Purist Proteus Provectus tonearm cable.

...just my observation.... Purist cables have a fake sound. They are very "delicious"... great big soundstage (whether the recording was recorded that way or not).. rolled off highs, a kind of phasey sound, etc. It reminds me of how cartoons look on hi-def tv's.. lots of bam, but not real.

With great products it is often a love or hate story. I love Purist, the sound they make puts a smile on my face and toe tapping. I enjoy more the music and that's what this whole passion is about. And I feel it is closer to real performance than any other cable. Matter of taste, anyway...
Jfrech, your first impressions seem to be very positive, and I am sure that upgrading from Venustas to Proteus must be as big improvement as upgrading from a very good cartridge to a top flight cartridge. I am very impatient to read your objective report after cable burnin ( approx 150 hours ).

Cables are system and listener dependent.

Big name/high price wires don't necessarily work for everybody.

This seems to be satisfactorily documented as inexpensive cables, e.g. Anti Cables, Signal Cable, etc., appear to work quite well in lower cost systems and/or when users have yet to develop more sophisticated listening skills.

Bottom line is buy/use what pleases your ears and to hell with what anybody else thinks.

Use the money not spent on expensive/big name cables for an HD television and some cartoon DVD's.

Please compare apples with apples. We are comparing different products of the same brand. I am not willing to compare a Ferrari with a Honda Civic, both great cars but for different situations!

Audiofeil, I just realised that you are selling these cables and give rave review of them on your ad here in Audiogon ??? Do you sell also HD TV's ? :-)