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

@classic8 

Great to hear. I think as you move up the audio chain to better components the Ataudio interconnects will hold up well. As I noted in my OP I have much pricier cables that are well regarded in high-end circles and was quite surprised this vastly less expensive cable held up. Does indeed bring up questions on prices for high end cables.

I would also recommend the Ataudio power cables. I tried these and was surprised at the results. Perhaps you are game for another experiment 😀?

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256804475632444.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.7.767559ccMSE2mq&algo_pvid=34aea505-4134-450b-856d-31e2a99c22a1&algo_exp_id=34aea505-4134-450b-856d-31e2a99c22a1-3&pdp_npi=4%40dis%21USD%21105.00%2174.55%21%21%21105.00%2174.55%21%402101c5ac17092263450238475ee595%2112000030020086644%21sea%21US%212848496658%21&curPageLogUid=reBlY1ci0Lu2&utparam-url=scene%3Asearch%7Cquery_from%3A
 

@dave_b

Don’t disagree overall. When it comes to electronics bargain units that hang in there with good high priced components are quite rare. Its often the unit is overpriced compared to its nearby competition.

But with cables? Yes the top end stuff is amazing that I have heard but is unobtainium for most of us including me.

I play in the $1500 to $2000 per run for cables. To find a low priced (sub $100) cable that hangs in there is a good find and plausible since there isn’t a mountain of electronics circuitry and assembly involved. In fact it is most likely these low priced manufacturers have got their hands on high quality cables and connectors which don’t cost very much to make but with high end manufacturers you are paying for their IP.

OK, wow, gotta agree with the OP.  Mine finally arrived a few ago and have fully broken in now.  Holy S***!  $80 total including shipping and I'm stunned.  My system never sounded this good.  

 

Easily outperforms my Heimdall 2 and for 98% less.

Had a chance to get my hands on a used pair of one of my old favorites from MIT, the AVT 1 RCA Interconnects.  Used them in one of my systems many years ago and had fond “visceral “ memories of how great they sounded.  They are absolutely phenomenal sounding in every respect…musical, dynamic, dimensional!!  Jim2 would be proud of me 🥹