Stealth Audio Dream Petite

Dev, Thanks thats good to hear. That certianly was a concern with choosing VD. I heard they can be unruly in the ridgid department. Any comment on sound difference?

Thanks

I had VD Master LE 2.0 speakercable for about two months in my system and compared to the Hybrid MLT, the latter sounds more 'organic' (in my system). The VD had a kind of hardness in the sound, which I don't experience with the Stealth. That's why I'm going up the Stealth line.

Mariasplunge, Stealth sounds totally different than VD. Stealth cables in my system do not add anything, they just connect each component getting out of the way which is what I'm looking for. The VD cables while in my system have this signature like so many other cables out there adding something which over time is annoying. Using VD product the top octaves are restricted compared to Stealth. The sound with VD cables in my system is like something is being held back, the bass too much at times not sounding natural. Regarding cables in general you need to try due to system matching and synergy but to me using the Stealth cables I specifically use they just get out of the way and letting me listen to my components which I'm personally after.

Having a proper snug connection is very critical, think of it like this; if your vehicle had a sloppy battery connection would you leave it that way? no. If you have ever used VD product you would have experienced that their connectors are sloppy fitting (my experience with XLR connectors)well this is not acceptable.

Thanks Dev for the assessment. If you don't mind me asking, what's the rest of your system like.

Cheers

Mariasplunge,

MBL 101E's
Audio Research Ref3
Accustic Arts New Hybrid tube dac
Oracle 2000 transport, latest version
CAT JL3 Sig. MK2 mono blocks

Currently I am evaluating different amps but so far the CAT's are way ahead of the rest.

Cables all Stealth;

Sextet digital between dac and transport. I have a Sextet AES and also a BNC digital cable which I am comparing the two in my set-up mainly because Oracle refers to the transport sounding best hooked-up via BNC connection.

Indra Balanced latest version from and dac to pre, I have a second pair but not being used currently due to that the CAT's only offer RCA so I have a Indra again latest version in RCA configuration from pre to mono blocks. All my digital and IC's cables have Stealth's connectors on them and are the latest versions.

Speaker cables, Dream, two sets per speaker so my MBL's are true bi-wired.

Power cords, 5 Dream associated types for gear.