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Anyone else tried the Acoustic Systems Liveline?

A pair of Franck Tschang's tuned interconnects (see Six Moons reviews) are still breaking in, in my system, but they have already "stomped" my Harmonic Technology Magic 2, HT Pro-Silway III+, and Van den Hul Orchid. While I don't have any at present, from memory I'd also say that they handily vanquish the Nordost Valhalla and Kubala-Sosna Emotion interconnects in my system. They are not HiFi spectacular, but are the most musical and least electronic sounding cables I've ever heard. Interestingly, several recording that have always sounded compressed and confused in spots, which I just attributed to the recording, are rendered cleanly for the first time with these cables and no other system changes.
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charles1dad
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I came across this old thread quite a while ago and the enthusiasm for the liveline impressed me. The 6 moons and the Stereo Times reviews were flat out raves.This cable stayed on my mind for the past 5 months more or less. Well I got a 1 meter pair IC between my DAC and linestage and it`s simply fantastic!The tone reproduction,dynamic energy and resolution is top tier with just beautiful harmonic overtones and a full weight and pure natural sound of instruments and voices.I listen to acoustic jazz 90% of the time and man oh man! trumpet,saxes,drum kits,vibraphones and piano sound so present and realistic.Lots of energy and presence into the room, yet everything stays relaxed and unforced.Franck Tchang did a masterful job in making these superb cables.The past 2 years I`d used the PS Audio Transcendent solid core silver 18ga. which is truely an excellent IC, and I had prefered it to any other cable in my system. The tonality and timbre preservation of the livelne is extraordinary.
vicks7
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I have also been using the IC and speaker cable for quite some time with the Acoustic System Tango Speakers. Agree with many posts above - very natural sounding cables with great detail and tone.
Also very satisfied. Has anyone used the power cables?
bpwalsh
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I use some of the power cords in the demo system here to good effect. Dealer disclaimer.
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charles1dad
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Vicks7,
Wow, the Tango speakers must sound really special.Which impacted your system more, the IC or the S.C.? One pair of IC in my system and it easy to notice the improvement.
knghifi
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From my experience, I found the SC made the most impact, then IC between amp to pre, lastly pre to dac.

Also if you have bi-wired speakers, throw away the jumpers and get 2 separate runs. The improvements are simply amazing.

BTW, some ASI owners are claiming the black and blue shrink wrap liveline is the latest version. That's INCORRECT! There's only ONE version and Franck is just introducing new color options.
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