Anybody knows about NBS cables?

Soblast, I am intriged by your statment that Harmonic Tech Pro Silway Mk 2 has great midrange warmth. That is the exact opposite of my experience with it and I consider it to me its greatest weakness. What system are you using these with?

I also tried the best Harmonic Tech, XLO, WireWorld and Tara. I don't think any of them had, overall, what the Mon 3s have. The NBS have over 200 hours on them and I'm most satisfied with what I'm hearing--they just keep getting better. And yes, they're spendy, but I belive they're verymuch worth the investment and probably the best NBS value for the buck. I also auditioned the Mon 3 power cords. They add even more of the NBS "non-sound," but we're buying a new house--I'll now have a dedicated listening room--and audio upgrades are on the back burner.

The NBS Monitor I and II are amazing cables. Before fully being fully broken in, they have an added midrange warmth. After about 150 hours of playing time, they open up. They allow tremedous amount of detail to pass through. The sound is never bright but very detailed and 3D. Very dynamic, solid powerful bass. The NBS Monitor I and II cables replaced Cardas Golden Reference and Golden Cross in my system. Before I purchased these NBS cables, I did compare them to the Nirvina S-X Ltd. These NBS cables allow my system to have more clear midrange quieter background reveal more hidden details. More powerful and solid bass. There is no comparison. The Cardas cables are in the distant 3rd place. The image became very fuzzy, with a soft more bloated bass by comparison. My system: Muse Model 8 and 296, CAT Ultimate preamp, Krell FBP 300, B&W Nautilus 802, PS Audio PP300, Shunyata King Cobra, ESP Essence, NBS Monitor I and II cables

Slawney The cords were the Dragonfly with most common 14 ga.THHN (gasoline resistant or direct bury cable commonly used for well pump wiring).No joke you can buy this stuff at the hardware store dirt cheap run it through a braided shield and a mesh sheath and you can make all the six foot cords you want for 20 bucks a piece.My experience is that at least the Dragonfly model I used is a rip!!

Mar00 Thank you for the technical information. It correlates with my experience: I tested a Dragonfly XLR cable once and I did not like it: it could not spatially resolve instruments, had a very narrow soundstage, and worst of all had the loudest, boomiest bass response I have ever heard from a cable (Monster close runners up). In short, the Dragonfly (the cheapest cable in the series, I think) had none of the features that attracted me to the more expensive cables in the NBS line. It seemed to me that the NBS virtues only became audible from KingSerpent upwards (with the analog cables). I am a little shocked at what your dissection of the Dragonfly revealed, and wish cable manufacturers used better quality cable for their purposes. As it is, the production costs for some cables are probably about 5 or 6% of their retail costs, the rest going into marketing and the high profit margins of the cable company and retailer, I suppose. Nevertheless, I still use NBS, and I still like them.