Reviews of $10k plus ics, speaker wires, and pcs

To increase transparency of audio companies or specifically companies that make various cables would it be possible to get an entity like Consumer Reports to evaluate the cables? I'd love to see what they find under the techflex or coverings of some cables. It is my belief that for some cable makers all they take is conventional wire put some fancy coverings on them and quality connectors on the ends.

I found this something like this out when I bought some used cables a couple of years ago. The techflex and heat shrink got damaged on a speaker cable and when I was trying to re-terminate them I found they were just plain speaker wire with vampire wire spades and banana plugs on each end. I believe the company is out of business now though but I wonder how many other companies do this practice.

Even relatively inexpensive cables can be cryo'd and burned in on one of those newfangled cable cookers like the AudioDharma one. It makes for a more level playing field, as it were.

Speaking of the Muratas, we demonstrated the Golden Sound Ultra Tweeters at CES back in '05. The Ultras also sit on top of the speakers, which at the time were the new behemoths from Golden Sound. The Ultra Tweeters were connected by thin conventional speaker cable to the speaker terminals. With the Ultra Tweeters in, the sound was spacious, full and intriguing. With the Ultra Tweeters out, the soundstage collapsed, the sound was uninvolving, etc. Now the big reveal. The Ultra Tweeters are not super tweeters at all, they operate at a frequency above 1MHz. They produce no energy below 1MHz. I had two pairs in my system for at least a few years.

In the US there are a lot of different brands. In Europe we don't have all these brands. This means many small companies try to make a good product. I have tested cables from small companies in my country. Often they were ok, but never exeptional.

I Always recommend to try different cables in every set.

Some of these products are performing at such a high level it is interesting to see what makes them tick. I personally don't understand why people get upset over it, sooner or later that technology will trickle down to a much more affordable product for everyone. A well done review is a learning experience for me. Best of Luck