High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz

I had the pleasure of demoing the high fidelity ct1 enhanced speaker cables and ultimate interconnects. The are clear, they have great prat and the give instruments great timbre. Love, these when listening to very quick jazz quartets. I think they are some of the better interconnects I have ever heard. They are worth the asking price because they get the job done. I have also listened to the tara labs 2 EX interconnects. They are great as well they very open and detailed. Life like. The prat on the ct1 is a little better. It is a matter of taste. The openness of the tara labs is ear attracting. They are both great cable makers. I think Rick Schultz is a great guy with a great product and technology in the ct1. I met him at the Lone star audiofest last year and he was raving about his cables and technology. At first, it was all over my head until I heard his cables and I was really wowed by them. I was able to have a in home long demo with them and I was very happy with the performance. They provide speed and clarity. Rick also was confident enough in his product to let me demo his cables and that is what separates him from a lot of others in this business. Great product and based on the sound and the quality I would recommend them to anyone looking for a great cable.
I have also done a demo of the tara labs 2EX with ism on board. They mated well with my vienna acoustics beethoven baby grand se I have. The ct1 mated better with the sonus faber liutos. Different cables work with different speakers. I would love to listen high fidelity cables new ultimate reference cables. I have heard that they are really good. I don't work for either company. I just love the things that both do. I want to also listen to the higher level tara labs. I was really impressed with the 2ex. I must admit though when you have a good person like Rick Schultz making a great cable like the ct1 line then you have hope for high end audio.
In closing, I think it is system dependent which ones you go with and the things you like in sound qualities in your system. Tara labs are a little more open and the ct1 have better prat. Just in case you ask. Yes I like and have listened to both extensively. This is my comparison review of the ct1 and the tara labs 2 ex with ism on board. As usual it just depends on all the other equipment and qualities you have and like in your audio system. Happy listening everyone. @everyone I'm talking to everyone lol.

Calvinj...thanks for your time and review...i don't know how the 2 stand from a price comparison but i can tell you that as you go up the HF chain the improvement is not linear.everything gets so much better. again..thanks for the comparison..

Hi Ddraundt, I am going to send you an E-mail to you about some of the New taralabs offerings that go on sale 5-1-14, you make up your mind what will be a game changer in cable design and sound when you read what I send you, then maybe go and listen for yourself, that is allways the best thing to do, what I will send you is not on the Taralabs web-site, nor will it ever be on the revised web-site 5-1-14 to the extent of the info I will send, the High-fidelity and Taralabs are all good cables, I am going this week-end to listen to the ultimats of high fidelity, I am taking my discontinued Taralabs Zero gold interconnects and Omega Gold speaker cables to par against High-fidelity's best, My cables are discontinued as of 5-1-14, to be replaced by a new cable that has 75% better bandwidth, it will be the second from the flag -ship cable, The new cable I will be getting is called, The Zero Evolution interconnect with HFX floating Ground station system and The Omega Evolution speaker cable, now High- fidelity fans here do not feel direspected!, that is not my intent, I am E-mailing this gentleman, Ddraudt mentioned a comparison, and NO!, I do not have some sort of hidden agenda, and I am not a Dealer!, that is the craziest thing I ever heard, LOL, I have an open mind to all cable brands, I want to learn about them all, That way I can be an asset to other members, I have recommended cables to others that was NOT Taralabs cables, Really, Really, there are boat loads of brands and sounds out there, people should learn to have an open mind to see what is possible with audio, cheers gentleman.

Great review calvinj, The Two Ex is dicontinued, the new version of that cable is called, The two, there are now two versions of that cable for best system matching, there is the two with ISm on board for controlled bandwidth, systems that are wide bandwith like some amps out there, then the other version is The two with HFX Ground station system, this is called Extended bandwidth, It cost a little more, it is the more resolving model and is extended with more resolution, neitherless, This cables full retail is around $2,000.00 for ISM on board, and $300.00 to $500.00 more for the HFX Ground station system version, when you go up the cable food chain, the Taras are very fast on the attack, with note decay, resolution, more clarity, and delay to give the illusion of the real musical event, As you said, they are both great cables, cheers.

Well Calvinj, you should disclose what cable you bought, cheers.