Power Cords

They do not match on facts. Tru-Fi did prove it. We tested both 1000 and the 7000. The Niagara 1000 we did test in different Tru-Fi systems ( in 2 months of time and then we send it back again). And our conditioners were superior in all parts. The Niagara 1000 did lack stage depth as well. And also did lose in each individual aspect/property of sound compared to the conditioners we use.

The 7000 had the same limitation in stage depth and width. And regarding intimate sound and individual focus. The conditioners we use were superior. I informed Audioquest Europe about this issue. I invited them and asked them to bring in their 7000. So we will show and make them understand the limitations of the Niagara 7000.

On the recording, you will find the details and aspects/properties of sound. And your system needs to be able to reveal it. All tests we do with Audioquest cables (loudspeaker cables/interconnects/power cables) always show us all the aspects of sound.

But when we connect the 1000 and 7000 2 aspects of sound are gone. Even all other demos I auditioned with the Niagara conditioners (during shows) showed the same aspects missing.

We love shootout and we work on facts. I will show Audioquest Europe which parts are missing. I will also go to their place. And I will also show them what is missing over here.

The sound always tells you the truth. And what is missing never can be heard. When an audio product does not own all the aspects of sound the end result will always be incomplete.

Tru-Fi always overrules each incomplete audio system. It always shows a superior level in emotion and intensity compared to each incomplete audio system.

In a few days, I will receive the new Audioquest Firebird. I think it will be stunning. All their cables can reveal all the aspects/properties of sound. It will not have the limitations as their conditioners showed to us.

ricred1
I had an audition earlier this week with the newest AQ Niagara conditioners and Hurricane/Tornado PCs. The dealer/retailer Alan Jones of HiFi Buys Atlanta, reported that these products are sonic matches for one another. I will take a second audition in a few weeks.

Happy Listening!

Hello mikey8811, TThis is an attempt to consolidate my four posts above... Hope it apologies for missing your post and the delay in responding to you... here are a couple answers...
* I went directly to Cardas Clear Beyond XL power cords on all my components, without passing through Clear or Clear Beyond.
* * for analog XLR ICs and speaker wires I decided to start with Cardas Clear Reflection, which is two levels below Clear Beyond, which is the current highest level for analog signal wires. Eventually, I am planning to upgrade analog signal wires to Clear Beyond, so to evaluate the audible enhancements.
I must say that although Clear Reflection is a couple levels down from Clear Beyond -- the current top of the Cardas line for analog cables, my system has reached a performance level previously unattained. This is not only a matter of simple resolution, and of all the typical enumeration of audible parameters that we audiophiles like to list.... This cardas loom and the luminous synergy it creates with my components is giving me a sense of musical completion, a sense of "having come home", a level of immersive joy, which I had never experienced before with admittedly excellent looms from other brands.
Yet, knowing the design genius and decades of cable engineering experience of George Cardas and his team, I realize that I might have heard nothing yet compared to what I might experience if I upgraded analog ICs and speaker wires to Clear Beyond... Truth is that the magic of my system has made me, well... Lazy to upgrade analog cabling to the next level up the spectacular Cardas pantheon.
Just as a reminder, my system consists of
* Esoteric X-01 Ltd powered by XL, connected via Cardas Clear digital coax to...
* Rowland Aeris DAC + Rowland PSU (Power Storage Unit, based on ultracapacitors ) fed by XL and connected via Cardas Clear Reflection XLRs to either of the following...
* Pair of Rowland M925 monoblocks powered by XL,
* or Pair of bridged Rowland M535 amplifiers powered by xl...
* A pair of Cardas Clear Reflection connect the active amplifier pair to Vienna Die Muzik speakers.
I am using three dedicated 20A AC circuits.... One for X-01 and PSU; one for the amplifier connected to the left speaker; one for the amplifier connected to the right speaker.
Saluti, Guido

@guidocorona

Thanks for getting back.

I was looking at your earlier post where it said you powered the power amp(s) with CB XL but had the original CB on the PSU of your DAC. I had thought maybe you did a comparison between CB and CB XL.

You do not use a preamp, so I guess you use the volume control of your Aeris DAC straight to amp, eliminating the need for a digital source.

I have CB power cords mostly throughout, CB interconnect from Cary pre to Pass Labs power amp and Clear Reflection from PS Audio DAC to pre.

i use VA speakers too but the lower Kiss model.

@freesole  I also have a Niagara 1000.  It came alive when I hooked it up with Storm Series cables.

