :-)
I just had to turn it down some because of the large dynamic swings I'm getting (time to turn it back up now....). Where was I? Oh yeah, tight and tuneful, delicate when called for, deep and super wide soundstage. I'm not one to get picky about soundstages as I enjoy the tone, timbre and timing aspects but there's one recording I have where this has never happened: while the singer is lulling me center stage, the guitarist appears to be sitting down as he's now about a foot below the speaker (which is on 24" stands and about 1.5' to the side of the right speaker. This has never happened on my rig. Horn players are about 5' high and 2' feet past the speaker. This happens in both directions, when called for.
It's basically out in all directions as I can hear the notes dissipate left, right, high and low.
It seems that there's some really good timing elements with these cables. Or maybe it's that phase thing that some cables makers brag about. All I can say it's very, very coherent, allowing for a more accurate recreation. If it gets better after another 360 hours, I'll commit myself.
All the best,
Nonoise