Any opinions on Signal Cable products?

I'm interested in hearing more about their interconnects and speaker cables, esp. if used w/ Stratos amp.

I have two pairs of Signalcable ICs, both in RCA, one is the cheaper set and one is the more expensive "reference" set.

The Reference IC easily bested my Transparent Musiclink 100s, more musical mid, warmer, solid bass, a little less brightness, but nontheless open highs. I havent A/B compared the cheaper set yet.

I also have signalcable 12' speaker cable(non biwire), nice quality, sound is very comparable to my Transparent MusicWave 100 speaker cable. Transparent has brighter highs but weaker bass, the Signalcables have solid detailed bass, a little less brightness, I have A/B'ed the combo and it is close, I think the signal cable needs a little more run in time.

I am running both cables in a shotgun config, and it is working very nicely, to my surprise. The Transparent's on the high/mid and the Signalcable's on the lows. I plan to do some switching and testing later.

I use Signalcable's power cords on all my amps, and subwoofer as well. I never new my sub could make such prodigious bass.

I would say that all the products that I have used from Signalcable were an excellent value.

I ordered a set of balanced ICs last week from Frank after chatting with him via phone. Nice guy, good product, same day shipping. BTW, I bought a new balanced IC he has that's not on his website. I just bought new amps and needed a set of ICs with no real money left over- my old amps were SE inputs only.

The sound? Great. I can't comment at this time on how they stack up to other balanced ICs because I just made some serious system mods (new amps, dedicated power circuit, running my pre-amp to amp ICs balanced). I have some other balanced ICs coming, and then I'll compare them.

Just for fun I compared the Signal cables to Transparent Music Link Supers, which were single ended, and there's an absolutely huge difference in detail resolution and background noise. I suspect that the majority of this is the difference between balanced and SE, however, but in terms of sound quality, ignoring the balanced characteristics, the $70 Signals were no letdown compared to the $300 retail Transparents- midrange accuracy was good, cymbals "sparkled" nicely-- overall tone was spot-on.

Overall, I'd say Signal's stuff is a great value-- look at the cost of building a set of balanced ICs, just price the parts, then compare to Frank's sale prices. I think you're half way to the retail cost just buying the Neutrik balanced connectors and the nifty "Transparent-style" cable sheathing.

I'm currently using:
25 ft Single ended IC from HT processor to sub
1 pair of Analogue 2 IC's (various, from SACD to pre, TT to pre)
1 20ft pair of speaker cables from amp to external XO's
4 20 inch "jumpers" per side from XO's to speaker panels.

Most of them were purchased at around the same time and have about 20 to 30 hours on them. They are still opening up and burning in. But I am very impressed with them on a value per dollar spent basis.

I replaced the following with them:
1 pair Audioquest Ruby
MIT T4 (new style) speaker cables
1 pair Audio Magic Presto II

I also have 2 pairs of Nordost Blue Heaven Rev II in my setup as well.
So far, in my setup, Frank's cables bested the AM and the MIT. The AM Presto's were a little too forward and lean in my opinion, and the Speaker cables are heads and tails better than the MIT T4. I do still really like what the Rubies can do though.

They continue to open up as I put more hours on them, and they are VERY well made, great customer service, fast shipping. Just my opinion.

I also recently bought the new balanced IC's as well, along with 2 power cords and have just started using them. They sound terrific, but what has been most impressive thus far is the build quality.