@guidocorona , was there a reason you went with Clear Reflection IC's & SC's instead of Clear or Clear Beyond?

Also, on your power amp(s) what did you find the difference was between Clear Beyond and Clear Beyond XL?

Thanks

G.,

I've learned to ignore some Audiogon members. I submit you have to be a real fool to continue to read something you find so boring it makes you sleepy.

I'm glad you find the latest Cardas to your liking. I'm very happy where I am and have no desire to change anything at this time.

Just read this thread I'm now going to sleep!!

freesole,

My dealer told me today, "he doesn't have a ship date for the source power cord." I'll be sure to post my thoughts, but remember there are no absolutes in audio, only preferences. I've become a strong advocate of listening with your owns ears, with your own equipment to determine if a component is to your liking. No matter if I prefer it or not, only your ears count.  

@ricred1 Looking forward to hearing your thoughts. I am contemplating the new Storm series power cords as well to connect to my Niagra 1000. Wonder how it compares to an Acoustic Zen Gargantua II... 

Audioquest finally has a Hurricane source powercord. I just ordered one for my music server.  

Thanks! for the update - ricred1
Looking forward in reading about the Hurricane in your system.
Happy Listening!

No sir, done. I purchased several Audioquest Hurricane power cords and one Audioquest Tornado power cord. My cable adventure is over!

ricred1

are you still auditioning power cords?
Happy Listening!

gbmcleod

a well written account of you and your system. I have heard that CJ ET-3SE / Classic Sixty combo w/ B&W 802D speakers, Audioquest cabling/cords all around.  Very nice sound and presentation. I find your cabling/power cords choices very interesting indeed. Not too many CJ lovers out there are using Nordost. 
Happy Listening!

Yes, and one has to be careful with that many tube traps. Place one - or more - incorrectly (the seam pointing too far in one direction or the other) and suddenly the music is a bit "lean-sounding." That's why HP, when he did his Their CS5 review, back in the '90s, decided not to use them in his room. He said (in his article, too) that they WORKED, but that one had to know what "one" was doing. 
I got mine back in 1988, after J. Gordon Holt's review in Stereophile. Glad I did: the cost now would be prohibitive!

38 Tube Traps? Whoa, Daddy!

I’ve read thru this thread and am somewhat astonished the most at the claim about Shunyata, specifically it has a "2-D" sound. WHAT?!?!?!?

One listen with ASL Hurricanes, which are the most "real"-sounding amplifiers I’ve EVER had and that notion goes straight to Hell. They have the best mid bass reproduction I’ve yet heard. My amps have been Jadis JA-200, Jadis Defy 7, Goldmund Mimesis 9, VTL 300s, and Bel 1001, CJ Classic Sixty, Simaudio, Hegel, and Odyssey Khartago amps,  and VAC Renaissance 70/70 and 30/30 integrated, along with many NAD BEEs.  That does NOT include the ones I’ve reviewed.

Nothing comes close to the Hurricanes for sounding "right-there-right-now" and my opera singer friends and my conductor friend agree. So, on that one point: NO. A trombone is so completely physically "there" that you literally WATCH IT. That can only happen if the other components can do what the Hurricane can, which is why I’ve had the Hurricanes for 14 years, longer - by far - than any other amp listed above. It is 3D incarnate, and, aided by Shunyata cords ’n cables, it gives the kind of presentation that makes you laugh out loud, so "real" is the Hurricane in this regard. (I reviewed them for Ultraaudio.com back in 2004. Review online.) When I removed the Shunyata power cords on the Hurricanes and put back on the stock cords, the 3D was still there (I always do this first, as a control, so that I don’t attribute a component’s ability to the power cords. First the stock, and after 300 hours, I’ll put on whatever’s lying around (mostly Shunyata). I don’t know what the poster was listening "though" (his other components), but I hear live music daily, so I’m not using a component to assess what’s "good" or "bad."

My friends (and listening panel) are a couple of opera singers, one conductor and two musicians. Without exception, they find the Shunyata power cords (I’ve had every generation) to be uncannily lifelike. Of course, the rest of the system (whatever it is at the time) contributes, but the 3D effect is consistent. (Unless the Hurricane blows a resistor, which it does occasionally.) And then it’s CJ or NAD, neither of which is remotely as 3D as the Hurricanes, athough both are "good" in this regard (the CJ much more than the NAD, of course, but the NAD can focus a voice EXTREMELY well!).

