Speltz anti-ic's vs Nordost QuattroFil

I wouldn't say the claims are far-fetched about the Speltz cables especially with their anti-ics.

Swapping in a 1m pair of the $100 Speltz anti-ics made my $3500 pair of ics sound veiled in highs and bloated in the bass. Which I sold immediately.

The Speltz anti-ics also easily surpassed another pair of ics that were direct performance competitors to Nordost Valhallas (according to a number of reviewers).

Far fectched claims? Hardly. Are the Speltz cables the best buy of this century? Perhaps.

-IMO

Have you tried the Oritek X-1s or X-2s? Clear, clear, clear. No warmth. Just the music. IMHO.

Hi. I just tested the Speltz against the Oritek x-1 and x-2. In my system, the Speltz was significantly better than the x-1. Although the x-2 and the Speltz were more similar than dissimilar in my system, the x-2 had a touch more midrange body and the speltz a touch better low extension. The x-2 is an excellent interconnect. The Speltz, as Stehno testified, really is a "best buy" and shows that performance sometimes is not linked to price.

The Speltz, as Stehno testified, really is a "best buy" and shows that performance sometimes is not linked to price.

Sometimes? How about the Nuforce Ref 9 and especially the Nuforce SE amps? The SEs may well be without equal and at a fraction of the price of its closest competition. Along the same lines are the Foundation Research line conditioners.

The old adage, "One must spend a lot of money to realize one does not need to spend a lot of money." applies to this hobby perhaps as much or more than any other.

I think it would be more accurate to assume its the aethetics, sometimes build contstruction, and name recognition that is often times more directly proportionate to the amount of money spent than to think the added expenses are directly related to performance improvements.

-IMO

Stehno, an excellent post. I think the success of the Speltz cables probably says more about how over-priced some of the 'name' cables are. There are too many cables on the market that are $100 of technology (maybe), and $2000 of marketing. And I am a cable 'believer'. I've never tried the Speltz cables, but a few years back, a friend built a set of IC's with nothing but 2 polished silver wires fed through PE tubes. When compared to the Audioquest Diamonds and Lapis I had at the time, I was stunned by how much more open, uncolored, and dynamic they were.
That's when I started ignoring everything but the sound. The IC's I use now are pretty expensive, but at least they outperform $20 DIY cables.