A few months back I contacted Patrick via email to inquire about some power cables. We had a very lively email discussion and he actually took the time to inquire as to what make and model gear they would be attached to. He even went as far as to inquire what my sonic preferences were. That all went very well with no delays. I paid in advance for the 3 cables, which he acknowledged. I then asked if we could add a 4th cable and got a semi non-committal response.. shortly thereafter Patrick told me he was running a little bit behind and it would be about 3 weeks for delivery. At around the 8-week mark I checked in with Patrick and he promptly responded that he had been on vacation (spending some of that w4s dough??) and my cables were actually ready to ship. I received them about a 2 weeks later. Patrick's location is within a day or two shipping-wise, so all told I waited around 11 weeks. Cables arrived and all is well. What's weird is the plug heads on both ends of the cables I ordered are so huge they didn't fit through the holes in my rack and I had to reconfigure my cord layout. That's more of an FYI though. As for performance I'm very pleased in that there was no downgrade in Sonic quality, and they are absolutely indestructible regarding build quality. The jury is still out on whether there was much of a sonic improvement. I have had other instances with cables that there was a dramatic improvement or decline, but in this case it was not super noticeable. It does seem like the soundstage opened up a bit. When it's all said and done despite what you would consider, in this day and age, a fairly minor delay, Patrick was super friendly, reasonably responsive and a pleasure to deal with. Sometimes people passionately build small businesses with everything they've got, and after a while decide to sell. Sometimes that results in little to no noticeable decline, or a complete crash and burn of the product. Regardless of the outcome, he earned whatever windfall and success he achieved. Would be interested to know what the next chapter is if he remains in the hobby.