But what I notice the MOST on nearly every forum is that very few people rarely mention that they go to symphonies, which are (nearly) the only music played without amplification. People compare cable A to cable B, speaker A to speaker B, etc. Rarely does anyone say they play an instrument, hear live music played in their home or a friend’s home. Even the manufacturers themselves rarely admit to actual attendance at concerts.
Given that we are talking about reproducing music, shouldn’t there be more discussion about how a cord or speaker diverges from the concert hall? If you don’t care, that’s fine, and if you want system synergy, that’s fine (what good would it be to have to change your entire system to suit your power cord? [Does ANYONE do that?!?]). But no need to bash other products. Stick with what you know, and what you’ve had for longer than a week. No, make that 6 months. You have to live with a product to truly know it. I’ve missed traits in components because I was so enthralled (back in the beginning, not so much now) by how GREAT!!!!!! the bass was, how SPECTACULAR the imaging was, etc. None of this has to do with music (but I love great imaging and sound staging). Mostly I value tonal purity. Disinclined towards lean-sounding anything; give me at least a little warmth, or else "neutral." (I’d rather have warmth, strictly speaking, but I’ve yet to hear dead-center neutral. (Not saying it doesn’t exist, just that I haven’t heard it. Too many products out there to declare that I am the world’s foremost genius...wait, isn’t that what our illustrious leader proclaims????).

ANY-hoo, I’ve had Transparent cords, MIT cords, Nordost cords, Synergistic cords and Shunyata cords (when I say cords, I mean speaker cable, interconnects and power cords). I eventually settled on Shunyata’s power cords (and for a while, their speaker cable, but also had Nordost Valhalla (1st generation) power cords, interconnects and speaker cables. Loved the Nordost’s transparency and detail, but the upper bass/lower midrange suckout wasn’t quite to my liking, so I went back to Shunyata. But then, NOTHING is flawless. Just wait five years until everyone comes out with their NEXT generation and you’ll know that for yourself.

Aside from starting out with MIT interconnects and speaker cables in 1987, I eventually went to Transparent speaker cable for several generations, starting when I was a reviewer for TAS. Loved the Reference, and then the MM1 and MM2 speaker cable. Not so much the power cords or interconnects.
Synergistic is the one I have the least experience with: had those for a few weeks, and discovered (back then - at least 7 years ago), that they had cables for one application but a different one for another. And I discovered why: one cable had a leaner sound, but the cable in the placement before that (say CD to preamp) had a fuller sound. So one cable compensated for the other.

Goldmund used to do the same thing: the Goldmund Reference was slightly (very slightly) dark, and so were the other tables I had: a Goldmund Studio/T3F before I moved to the Versa Dynamics 2.0/2.3) and had their Mimesis 9 amp (wow, THAT was a killer amp!) and speakers (Super Dialogues). I’ve generally found that manufacturers use certain equipment to design their own equipment, so whatever the end result, it comes from the components they used in the design of their own. If they listened to live music, like Arnie Nudell, they knew what their components’ results would sound like (and of course, the room acoustics play an extremely significant part in the end result). If they don’t hear much live music, well...that’s a bit like being a psychologist who has never actually treated patients: knowledge is not the same as reality. Goldmund’s front end components (the older turntables) were on the very, very, VERY slightly dark side, but their electronics were the equivalent of a 125 watt bulb, although NEVER bright. But you could hear sound reflections off ceilings and walls even if, at the same time, you were reading passages Dante’s Inferno. That was also one of my tests: could the component pull me back to the music if I was doing "light reading." Not a great test, but a fun one, nonetheless.

