Mapleshade versus Stealth

karl: you sure do have thin skin for someone who sends me private email saying, "...you are definitely an angry drunk." and that was after you'd told me to "kiss [your] ass." what i've said is, i believe, borne out by numerous postings you've made evincing ignorance of products you say you've tried, coupled by your refusal to indicate where and when you got them to audition. your calling me a "drunk," on the other hand, is false, defamatory and based on no evidence whatsoever. it is, in short, simply schoolyard-like name calling. that name calling, tho, is nearly as outrageous as that displayed by david99 in his posts on this thread directed to jim.

I have no ignorance of any product that I have tried. You are implying that I am somehow ignorant of something. What is this, specifically? You are also implying that I'm a liar, and I could imply the same of you. You also offer not proof that you aren't an angry drunk...but then it's difficult to "prove a negative", I suppose.

Carl_eber, Cornfedboy may be reluctant to call you a liar but I'm not. I've been reading your stuff for quite a while. Cornfed is right. You do "fake" a lot of your "auditions," and then repeat stuff other reviewers write. I bet other visitors here have also seen this. Kendall

Is this still another thread that will turn into a number of accusatory issues???? Keep the personal attacks to yourself and let people write (or say) what they may. If anyone here is prone to run out and get something as a result of someone's embelished reviews be they negative or positive then they still have a lot to learn about sytem synergies. I for one would like to hear anyones comments on a particular cable or component but do not base my decision making process solely on it. It is one factor of many I use.So Carl, in the end what are your observations on this comparison????

Kendall is personally attacking me, he needs to stop making a fool of himself....In a condensed version of my thoughts: I didn't like any of the 3 Stealth cables I tried this past summer, enough to KEEP them, but the UR speaker cable seemed like the best performance/value of the three (a tad awkward to use, but still a breeze when compared to stiff/heavy cables). I did my best to burn in the interconnects, but I only got around 350 hours on each of them, and I suppose it isn't impossible that their brightness and electronic-ness would have gone away to an adequate degree, had I used them for 1500 hours or more, and had they been burned in by a high current ic burn in device (i.e., a power amplifier). The UR speaker cable had about the most airy treble of any silver speaker cable I've tried (moreso than my short run of AT Dragon, and moreso than the Silversmith I tried). It wasn't on par with either in all respects, but the treble alone was interesting, in a similar way that the Magnan Signature power cord's treble was interesting, and likely as unique.............................I still want to try these "bargain" Mapleshade interconnects, and am trying Discovery Essence/Essential right now. So far I think the Essence RCA interconnect may be the best of all the ones I've tried in the past 6 months. I hardly ever see any on the used market, but then Discovery doesn't do the bulk sales that other cable companies do. The two Stealth ic's I tried, were the M7 and the Silver Ribbon (both priced around $200/meter pair). I liked the M7 slightly better; it had Cardas silver RCA's, and that might have been a big factor there (the other had WBT). I will say that build quality/finish was quite nice with the Stealth cables, and their designer is a personable and opinionated individual who deserves respect for his earnest forthrightness and total lack of bs. He seems to be a very straight shooter indeed. If I HAD to buy an affordable silver interconnect right now, it would be the Homegrown one that Dekay has let me borrow. It is very neutral, there is no doubt about that at all. And it's only $70, I believe. If it had Cardas silver RCA's, who knows how good it might be?