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Who out there wants to, or has, validated an amazing cable find?

I own a very decent audio system and have slowly been moving up over the last several decades weeding out less-natural sounding equipment and focusing on best sound for my money (what I can afford). My current gear is a collect of Quad, Pass, Klyne, VPI, soekris and a fairly large collection of Kimber, audio quest, Furutech, Cardas, Straightwire, DH Labs cables built up over time.

I have come across lots of high-priced gear that isn't faithful to the music. My reference has always been unamplified voice and instruments and attend such concerts regularly though they are hard to find (but still easy if you live near a major city).

It always a pleasure to come across gear that is low priced and exceeds higher priced gear when it comes to faithful reproduction of music holding to the live unamplifed sound standard.

So.....

I have recently purchased some ATAUDIO cables from Aliexpress that have left me stunned due to low price and performance. Recommended by another audiophile who seemed credible and owned good equipment so decided to give them a try.

A $26 1 meter ATAUDIO copper interconnect cables is running neck and neck my Cardas Clear interconnects and beaten my Cardas clear Cygnus interconnect cables when it comes to clarity, lack of edge and sibilance, warm open holographic sound reproduction. 

Would someone here with a good resolving audio system give one of the ATAUDIO cables a try? The price is noise for us who have invested in decent (high-end) audio system.

ATAUDIO power cords and Interconnects have proved amazing. About to try their speaker cables. I would not recommend their silver cables. I tried them and while they sound more robust and full than their copper cables the silver cables have the a high frequency edge similar to other silver cables I have heard.

Just looking for couple of regular posters here to give the ATAUDIO cables a try.
Can't resist passing along an audio bargain.

If you don't believe in cables making differences please don't post here and go do something else as you have already found your happiness. 

sudnh
sudnh OP
67 posts
 

Here is the link to the interconnect cable on aliexpress that I tried out. I didn’t find this one on amazon.

Just one of you all heavy posters so you are well known here and are familiar with cables give it a try.

Give it about 72hrs of burn in to mostly settle in and open up.

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/2251832630461310.html?spm=a2g0o.detail.0.0.529913ed8vszYI&gps-id=pcDetailTopMoreOtherSeller&scm=1007.40050.354490.0&scm_id=1007.40050.354490.0&scm-url=1007.40050.354490.0&pvid=5236848c-60e4-4eb2-9235-3f93d8f7a00c&_t=gps-id:pcDetailTopMoreOtherSeller,scm-url:1007.40050.354490.0,pvid:5236848c-60e4-4eb2-9235-3f93d8f7a00c,tpp_buckets:668%232846%238109%231935&pdp_npi=4%40dis%21USD%2123.00%2116.33%21%21%2123.00%2116.33%21%402101fb1617058665017086687eb4d2%2164714382612%21rec%21US%212848496658%21&utparam-url=scene%3ApcDetailTopMoreOtherSeller%7Cquery_from%3A

jc4659
524 posts
 

I have tried a different ATAudio cable about a year ago. At first I really liked it and left it in my system for a few months. Then I switched back to my Zavfino Fusion XLR cable and realized it was smoother and more musical.  Zavfino is not inexpensive but it's not crazy expensive either.  I suggest you live with the new ATAudio cable for a month or so and then put your Cardas cable back in and see if the differences are the same as what you initially heard.  I owned Cardas Clear cables and good as they are they definitely had a certain sound to them. Probably one of the best cables I ever had in my system were the Nordost Tyr2 interconnects.  

thecarpathian
4,170 posts
 

Yes, should have added Amazon has a limited selection...

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jond
5,669 posts
 

Lol no way that cable is 8N purity regardless of how it sounds,

sudnh OP
67 posts
 

@jc4659

Thanks... Only had these cables for short while and haven’t yet removed the "glue" on one of the connectors to inspect how the cable is connected to the plug and if its a crimp or solder.

As for comparing cables I have noted from experience that if you have not broken a RCA/XLR connection (unplugged and then re-plugged) in some time the connection degrades audibly.

Reseating ones cables (just a little spin/wiggle for RCAs is enough) after a couple weeks will give an audible improvement in SQ (if one has a high resolving audio system). Same for power cables. So when comparing cables do always go back to the original cable. I typically do the swap between cables several times while listening to favorite tracks to confirm what I am hearing.

Will keep an eye on how these age as this cheap experiment continues.

And agree with you on cardas cables having a sound. I find them warm and mellow compared to others that have their own sonic signatures.

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