But back to the subject: power cords. I’ve had Shunyata ever since 2003, along with Nordost (and Transparent). All I can say about the Shunyata power cords is that they do NOT have focus issues, they do NOT have problems projecting a 3D image (although the lower ranges [Venom and below]) DO have that issue - somewhat. I bought a Venom once, but as I had become accustomed to the better cords/speaker cables, I had to return them. As I said, my conductor friend who has heard the system the most, is quite specific about what he hears and doesn’t hear, and he finds the Shunyata quite "solid" (aka: 3D) in its presentation. He doesn’t mention "dark" or "light" because non-audiophile musicians don’t hear music - or don’t LISTEN to it - in that way unless its really, REALLY obtrusive.
Long ago (40 years), people who were audiophiles had a lot of experience with live music. Judging by the responses on the threads I see, very few people ever mention how close the music comes to a concert hall they attend, so opinions are all over the place and frankly, having reviewed plenty of equipment, I know that our systems sometimes mask things that we attribute to another component.
I’d ask that when people are talking about the cords, they specify their own systems and the music they use. To be blunt, I wouldn’t THINK of using processed music to assess anything, because I can’t be sure of what the engineer did. The same applies to the manufacturers of power cords, speaker cables, interconnects and everything else.
I love my Schiit Yggdrasil DAC, which I connected to 4 power cords: 3 Shunyata (Cobra, Alpha HC, Python and Sigma) and 1 Nordost (Frey 2) and the sound changed accordingly with each change. Needless to say, the Sigma’s noise floor was so low, I could hear (without turning the volume up high to compensate for my Nola Contenders, Mirage, Hales and Sound Dynamics) that when there was silence - after an orchestral outburst - that I could easily hear the room itself - and the musicians sitting in their seats silently.
MY system:
Preamp: CJ ET3 SE.
Amps: CJ Classic Sixty, ASL Hurricanes amps.
Interconnects: Nordost Frey 2, Heimdall 2, Tyr 2.
Integrated amps: ASL integrated 1003, NAD BEE 320, 325, 326 and 356.
Speaker cable: Nordost Frey 2, Alpha Core Goetz AG-2, and Shunyata Cobra.
Turntables: Versa Dynamics 2.3, Nottingham Horizon, Rega Planar RP3. Tonearms Origin Live Silver Mk II and Rega 300.
Cartridges: Dynavector and Clearaudio.
Power cords: Shunyata Cobra, Alpha, Alpha HC, Delta NR, Sigma, Frey 2, ESP, PS Audio Statement.

Room constructed with ASC Wall damp on a resilient channel. 9 x 13 x 20
Accessories: 38 Tube Traps.
Shakti Stones, Shakti online stabilizers.
Townshend Audio Seismic Isolation platform, Townshend Seismic Iso-pods. Stillpoints Ultra Mini Risers and SS.

Audioquest is not able to describe in detail over their cables. It is very simple to explain why. Most systems they use for presentation are incomplete.

They only talk a little about technical details, but this does not say anything about the real properties and what it does in your system.

I know exactley the difference between many Audioquest cables. When you test by Tru-Fi it gives you a very detailed insight of all the different parts in sound.

That makes is so much easier to understand what the cable does in your system. When you would like to change the sound and stage of your system you need to know exactly which properties you take out and which you bring in.

But people do audio by trail and error. But this does not give you any information about the properties you took out and brought in with another cable, amp, source, loudspeaker etc.

This is why it is one big F. gambling. You never can control and guide your system to the sound and stage you want. Even when I aks to people; do you have any idea how voices and instruments sound and how they are projected into space?

Most say that they have no idea. When I aks how they want to adjust and control their system they often start to laugh. And say: you are fully right that we don’t know what we are doing.

When you create audio by properties a cable becomes a lot more important than how all other shops and companies in audio sell and use them. For them it is often some extra money and they will say: it wil improve the sound and quality.

They cannot work and think in properties, it will be one big gamble for them. In our way of creating a system cables are equal important than other parts in our system. When you use a cable by Tru-Fi the level of effectiveness becomes so much greater.

Very simple to explain; we can use more different properties out of any Audioquest cable. Because most brands and products in audio are incomplete in properties based on facts. I can and will proof this.

Most loudspeakers are incomplete again based on facts, so you never can use the full potential of an Audioquest cable. You are limited by the fact that you use different parts which are incomplete.

It is very easy to explain. Because what is missing will never be there. Audio has nothing to do with brands, products or price. All these parts does not garantee you anything at all.

Music and sound are based and founded on different properties. This is what you need to understand and build the sound and stage you want. There is no other way to do it correctly.

All the other ways of doing it are pure gambling.

Man, I kew better than to ask bo a question, but he'd been so reasonable here lately. 

" It ain’t going to be easy.......:) "

Find a way

Huh? They asked you not to write the details of the Hurricane power cord? That’s pretty funny since the details are provided on the Audioquest web page for the Hurricane. Don’t believe me?

http://www.audioquest.com/power-cables/hurricane-high-current

It ain’t going to be easy.......:)

Bo 1972, I think you said enough for awhile.

Audioquest asked me not to write all the details over the Hurricane yet. I have to respect that. I am now busy in writting the review of the Hurricane. They want to check this first before I post it.

