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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.
cellcbern
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
1,207 posts
 
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
1,668 posts
 
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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charles1dad
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Thanks Knghifi for your reply. I have one set DAC to linestage and that sure made an impact. I`ll certainly be adding more in the near future. The speaker cable does`nt show up on audiogon often it seems.
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