Discovery cables....

My entire experience with Discovery has been first class.
The comments above are accurate in their description of the "sound" characteristics of Discovery cables.

They seem to have a rightness to them. You may find more satisfaction elsewhere but it will come thru the considerable toil of time and money.

Joe DePhillips is one of the generous spirited guys in audio.

I became acquainted with Discovery thru the Audiogon purchase of their 1-2-3 speaker cable (used). When I tried to upgrade Joe told me to just listen to music for awhile. It's still installed.

For IC's, Joe took me thru a very nicely directed audition process. I chose the Plus 4's in all positions. Additionally an Essence run resides between the transport and DAC.

All the cables are beautifully finished, as well. They speak to the eye in the same artful way as to the ear.

This is a company whose focus is in the right place in all respects -- getting the customer closer to the music in a thoroughly enjoyable, straightforward, value-filled fashion.

Now with fifteen years of service exclusively in the cable business, Joe deserves to be considered in the same light as the other manufacturers of legend.

When I want to consider cable improvement I intend always to look to Discovery.

I did not like the sound of Discovery plus 4, Essence or the Essential speaker cable. Puts a soft rounded bluntness to transients. Has a warm tonal coloration in the mids. Deep bass is soft. And worst of all was a slight but irritating brightness/unrefined quality in the lower treble-upper midrange. YMMV.

I could not disagree more with Reb1208's comments. I heard none of what he describes in either my system, or in a friend's system (that is much more revealing than mine).

I do have other cables on hand that were shown to have a "unrefined quality in the lower treble-upper" only when compared to the Essence. The Essence does not suffer that particular flaw at all.

The transient response of the Essence is also superb as well. In fact, one of the things that first struck me when switching to the Essence its superb handling of the leading edge of transients.

Ken

I totally agree with Kennyb's comments. The Essence is just superb in everyway. I think what Reb1208 discovered for the first time is actually how his system really sounds.

How are Discovery Cables compared to Transparent ?