High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz

Ddraudt,

It appears you are the self-anointed shadow moderator of this thread. Congratulations. By the way, was this by acclamation?

You stated, "Perhaps there is a thread out there that specializes in whining and complaining about things no one wants to hear." IMO, if you substitute the word "I" for the words "no one" you will be making an accurate statement. With all due respect, you may speak for yourself but not for all Members. After all, it appears that at least Jmcgrogan2 is not allergic to my comments. If you are, then please feel free to ignore them.

By the way, I am not offended in the least if you do not read what I have to say. But you apparently do read what I have to say since you characterize my comments as whining and complaining. How would you know if you had ignored my posts? So, your denial is disingenuous.

And besides, even if I were whining and complaining there is no law that says this form of communication is, ipso facto, disallowed on the Forum, as far as I am aware. In any case, if you characterize my comments as whining and complaining -- when I point out the obvious, that HF cables carry an outrageous price tag -- then so be it. However, this does not detract from the truth of my statement.

By the way, if Jmcgrogan2's comments about your selling HF cables is true then I believe it would be best for you to make a full disclosure. Please let us know one way or the other.

Tbg,

Since my cables have bested Elrod cables in my system then, by your line of reasoning, Elrod cables do not best Radio Shack cables. In any case, since you have not heard my cables in my system the point is moot. You are not in a position to judge by direct experience but only by speculating. You certainly have a right to speculate.

Agisthos,

This is true if you have too many magnets in the system. It all depends on how many magnets you use and where you place them -- and other mods that I include, as well. Surrounding connectors with magnets can indeed cause SQ to deteriorate. I know this from my own experience -- especially if you use too many N52 neodymium magnets. But with the right number of magnets and the right placement the sonic results can be very rewarding, and the sound will not deteriorate.

Jmcgrogan2, you say, "You are correct Sabai, he does have an agenda, a hidden, financially motivated agenda." If he is he has only modified gear to sell and must be in disfavor as he got his Waveguide power center long after I got mine. I do think he is friends with Rick. Anyone who touts a product could be a dealer, but Audiogon doesn't care.

Obviously, few who read this thread care much about what you or Sabai post, especially Sabai. I doubt if his cables can beat those from Radio Shack.

Rule #1 never count another man's pockets. Nobody should tell anybody what they paid for what they got. To justify someone else's curiosity. This is the craziest crap I've seen in a long time. Maybe these guys are planted by the competitors. That's what it sounds like to me. The venom that is spewed sound like it comes from snakes. Lol. They come here. They haven't listened to the product. They then rant about the cost. Then they say they have an "ANONYMOUS" friend who is not being named that bought cables from someone. Then they an "ANONYMOUS" dealer who heard them and said they were ok. They still haven't heard them. This is complete lunacy.@ddraudt@tbg sometimes the trolls want us and others to eat the baloney sandwiches and not complain. Well I don't want baloney or spam sandwiches. We are coming on here discussing everything under the sun but comments from posters who actually didn't listen to the cables to tell us whether they are good or not. I've learned that when a brand is up and coming some folks send guys to challenge or disrupt the success or positive vibe by coming into the thread to crash it. Think about this people have went back in time like they did homework to post comments from others months ago. I'm so glad that I'm getting out of this hobby soon. These guys act like 7 year old kids who had too much sugar after nap at school and now they can't control themselves. This is sad. They probably have been sent by dealers who are losing sales out to high fidelity. I've seen this on threads a number of times. Sometimes this industry can be full of jealousy and envy. If you shake up the apple cart with something new people want to kick it down. Still the best answer I have gotten is a friend heard them and told me. What the hell is that? Then to comment on price. Wow I don't see these people on the other high end cable threads saying one word. Now they want to tell a company how much to charge for a cable they never heard.lol. If you don't spend at that level then don't buy it. Go to radio shack and be happy. If you can afford and it works then just go do it if you like it. I have never heard anyone discuss what they paid for anything. It ain't there business want anybody paid. The damn Internet is really something. If someone got a deal then that shows them that they are right and at the same they say I'm not paying more than getting radio shack supplies. Well we should get you a Christmas gift card there. This is a damn joke. Calling people plants etc. it's flat out disrespectful and nutty. @ddraudt sorry I fed the trolls today. I had a listening session last night that was up there with one of the best smaller systems that I ever heard. We all agreed that if high fidelity came out with another cable that sounded better we might not want to try it so that we would not be tempted to upgrade. Lol. I listed for 5 hours with friends over. They love the sound. They didn't care about who these ghost writers on audiogon. They just pushed play. The sound went through the high fidelity and out the speaker and a funny thing happened. They actually HEARD the cable and music hit their ears. It was followed by head bobs, rocking back and forward and something I call a the "hayena music hit the bone marrow yell of joy" the last one is hard to explain. Lol. Happy listening is what we had yesterday. Happy listening to all. I'm dropping the mic and walking off stage. Lol.

As I stated on 12/19: "My system always sounded good and when I was tempted on several occasions I tried different high end interconnects, speaker cables and power cords. I must admit the best sounding (to me) interconnects and speaker cables in my main system is the HF Ultimate that I'm using. I am enjoying the music".
12/22, I'll add to that; any HF cabling that I have purchased was either an auction here on Audiogon or a used HF product advertised here or on a competitors site.
Happy Holidays to all...