And it will be very detailed so all people will understand what it does and why it is so different to other powercables  and the older Audioquest powercables.

You only can get a realistic review when you can reveal all the information of the recording. What I said before the facts proof that most audio products and brands are incomplete.

Many systems which are used in reviews are incomplete on facts. These people cannot think in properties, so they write a review based on trial and error. This will never give any realistic information over the product which is being reviewed.

So you need to change they way you think about audio. Trail and error proofs that it is one big gambling. That is why a new mindset is needed to bring people to a much higher level in sound and realism than they own now.

What I said; the facts proof that most sold audiosystms are 2D. Most audiosystems proof that there is almost no diversity. Most audiosystems create a lot of acoustic limitations in a room.

All these limitations togheter are the main reason why many people are changing parts in their system all the time.

Because they don't realize that they cannot control and understand what they change. This is why many are in a circle and can't get out.

You only can break this circle when you understand why the stage and sound of your system is what you hear. 

Trial and error is creating audio by pure gambling. Most people have no idea how limited the endresults are of their systems until you present an audiosystem what reveals so much more information of a recording.

People have no idea how big the influence is of the acoustics of a room. When you think you can solve this by using bass traps and diffusers you don’t understand the level in limitation.

The biggest problem in audio is that people focus on brands and products. And that is why they always talk about a brand or a product.

But when you are not able to understand and explain what all the different properties are of that product or even brand you have no idea what this product really does in your system.

You only can judge a little on the endresult of your system. But when you replace a part of your system by another part of a different brand or price range you still have no idea which properties you took out and which you did bring in.

This is the 100% proof that you are just doing audio by pure gambling. And this is the main reason why trail and error is so ineffective. Because it lacks any kind of foundation.

Most parts in an audiosystem are used just for a small % of the whole quality it could create when it would be used so much more effective. Money does not solve these problems at all.

Even many systems of over 200.000 dollar were one big laugh. There is only one way to control and understand audio when you understand why the stage and sound of your system is what you hear.

So you need to understand all the different properties of each single part in your system. Because the sound and stage what you hear is being formed by all the properties of each single part togheter including the acoustics and the other parts who have a negative influence on the sound and stage.

It's refreshing to see at least one power cord manufacturer who is conscious of the directionality of wire in general and of the power cord specifically. The correct answer to my question regard g the best sounding color for the jacket of any Cable or Power Cord is ......white! 

I will use 2018 to bring both sound&vision to a next level. I waited some more time. In the last 2 yearss I have done so much research that I can outperform any person in the world in both sound&vision. The level in realism and emotion is of a new reference level.

My personal goal is to be the best in the world in both sound&vision. And I will proof it with facts and real sound&vision. It will be a new world and experience for many people.

I can garantee you that all people still focus on products and brands. And when you ask them simple question, they cannot answer any of them. This proofs and again on facts that they have no idea why the stage and sound is what they hear.

And this also proofs that they cannot control and guide both sound&vision. There is not even a discussion possible. I tried it with many people who also work in audio. They all had to admit that they had no idea why the stage and sound is what they hear.

When you cannot think in properties of sound and you can’t tell how voices and instruments sounds in real and how they are projected in sound, you never can understand audio either.

The facts proof over and over again that both sound&vision what has been created by trial and error is in over 99% 2D. And it sounds and looks so much different than in reality.

That is why I will give demoes in 2018 with conservatorium students to show people how voices and instruments really sounds. This is the only way that the coloured and 2D audio en also vision will stop.

Many many people with expensive systems who were honest to me told me that they were not that happy with their system. Each stunning system will be used so much more frequently and longer at the same time.

When both sound&vision can be presented at a higher level in realism and emotion all people would want to own it. No 2D audio system or system with almost no diversity in sound can make us humans happy with it.

The emotion is inside the music and movies. It only can be experienced when an audiosystem can reveal all the information of the recording or movie.

Excellent insight as always- bo1972.
I am looking forward in reading your review on the AQ Hurricane PC.
Happy Listening!

hahahahaha........I don’t think it makes a big difference. I know some people who create their own jackets around cables.

They believe it makes a big difference. I never used it, so I cannot give any judgement about that.

I think light will influence sound. So when you create jacket what reflects the light it can make a difference.

I did a lot of research in smog and mann this has a big negative influence on sound and even vision. I can reduce smog thse days a lot and it makes a great improvement.

Even the level of humidity influecnes the sound and stage. The great thing about all the tests I did it gives you a great perspective of how many things can influence both sound&vision.

