tweak1 I'm surprised you haven't been pilloried for positive comments re Chinese clone cables on this site. I too tried Odin 2 and Cardas Clear Light cables and had the same reaction as you, great value cables beating anything I had heard costing. 20 x the price. I even took the Cardas cables to a dealer friend and we tested them against the real thing, neither of us could tell the difference and neither could any of his sales staff. I would have liked to do the same with the Odin 2s but don't know anyone who can afford the real thing.
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@blisshifi Power cords are NOT what most here who expressed a clear opinion said. They said speaker leads. And two here said listening impressions must be discounted if they are not done blind. Make that three...
@mazian 'I don't know anyone who can afford the real thing;' Plenty here CAN afford it. It's just that they don't wish to. |
@clearthinker Thank you for the correction. I mixed up a word in the response which made a big difference in interpretation. I meant to say “Agree with those” not “Agree with most”. My suggestion still stands, as quality of power delivery is the foundation of any system. Crappy power in is crappy sound out. I’m at a stage now where changing out power cords make bigger differences than the other cables, so go figure. |
My dealer came to my house and had me listen to 4 tracks (my picks) with my Kimber KS1121 interconnects (balanced) and Shunyata venom speaker wire. then replaced all with Transparent wire. Listening to the same 4 tracks, I noticed enough improvement in SQ that I bought the set. Since then I have been surprised at the overall imporvemnt in SQ with other familiar recordings. I have a pretty revealing system (ARC, Wilson, Linn, Moon). Not trying to start "Cable wars" just sharing my experience. |
@malbor , skip the cables and spend the money on better equipment. |
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