Review Audioquest Hurricane (part 1)
@joey_v thanks for asking about my comment “light on bass” as I meant to expand. Too many audio systems add an emphasis, a boom or low/mid bass stress that seems superficially attractive and is often quite exciting. But real bass isn’t like that, it grows naturally and kind of sits under the Music with its own texture and intensity. With the WELs in my setup I had that hyped up bass, with the Dragons it’s more organic and real world. You can read more on this in AudioGon member bdp24's observations on listening to my system So yes, it might seem like less bass but the bass is of better quality, with more detail and about a half octave deeper once you listen into it. It’s also more in scale. With the old power cords intense loud music (think the "Gladiator" soundtrack) often swelled up and expanded outside the speakers. It’s as if the orchestra got amped up and expanded like a balloon. Now the music remains in scale, the depth and detail is there but it is never blown out of scale |
Hahahahahahahaha...it is getting more funny every day. We tested the Wel and Wild as well. But the Purist Audio LE Luminist outperformed them like they were standard cables. In part 2 we describe very detailled what it does. It will be desribed on all the individual parts of sound. The head of Audioquest Europe was here about 2 weeks ago. And he read my review part 2 the night before he visit me. He was amazed that they things I wrote I could explain him part by part. This is how precise we work. And no amature who uses this as a hobby can even think at that level. 'Folk' his words are very limited in details, and it doesn't say that much. Sound goes a lot further than some words; like more air, bass less pronounced. Impressive Folk!! You have no idea what sound is and what you can achieve with it when you are able to reveal all the layers. Even with your fancy system you don't use the best students in it's class and not the best properties. Because I tested many of the stuff you own. And their are different parts in your system what is incomplete even on facts. The great thing about audio is that the sound and stage you hear will always speak the truth. The best audio systems can reveal music at a level what reveals all the information and layers at a level what influences your emotion you never experienced. How you want to control and guide a trial and error system? I asked it to several people who own audio shops and work in audio for many years. And they could not answer this question. When you cannot tell of each individual part of your system which properties it owns you will never know why your sound and stage is what you hear. Most people even have no idea about all the different parts which influences the sound and stage negatively. That is why money will not even solve the limitation of trial and error. We are talking about facts which are even confirmed by audio shop owners. When people think we are pro Audioquest I can garantee you that we test each individual AQ product first before we decide to sell it yess or no. The new Niagara conditioners we tested and in our world they are not good enough. We have superior competitors. We will always choose for the best. This is how we protect all our clients. There are even more AQ products we tested and will not sell. AQ did stop with 100% silver. All my tests with the Wel were not convincing. The Purist Audio LE luminist outperformed them on all parts. Audio is in our word all about shootouts and finding the best products. All inferior products never will be chosen or even sold. We want all our clients to get the maximum quality possible for the money they spend. Second best will always be for the losers in this world. When you want to show your clients respect you give them the best quality possible and never any second or 3th best. In our world each individual person should deserve a stunning audio system for the money he or she spends. We work day and night for all our customers. They can call us each day, even on saturday and sunday. And we will be there to support them. |
You need to understand the differences between silver and copper. or even the combination of these two. Silver in loudspeakercables and interconnects works different than silver in powercables. I also use 2 sets of Wel xlr in my system. And Wild interconnects for my surround part. All my hdmi, RJ/E and other cables are diamond and are also silver. But powercables for amps, sources and pre amps silver will not always be the best option. This is why Audioquest stopped with full silver. Now they had to admit that this is not the best way to go. There are enough situations that a Hurricane will work better than a Dragon. You need to understand how different materials work on an amp, pre amp or even source. The Wel tests proved that silver often will limit the diversity in the middle frequencies. Jim Aud the owner of Purist Audio also has one pure silver powercable. He made it because clients asked for it. But he also prefers the copper version, like I do. When you are able to extract all the different properties of each individual part in your system you can understand what it does to your stage and sound. This is needed to find out if a cable is the best option in your system. |
I have a lof of experience with acoustic live music. One of my best friend had a concert room with a Steinway piano. And he gave small classical concerts. This made me aware what intimate sound is and does with both voices and instruments. Intimate sound is also an important part of Tru-Fi. The Hurriane and Dragon both are able to create a stunning realistic proportion. But it goes even further than this alone. It also can give a voice or instrument a more realistic shape. When you want to create a sound and stage wich creates a stunning 3D holographic stage with intimate and realistic individual focus of voices and instruments. You need the right properties for it. And creating a shape is even more difficult. When I auditioned a lot of classical music I started to understand what a shape of an instrument is and how it is being formed. Everything I hear during live music I want to create. It is in my head and I work it out until I can create it. Many of my tests proof that many products and brands don't own all the properties of sound. Beside that many also are not able to fill it in the right way. This is why you need to know all the individual properties of each part. In all other situations you are doing audio by pure gambling. Many people I spoke this year who also work in audio started to laugh when they admit that the way they do audio is more like gambling. It proofs that most have no idea how they work untill you confront them. |
