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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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knghifi
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Pani, hope the Crimson IC works out for you.

I agree with your assesement on Einstein ... great stuff! When I was in the market for a preamp, the Tube MKII was on my short list.

I also agree with you about PCs ... been playing around with differnt PCs (foil, hybrid ...). It's amazing how one PC can totally alter the sound of my system. I know my system is sensitive but ... I don't understand it and always felt as long as a PC is not current limiting, it should be fine but NOT true. Crazy! :-)
pani
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Thanks Charles1dad, same to you as well.
pani
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Yes, PCs are total game changers which is very dicey to handle. I am planning to try out the Lessloss power cords soon as I have been "reading" that they dont alter the signature sound.
macdude
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Pani, how does the Crimson compare to the Silkworms and Yamamura?
pani
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Well Silkworms sounded somewhat too lush and golden to my ears and clearly lacked bass definition. It was colored, simply put.

Yamamura is nice, especially the Millenium 6000. The digital cable is extrmely good. The analog cables sounded a bit rounded and slow to my ears. Tones were very good, soundstage was superb, airy and open but it has that tendency to round off edges and makes for a relaxed listening for any kind of music.

Crimson has none of these issues. It just sounds right.
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