Hopefully you don't take my post as being a thread jack but I though I would post my recent experiences with these cables also. I figured it would make more sense to add to this thread then start another one of a similar purpose. If you disagree please feel free to move/remove this to post..Thanks
So far my first impression of these cables and Jumpers has not been very good. I am not using a Bi-Wire configuration in my system as a point of note. My cable run is just the run of the mill 15' to each speaker terminated with the Anti-Cable Spades. Every effort was made to keep the cables off the ground and the Left & Right channels are separated by several feel as suggested in the paperwork I received with my purchase.
Please understand that this is not an attempt to bash this product and I have full intentions to give them their recommended burn-in time before making a final judgment
On to my findings:
I first installed the cables and the Jumpers at the same time and have since removed the Jumpers after realizing that it wasn't a very good method of assessing a the Pros and Cons of a cable swap.
During my time with the Jumpers and Anti-Cables in place the treble regions sounded very harsh and overly amplified. I listened to them together for several days and wasn't very happy with what I heard. For now, the Jumpers have been placed in the drawer until the Cables themselves are fully burnt-in.
On to the Anti-Cable by themselves.
The Anti-Cables by themselves sounded much better in my system by themselves then they did teamed with the Jumpers but so far I'm still not very happy with the outcome. The only thing that has kept me from removing these and returning to my old cables are the many accounts of people saying the cables require 200-300+ Hours of burn-in time before opening up.
I have experienced similar effect to what the original poster described as a shrinking of the Sound-stage. In addition to that, I have experienced the opposite outcome in terms of detail. There are certain CD's in my collection that I have grown to know very well over the last few years and would always give me goosebumps to hear with my previous cables in place. Now with the Anti-Cable there are many details that I know exist which have all but disappeared.
The pace of the music has also slowed quite noticeably and the lower registers of the bass are no longer there. As a side bar, on some songs the mid bass seems more detailed but the lower bass is not as extended as it used to be.
I will be keeping the Anti-Cables cables in the system for now in hopes of the stories of things getting better as the listening hours increase.
As far as my previous cables go, they are ones that were purchased several years ago from a vendor on Ebay called "Raymond Cables" which has since disappeared but they appear visually to be of good quality. They are a muti-strand type of fairly significant gauge (10ga) and are terminated with heavy duty gold plated spades. I believe I only paid about $300 at that time for a similar 15' foot run.
So far my first impression of these cables and Jumpers has not been very good. I am not using a Bi-Wire configuration in my system as a point of note. My cable run is just the run of the mill 15' to each speaker terminated with the Anti-Cable Spades. Every effort was made to keep the cables off the ground and the Left & Right channels are separated by several feel as suggested in the paperwork I received with my purchase.
Please understand that this is not an attempt to bash this product and I have full intentions to give them their recommended burn-in time before making a final judgment
On to my findings:
I first installed the cables and the Jumpers at the same time and have since removed the Jumpers after realizing that it wasn't a very good method of assessing a the Pros and Cons of a cable swap.
During my time with the Jumpers and Anti-Cables in place the treble regions sounded very harsh and overly amplified. I listened to them together for several days and wasn't very happy with what I heard. For now, the Jumpers have been placed in the drawer until the Cables themselves are fully burnt-in.
On to the Anti-Cable by themselves.
The Anti-Cables by themselves sounded much better in my system by themselves then they did teamed with the Jumpers but so far I'm still not very happy with the outcome. The only thing that has kept me from removing these and returning to my old cables are the many accounts of people saying the cables require 200-300+ Hours of burn-in time before opening up.
I have experienced similar effect to what the original poster described as a shrinking of the Sound-stage. In addition to that, I have experienced the opposite outcome in terms of detail. There are certain CD's in my collection that I have grown to know very well over the last few years and would always give me goosebumps to hear with my previous cables in place. Now with the Anti-Cable there are many details that I know exist which have all but disappeared.
The pace of the music has also slowed quite noticeably and the lower registers of the bass are no longer there. As a side bar, on some songs the mid bass seems more detailed but the lower bass is not as extended as it used to be.
I will be keeping the Anti-Cables cables in the system for now in hopes of the stories of things getting better as the listening hours increase.
As far as my previous cables go, they are ones that were purchased several years ago from a vendor on Ebay called "Raymond Cables" which has since disappeared but they appear visually to be of good quality. They are a muti-strand type of fairly significant gauge (10ga) and are terminated with heavy duty gold plated spades. I believe I only paid about $300 at that time for a similar 15' foot run.