Audio Blast: Three new cables from two cable makers
Over the past two years my go-to cables have been from Clarity Cable and TEO Audio, makers of the Liquid Cables. I have put together literally dozens of systems using these brands, from full looms of...
View ArticleAudio Blast: The Schroeder Method of Interconnect Placement
Introduction Recently I stumbled upon a method of connecting audio components I had never encountered, and it centers on the use of interconnects. I’ll not spend time discussing the efficacy of...
View ArticleAnticables Reference Level Cables Review
Let’s get my bias against higher gauge speaker cables out in the open from the start. I am not a fan of higher AWG (thinner conductor) speaker cables. Nor am I impressed with higher AWG power cords....
View ArticleAudio Blast: Audio Sensibility Y Cables Related to Schroeder Method of...
Writing this article takes me back to when I spent inordinate hours on opamp rolling DACs. I dabbled in it initially in an effort to see whether swapping them had any appreciable effect. That turned...
View ArticleStereolab, LLC / Black Cat Cable Announces ACME Project
Cumming, GA USA – March 1, 2019 – Stereolab, LLC (Black Cat Cable) announces the formation of their ACME subdivision and their first product: Å19 “ACME is the name for the compartment within which...
View ArticleNordost Tyr 2 cable system Review
$4,799 for a meter pair, the Nordost Tyr 2 speaker cable is the top model in Nordost’s Norse 2 mid-range product line. The Tyr 2 XLR costs $2,509.99 for a meter pair, much less than the company’s...
View ArticleTri-Art Audio Series B System Review
Tri-Art B Series Open 5 open-baffle speaker Cage match Budget audio is like a cage match, with manufacturers pitted against each other in a battle to be declared the best value in audio. Two perennial...
View ArticleIconoclast by Belden Speaker and Interconnect Cables and BAV Power Cords Review
It is, we think, one of the hallmarks of cable voodoo that its methods and notions are always obscure —proprietary terms of uncertain meanings on the technical side, and vague promises framed in the...
View ArticleAccusound Ones & Digital SE cable system Review
Late 2020 and all of 2021 did a number on me and not for the reason you might think, although that might have played a part. During this time, I moved house three times, having to pack up all of my...
View ArticleStage III Concepts Ckahron Ultimate Statement XLR interconnects Review
The performance of many cables is very similar and comparable to each other, and some cables continue to employ original designs of others dating back to the early two-thousands. I have therefore...
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