I am enjoying the results from my whale elite > the last few weeks. I also have a pair of vipers and > like you a pair of eel references. Both the eels and > the vipers are similar in a lot of ways. Both have > excellent detailed and very quick in the treble. > It's > a toss up of the vipers and eels. But the eels were > about a third of the price so they are the better > deal. The equipment I have is all Levinson. 336 amp, > 26s preamp and a 30.5 and 31.5 digital set up. I am > driving a pr of Thiel 5i's. I bought my entire > system > second hand except for the eels and vipers. > When I received the whale elite and took it out the > cable is huge. But like BMI the manufacturer said it's user > friendly > and twists/flex on both ends. I was using the eels > on > my digital and the vipers on the amps. I keep > changing > to see what I like is better. I put the whale on my > Levinson 336 amp and put in some big band and > classical tracks. WOW the whale works great. > Everything was a bigger and wider sound stage. The > whale gives you more depth, deeper bass and > resolution. > I am very impressed with this whale and every night > that I've listened to it, the music sounds more open > and lively. I am continuing to break in the whale on > my amp and then going to move it around to the > different components. If the music sounds this good > , > I wonder what improvements if I get a few more. I > will > be getting another whale soon and put it on my dac. > In > the meantime I am enjoying this one. > > For anybody on the market for an incredible power cable for the money, I would start off with one whale and hear > the > improvements and move it around the system like what > I > am doing. The build from there and listen to the > improvemnts. Hope this helps you out. > Cheers-Will > > > > >
