PAD Venustas

I agree that the newest cable is probably getting the attention.
But,I have been trying really hard to audition a Veustus bi-wire set of speaker cables.
No dealer so far has them to audition, and has no plans to obtain them.

Well, most wrote, that the Venustas is far better than the Anniversary Aqueous.
Now are a few here, who think, that the Aqueous can give more information ???
Sorry, but that sounds strange. How comes?

The perception of more information in the AA spkr cables to me resulted in listener fatigue. With the AA IC, it was not fatigue but rather the added presence and greater amplitude in the midrange and trebles over the Venustas. This brought the presentation more out into the room. With the Venustas IC, the sound was more relaxed and thus gzve a presentation as if sitting farther back. With the ICs, it is not an issue of what is "better" but rather what is preferable to that person AND in that specific link of THAT system. This is why you absolutely need to try both of these yourself at each IC link in your system. I would not be surprised if you ended up with one of each as is the case for me. And it sure helps to have a Dominus IC to compare as it gives you an idea of the next level of refinements across the board.

Jafox: that is the one thing I found a bit lacking with the Venustas: because of the very polite and laid back character, there is less of "involvement" into the music. The sound is very refined though. Maybe it has also something to do with PRaT. What is your opinion?

Chris

Dazzdax: This is a tough characterization to describe. Yes, I agree, the Venustas is very refined. And because of this, there is greater delineation between the notes .... more subtle details can be heard. But because of the more "mellow" nature here, it can indeed take away from some of that explosive and "boogie" factor that we often associate with greater presence in some frequency regions over others.

I have found over and over that the IC from line stage to the amp is the most critical in the system when it comes to capturing and retaining the 3-dimensionality, bloom and decays. And because of this, only a handful of cables have worked for me here over the years: Cardas Golden Cross, NBS Statement, MIT 350 EVO and now Dominus. But none of these cables exhibit the last word in terms of low-level resolution. I have always sought out complimentary cables elsewhere in the system to bring on more detail and blacker background. And it has been these latter cables that have gone through many iterations as I look to gain more "view" into the performance while balancing out with the dimensional aspects (as mentioned above) that I worked so hard to achieve from the start.

As for PRaT, I still really have no idea what is at the core of the meaning here. I had a Linn LP12/Ittok for 18 years with various cartridges: Supex SD900, Shinon Red, Sumiko Virtuoso, Benz Glider, and this was an incredibly musical system, especially with the Shinon and Sumiko. But the Clearaudio Ref TT that came later literally destroyed the Linn in bottom octave coverage, far greater resolution and with greater tonally coherency. The Linn had all this hype of PRaT and toe-tapping, and yet to me, the Clearaudio got me far more into the performance for a multitude of reasons. So I do not think of characterizations like pace or timing, etc., but rather tonal coherency, dynamic contrasts, initial attack of each note, harmonic textures, articulation and the almighty forever lasting decays of piano, sax and voice. And so far from what I have heard in my system, the one IC that brings all these together like no other is the Dominus. But since I can not afford 4 of these in my system, I try to balance out by mixing/matching with the more affordable ICs in the less critical system links.

John