Any Boulder pre/power amp users here?

Boulder doesnt´manufacture cables. On most occasions (ehibitions) Boulder uses TaraLabs top-of-the-line cables (Omega and Zero) together with Avalon speakers and I think DCS CD/SACD-Transport.

A friend of mine has got a full Boulder, TaraLabs set up but uses ACapella Sphäron Excalibur speakers and a no longer manufactured Barclay X-1 CD-Transport.
Hope this helps.

Okay, this is all fascinating. Ummm...kinda strange, but fascinating.

We occasionally make cables at Boulder Amplifiers. We are not the same company as Boulder Cables. We actually haven't the faintest idea who they are.

Our amps, preamps, DACs, etc, were all designed with benign inputs and outputs and were specifically engineered to negate the electrical charactersitics of cables, line conditioners, tiptoes, etc., as much as possible. This is to try to maintain neutrality throughout the audio chain as much as possible. A good high-end system that's engineered and designed towards neutrality should make as much effort as possible to limit the effects of the outside world and tweaks. If you pay that much for a system, the engineers should be taking everything into account for you.

That being said, by all means evaluate every cable you can get your hands on. If you hear a difference and something works better than another for you, go for it. If you don't, then do what's comfy.

rmaez@boulderamp.com

is this the same Rick Maez who used to work at Jeff Rowland Design Group?

Yes it is. A real loss to Rowland.

Rick. Looking foreward to your forthcoming 865 integrated and hopefully a matching series 800 CD/DVD-player.