Anticables


Does anyone have any experience with Anticables products? I spent over $600 on a pair of honestly cheap-looking ICs from them and after 400 or so hours burning them in I'm hard-pressed to tell the difference between them and an old set of no name ICs built from pro cable stock and heavy metal RCA connectors.

For all I know they are made out of regular bulk copper spools in a plastic sheath and wrapped in a Slinky.
madavid0
I am well familiar with lAnti's ....I know all the levels and have followed the company for years.   They first came to my attention many years ago when they got an excellent review from The Absolute Sound...they were using magnet wire at the time.   Since then they have been getting better and better using better materials, and connectors. (Silver, Xadow connectors)  I must remind everyone that all cables sound different in different systems.  Anti's are well made, sound very good and are a bargain at their price levels.  If their performance is not to your liking, return them.
Well I have to agree: my opinion is not scientific fact. really, I had no idea.

The new Reduced Dislocation Density (RDD™) Wire provides:

  • An increased sense of volume
  • More "real" sounding midrange
  • Less grain noise
  • Even smoother highs (like driving on a newly blacktopped road)
  • More bass and better bass articulation
  • More exciting and involving
More bass and less grain noise? How can this happen, they have been able to reduce resistance? Decrease inductance, or both? How did they find out there’s more bass?
With every upgrades, there’s more bass. And lots of it for the dollar.  Really, it's a bargain.  trust me.

chrisr
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01-17-2017 4:53pm
Well I have to agree: my opinion is not scientific fact. really, I had no idea.
The new Reduced Dislocation Density (RDD™) Wire provides:

An increased sense of volume
More "real" sounding midrange
Less grain noise
Even smoother highs (like driving on a newly blacktopped road)
More bass and better bass articulation
More exciting and involving
More bass and less grain noise? How can this happen, they have been able to reduce resistance? Decrease inductance, or both? How did they find out there’s more bass?
With every upgrades, there’s more bass. And lots of it for the dollar.

Undoubtedly they’re cryoing their cables. Imagine that. Sha-ZAM!

I have no reason to believe Anticables is scamming me in the sense of a bait-and-switch or the like.

But -- for example -- if the conductors are not a gold-silver alloy but actually just standard copper wire stock, I think that could be called a scam. Likewise if they purposefully misrepresented subjective qualitative claims that would also be a scam.

madavid0 OP
I have no reason to believe Anticables is scamming me in the sense of a bait-and-switch or the like.

But -- for example -- if the conductors are not a gold-silver alloy but actually just standard copper wire stock, I think that could be called a scam. Likewise if they purposefully misrepresented subjective qualitative claims that would also be a scam.

In light of all the positive, even rave reviews of Anti Cables maybe it’s time for some introspection. If every negative result meant that the thing under test is a scam there simply wouldn’t be anything left that isn’t a scam. There are perfectly good reasons why folks sometimes don’t get good results with anything you’d like to name. But I reckon especially cables and certain tweaks. Subjective claims are, well, subjective. You can't exactly sic Better Business Bureau on anyone for subjective claims, at least I'm pretty sure BBB would tell you they don't have the time or inclination for such things.