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Essence®gZero6 Speaker Cables

Ive been running these speaker cables for about 3 weeks and they have settled in very nicely, but they do take about 300 hours burn in, during which their "character" changes, but it's well worth the wait.

Combined with the Essence®gZero6 Interconnects they allow my system to achieve a level of performance I had not thought possible with the components that I have.

The first notable attribute is their extension of the low frequencies, providing a much deeper bass register without bloating.

That brings me to their second, but most important attribute - their control. Extending the bass register can often lead to a bloated or muddy presentation, but these cables allow the amp to take complete control of the speakers to provide a very well balanced sound.

They are not too shabby over the rest of the frequency range either, provding a very smooth top end with significantly more detail then my Van den Hul D-352's

Vocals are silky smooth or gritty, dependent on who is singing, but its the details conveyed by these cables which makes these qualities much more noticeable.

Again, combined with the Essence®gZero6 Interconnects they create an extremely wide and deep image which is very spacious i.e. there is a much more realistic presentation of instruments in their own space and they are located very precisely in that image.

They are also very dynamic and articulate - one album that really brought those traits to the forefront is Steve Winwood's Higher Love, It has some very punchy drum work, together with some very deep synth work. with a lessor cable much of the detail is lost.

Perhaps their weakest "attribute" is their looks - for starters, they are quite skinny. You would be forgiven for thinking they are best suited to a pair of bookshelf speaker, but far from it. I have a pair of Gershman Acoustics Sonogram's and they are a full range floor stander's. I have also tried them on Magico V2's. They simply allowed the amp to take complete control of the speaker and allowed it to do what it does best - i.e. move those drivers in perfect harmony!

If you saw these cables on display in a store you would probably walk right by them, or discount them for lack of girth. But then you'd be missing out on an extremely good speaker cable.

Dependent on the type of music you listen to, you might think these cables are colouring the sound. When listening to very "engineered" tracks like POP and R&B the sound can change quite a lot, but on jazz and orchestral tracks their very "natural" presentation with lots of details will reset your ears.

The instrument I thought brought out the very best in these cables was the piano. They just seem to allow those amazing harmonics to effortlessly flow. The bass notes have bags of that low rumbly texture and the high notes have amazingly fast dynamics.

If you want more info on these cables just google "KLE Innovations" to get to their web site.

Their products are available from several select dealers around the world, so check their web site to find one near you.

I have now tried many of the KLE Innovations products and their one outstanding achievement is - THEY WORK!

More to the point - they work significantly better than a lot of the competition.

Back to the tunes
williewonka
williewonka OP
3,081 posts
 
Yping - I've now used the gZero3 SC and gZero6 IC and SC on three different systems of vastly varying budgets - from $4k to $50k.

Each time the I provements were very similar
- improved bass controll and extension to the low end
- improved dynamic performance
- improved imaging
- smoother extended high end
- significantly more clarity across all frequencies
- a more neutral and natural sounding presentation

My solid silver IC with Silver Harmony RCA's were outperformed by the gZero3 and my solid silver IC with the Pure Harmony were outperformed by the gZero6 IC's.

Both the 3 and the 6 use copper conductors, so to outperform my silver IC's in both cases says a lot about the cable architecture of the gZero line

And yes - I agree with the review - the gZero6 are deservedly their pinnacle product and produce an amazingly realistic reproduction with a more spacious image, having more seperation of instruments within that image.
yping
351 posts
 
Thanks Williewonka, so the improvements are similar even with different and different priced audio systems ... interesting and impressive!
williewonka OP
3,081 posts
 
Yping - many of todays components/systems are capable of significantly better performance once the right cables are installed - particularly power cables.

Even my $350 Yamaha mini system performed so much better once I upgraded its power and speaker cables - it's a cracking little system now.

Regards...
maxima95
294 posts
 
Hello - Other than KLEI, are there other sources to purchase from? Thanks.
williewonka OP
3,081 posts
 
Maxima95 - Contact KLE Innovations for suppliers. Their list is growing daily

For the RCA's I know you can order them from Parts Connexion. They might even do a special order for the cables for you, but it would take 3-4 weeks to complete, since they have to do a special order from KLEI.

They also have a few others around the world, but I do not know which ones.

KLE Innovations are very good at getting the product out to you - e.g. from Aus to Canada takes a couple of weeks from the time of the order.

But they are well worth the wait :-)

Regards...
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