Anticables

chrisr
191 posts
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. 

"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."

These are after-the-fact hypotheticals. You should have had some empirical evidence before using the word scam - even with a question mark after the word.

Perhaps a more appropriate (and accurate) title would have been: 
  
Anticables: Disappointment.

I have no affiliation with Anticables.  Years ago I used their speaker cables with good results.  I periodically (infrequently) take a look at how their products have evolved.  With all of the positive information out there on the company, I don't see any reason to doubt their integrity.  

Personally, I am astonished that such a top-of-the-line cable sounds very similar to an old set of no name ICs built from pro cable stock, etc.  But there is no reason to doubt your findings.  

You do hold the Ace of Trumps - the ability to return the cables.  Why not do so and move on?  

madavid0,

What music sources, electronics and speakers are you using in the system where you are evaluating the Anti-Cables?