Has anyone tried out new Mapleshade speaker wires

They are very good wires....great lateral spread, a little two dimesional and they will not not shine the best in medium priced solid state systems. However they are fast, clean and have good bass response. They are also a very good buy and Pierre Sprey is a very bright individual and a great empirical audio tester! He also has integrity which is a plus in this day & age. Are there better cables? Yes..for three ...no maybe four times their price. PAD Aqueous anniversary are MUCH better, but they cost 4X the price. MY system Maggie 1.6's, Monarchy dac 24, Nuforce 9.02's and a panasonic 52s as transport. Hey isn't this hobby cool!

Best wishes

Charlie

What do you mean by "they will not shine the best in medium priced solid state systems"? I was looking for speaker wires for my Harmon Kardon receiver in my small 5.1 home theater. How a low priced system? Thanks.

I have the $85 speaker cables for my fronts & center in my HT system and they perform well there...

However take my update with a grain of salt as the cables they replaced were typical "crap-o-matic" issue.

They are mated to a Yamaha receiver and Paradigms (The Atoms & CC-150, specifically).

My all audio rig is a major jump from there but I never tried the 'shade cables in that application... too lazy, I guess.

Good Luck!

Pierre is a legend in his own mind !!!!! Just ask him ....

I am using the Golden Helix Plus version. I like them better than XLO Ultra6. After using the mapleshade cables for 2 months, I put the XLO cables back in the sytem. More bass, but it seemed to color the midrange. I put the mapleshades back in and there they have stayed.