Hi there,
I've got DCA16GA for over a month now, and I think I can reliably recommend it as a universal speaker cable with no genre preferences. I was amazed to find that it is as good and in some respects better than my venerable Nordost Heimdall II. I use it in my main system which consists of Oppo BDP105D, NAD M51, Manley 300B Classic Preamp, modified Linear Tube Audio ZOTL10, and Audio Note AN-E SPe/HE.
The cable is very musical and involving, its tone colorful and pleasantly saturated. The usual audiophile attributes like transparency, staging, dynamics are present but not blindingly impressive. They are more or less on par with my Nordost. However, you don't buy this cable for audiophilia nervosa, quite on the contrary, its musicality makes you forget about most of these properties. But they are good enough to not feel lacking at all. I can get a tiny bit higher transparency with other cables - Its like removing my 300B preamp from the system - I get a bit more transparency but much less musical fun. So it stays. I can live with other cables, but this brings more enjoyment. Besides, it is very cheap.
I have yet to compare the cable to my other reference, Kimber 4AG, but I’m sure that Duelund will put up a good fight. I am now thinking about ordering DCA20GA to try it as IC and compare it to my Audio Note AN-Vx, Kimber KCAG, and various silver Audioquests.
I am particularly grateful to Jeff from jeffplace.me - if it were not for his review, I would never have thought of DCA16GA (I used to despise all things tin-plated before, using silver everywhere I could). Now I am a convert)))
Regards,
Vlad
I've got DCA16GA for over a month now, and I think I can reliably recommend it as a universal speaker cable with no genre preferences. I was amazed to find that it is as good and in some respects better than my venerable Nordost Heimdall II. I use it in my main system which consists of Oppo BDP105D, NAD M51, Manley 300B Classic Preamp, modified Linear Tube Audio ZOTL10, and Audio Note AN-E SPe/HE.
The cable is very musical and involving, its tone colorful and pleasantly saturated. The usual audiophile attributes like transparency, staging, dynamics are present but not blindingly impressive. They are more or less on par with my Nordost. However, you don't buy this cable for audiophilia nervosa, quite on the contrary, its musicality makes you forget about most of these properties. But they are good enough to not feel lacking at all. I can get a tiny bit higher transparency with other cables - Its like removing my 300B preamp from the system - I get a bit more transparency but much less musical fun. So it stays. I can live with other cables, but this brings more enjoyment. Besides, it is very cheap.
I have yet to compare the cable to my other reference, Kimber 4AG, but I’m sure that Duelund will put up a good fight. I am now thinking about ordering DCA20GA to try it as IC and compare it to my Audio Note AN-Vx, Kimber KCAG, and various silver Audioquests.
I am particularly grateful to Jeff from jeffplace.me - if it were not for his review, I would never have thought of DCA16GA (I used to despise all things tin-plated before, using silver everywhere I could). Now I am a convert)))
Regards,
Vlad