Purist or Kubala-which to buy for entire system

Alan, Thanks, I will call you, cause I will not have the patience to burn these new cables in. Especially seeling the aqueous thread, wow, 300 plus hours, fuggetaboutit. When I spend that type of $$$, I want INSTANT gratification.

FWIW, Kubala Sosna claims its Emotion line of cables is 90% broken in in a day, and 100% in two days. From my experience with it, I think that's about right. Purist might take longer, I think part of it might be that there's silver in their cables(?). In any event, a cable cooker is not a bad idea at all for either of the cables.

KS cables do in fact sound better than most new but I would have to dispute that in 2 days they max out . I have found that the last of the resolve came months into the burn in .

Brent, whasup, tell me buddy, which Kubala do you have now?

Sorry Steve. I think you finally crossed a line with me.

You paint quite a different story here than our conversations and your post here mentioning RSAD is contradictory and misleading. Almost like you have an agenda. As a result, I see some implications that come with the possibility of creating false perceptions in others.

In a phone conversation we had late January, after having the cables more than 3 weeks (you were supposed to have them only for 10 days) you told me you hadn't listened to the cabling. The next day, as per my request in that conversation, you finally sent the cables to the next participant in the audition tour we had made available. As you mention here, you told me your system was down. You say here you did listen to them. If you did, you had less than a day to listen to cold wires in a downed system. And then you come across as if the RSAD wires are not comparable? What's up with you Steve?

I've had the opportunity to actually do some direct comparison between the K-S Emotion and RSAD "P"!! Sigs in a system that is one of the most musical systems one is likely to encounter. In that system, as in our test bed here the RSAD cabling was as 3 dimensional as I've heard. That characteristic is very high on my value scale as to what I want a cable to allow. The "P" series cabling is not 2 dimensional. In that comparison, the "P"!! Sigs were preferred over the Emotions...enough so that the Gent who's system we were using for the comparison bought the Poiema cabling....for his whole system. As with all high end cabling, the Poiema is different than the Emotion but it is not in a lesser league by any stretch.

The Quote you mention was from Oct.'05 and was entirely different than the needs you mentioned to me in January. In that Quote, which we still have, the request was for enough cabling to allow for at least two different set up configurations because you told me you wanted to be able to demo different stuff for people. Sounded like a pitch to me then but nevertheless, I obliged your request back then. When we spoke in late January, you expressed to me you wanted cables cheaper(!) than our current ads were posting. I said depending on what you needed and the dollar amount, I might be able to afford a little help but I couldn't promise. I told you to post me with your current specific needs so I could take a look at it. You said you would. Based on my past experiences with you, I didn't hold my breath. I never heard back from you and you didn't receive a Quote from us for your current system as your post implies.

Further, you imply there's not much of a cost difference. Are you nuts!? LOL! Unless you're getting a very special deal on a group buy there's a substantial difference. I understand there's a ball rolling to acquire enough people for that and that's what you're in on. A sincere Good for you. When folks purchase from us they will not pay MSRP or retail either and by the same token, if someone were to arrange a group buy from us, they would pay less than our typical ads. So, rather than skew the picture Steve, please compare apples to apples.

Finally and honestly Steve, after at least four phone conversations with you and unlike virtually everyone else I've enjoyed working with whether they've bought from us or not, I've never sensed you were being straight with us here. Your post here seems to confirm that.

No sour grapes here as some will probably assume. I simply take exception when one posts something mentioning RSAD that is less than true to seemingly promote an agenda at our expense.

So, I'm done. Carry on. If the Purist or K-S cabling gets you personally closer to the music, it's good. Like I said, I've heard the Emotion and I understand it's appeal. It is good stuff for a given set of ears and system. I imagine the Purist offerings are wonderful too.

Sincerely,
Robert
RSAD