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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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pani
1,215 posts
 
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
1,215 posts
 
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.
f1a
196 posts
 
Pani, while we're at it... and since the thread is duly hijacked anyway...

Have you heard the offerings from Q-audio or from Tellurium Q? The latter were awarded Product of the Year (2010) by HiFi+. Both lines are quite affordable.

Also, do you know much about the construction and design of the Crimson stuff? No info on Austin Hifi's website...
jwm
918 posts
 
If Pani has an Einstein Preamp their sound is very foward, clean and detailed. I could see why he may not like the ASI. One is blaming the cable when they maybe should be blaming the source.
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