Purist or Kubala-which to buy for entire system

As far as I know, all Purist cables marked Dominus or Dominus Ferox (and no other designation) are USA cables.

ALL Purist Aqueous Anniversary and ALL Purist Anniversary cables are identical, regardless of where in the world they are sold. There have been special runs of cables for Germany and Japan (and probably other places in the world).

In Japan one interconnect was called Primus and in Germany one AC cable was named Auctorita. Primus is basically Dominus Ferox with special conductors and restricted sales to Japan. When a person in Japan hears this cable and wants it, they cannot purchase it in the USA because it's not sold here.

Auctorita, same story, Dominus with special conductors, sold only in Europe. I think sold only in Germany but perhaps that distributor has market nearby countries as well.

All Purist cables are built to the same quality standard and all work anywhere in the world. Sound differences are primarily due to how high end that local market is, meaning Germany or Japan may have audiophiles willing to buy higher end (more evolved) product before the USA is willing to pay for it.

There are entire window displays dedicated to Purist cables in Japan. They love Purist and (at least in the past) one distributor purchased greater dollar amount of cables for his dealers than the entire US market combined.

Any wonder they have their own version?

I am still curious what qualities that Steve liked in the Kubala interconnects, and how they compared to the Purist.

This tangent has been very entertaining and enlightening, but has not helped with the original question that Steve asked, and others of us are wondering about.

Does anyone have personal experience with these two sets of cables? Would you be willing to offer your experience?

Thanks,

Mark

"As far as I know, all Purist cables marked Dominus or Dominus Ferox (and no other designation) are USA cables.

ALL Purist Aqueous Anniversary and ALL Purist Anniversary cables are identical, regardless of where in the world they are sold. There have been special runs of cables for Germany and Japan (and probably other places in the world)."

Albert, what about Venustas (interconnects)?

Tonyptony, I think all Venustas are the same too. The statements I made are what I am sure of. I can call Purist tomorrow and find out if Venustas had any variations or not.

As for comparisons between Kubala and Purist, I will leave that to those who have made a direct comparison in their own system. I heard a comparison in two systems owned by one of the guys in my audio group and both are excellent cables. You could not go wrong with either cable and I'll wager there will be people on both sides claiming superiority of one over the other.

Remember I am friends with Jim Aud at Purist, I even sell his products here at Audiogon and do photography for his ads. You can expect me to support his product because it's been my favorite cable for more than 20 years (19 years longer than I've sold it :^).

Still, there are lots of great cables out there. Far more choices than when Purist came on the scene 20 years ago. I've heard systems with almost every brand of cable and many were state of the art. It's about achieving balance.

I hate to throw this out, but you have to try these cables (Kubala, Purist, Elrod, Cardas, etc) for yourself to discover what works best in your system.

Cable company will allow you to borrow several brands to test against each other. Ultimately that is the only way the debate will be resolved for your own system and personal listening tastes.

Alebertporte,
Your statement is not true. I had a Purist Dominus that was made in Indonesia.