Previously I reported on this thread that I bought a used 2 meter CT-1 cable to try for signals between my turntable with Lyra cartridge outputting 0.5 mV and my Manley Steelhead Phono Stage. When I replaced my previous carbon nanotube Bybee filter cables with the CT-1 I got no signal at all from one channel and a weak one from the other. Changing cables between channels showed the same results. I contacted HF cables and was told the cable connectors were probably contaminated with metallic debris, making for a bad connection, attenuating the weak phono signals. So I sent them back for cleaning and received them today. I tried the cables again after letting them settle for a few hours.
The results were completely different this time, and in a word, otherworldly. This is the biggest change yet, bigger than the CT-1s between other equipment down the line including speaker cables. The presence, immediacy, dynamics, bass, dimensionality, liquidity, treble, ease, you name it, was the best I have heard yet. I have single-driver speakers and love the coherence and immediacy, which these cables keep improving. I also have CT-1Us between my phono stage and preamp and these seem to be breaking in with more fullness, ease, dimensionality, and bass.
If you think your cables might need the contacts cleaned, HF Cables can send you some Silly Putty to glob onto the connectors to effectively remove the metallic debris. I also like bouncing Silly Putty balls around, so there is more than one way of having fun.
The results were completely different this time, and in a word, otherworldly. This is the biggest change yet, bigger than the CT-1s between other equipment down the line including speaker cables. The presence, immediacy, dynamics, bass, dimensionality, liquidity, treble, ease, you name it, was the best I have heard yet. I have single-driver speakers and love the coherence and immediacy, which these cables keep improving. I also have CT-1Us between my phono stage and preamp and these seem to be breaking in with more fullness, ease, dimensionality, and bass.
If you think your cables might need the contacts cleaned, HF Cables can send you some Silly Putty to glob onto the connectors to effectively remove the metallic debris. I also like bouncing Silly Putty balls around, so there is more than one way of having fun.