People have no idea how ineffective they use all the different parts in their systems. When you work an think by Tru-Fi (all properties) and the parts who negative influences the sound you can use each individual part so much more effective.

The pictures overhere on Audiogon proof that people have no idea about the properties. I know the DNA of many of them. When you would have know the properties you would never made the combination you created.

Also based on the placement of their systems it proofs that they have no idea how it influences the results in sound and stage.

There are many ways to improve the sound and stage. And even many have nothing to do with money.

In 2018 we will proof and demo that Statement Audio Pro-measurement is by far the most effective tool in audio. And it also proofs how limited audio is without it.

It is my personal goal to share it with as many people as possible. Because it will give many people a huge step to a much higher level in sound and stage quality and realism.

I see that most people in audio still think and work like it is 1980. This needs to stop. And you know why?

Because they way audio is done all over the world it will make the audio market within 20 years a lot smaller. You need to do it a lot differently to make the new generation also interested in both sound&vision.

These people all cannot change it, there is a big need to change. I am 45 years old, at audioshows I am one of the more young people at shows. This proofs how insane it is. The average age is far over 50 years old.

Only real emotion and intensity in both sound&vision can make a difference. And this is what we want to share with the world.

So, let me ask you. Do you have a good feel for how the color of the cable jacket affects the sound, since you seem to know all about this sort of thing?

We work by Tru-Fi. Tru-Fi are all the different properties on which both sound&vision are founded.

This is a different level than the trial and error (audiogambling) way all people choose there audiosystems. It is superior in efficiency based on the fact that you create sound by properties.

For me it is easy as 1 and 1=2 to explain to people that their audiosystem is incomplete. Trial and error will never make you understand why the stage and sound is what you hear.

You only can understand audio when you understand both sound and music. So you need to be able to know the full DNA of each individual part in your system.

At audioshows systems are in over 99% incomplete based on the fact that the people have no idea what the properties are of each individual part of the system they demonstrate.

Beside the properties they don’t understand the working of the acoustics. And second they do not know all the different parts which also have a bad influence on the sound and stage like the acoustics.

That is why they all do audio at the level of a child. And I can explain this why it is called the level of a child?

A child has a lot less experience and insight in many ’new’ situations compared to adults. When you have no idea about the properties you have no idea what you are doing. There is no effective foundation on which you select your audiosystem.

People believe that they can choose an audio system on personal taste by trial and error. I can proof and again on facts that this is bullshit. No person in the world will ever choose blind a system what is incomplete. This is based on how our emotion works.

Based on the fact that each single person will always choose the sound and stage what owns the most properties. And that these properties are filled in the right way.

By using Tru-Fi we also work on how the human emotion works. Both sound and vision is emotion. So you need to understand how the human emotion works regarding both sound and vision.

When an audiosystem owns more properties it is able to create a higher level in emotion for each single person. You will always choose the most emotional and intense sound you hear. People explain it as more attractive and intense during listening.

Beside this you need to understand how voices and instruments sounds in real and how big they are in proportion. It even goes furhter than that. Even a voice or instrument has a shape in the room where you audition it.

When you work that precise as we do, you can even hear the shape and right proportion of a voice or instrument like in real.

Tru-Fi is a control system that you use all the properties on which sound is being formed. And it proofs and shows that most systems are incomplete on properties.

We do a lot of research in both sound&vision all the time. And this for almost 20 years now. Tru-Fi makes you understand better how sound and vision is build and how it really works.

I started with sound when I was 6. I am addicted to music, so you want to be able to experience music as realistic as possible. I have done thousands of tests (many thought that this was a joke) in almost 20 years now.

For me music and sound are the most addictive things in life. A born perfecionist nevers stops untill he dies. I can improve sound and vision each 2 months over and over agian.

The thousands of tests gave me a photographic memory in sound. This makes it very easy to understand if a new situation is better than the old one.

I am looking for an improved level all the time. Both sound and vision are a lot more complex than people can imagine. You need to know exactly all the properties and all the parts who have a bad influence on both sound and vision.

This makes me able to understand what I hear and see. When you know all the parameters you can improve both sound and vision all the time by doing tests. It makes it so much easier to understand.

Audioquest owns all the different properties of sound and fill them in the right way. But I also found out that their conditioners are not complete. And it proves for me that the person who created it, does not understand all the properties on which sound is being based on.

Ricred1 bought a Fire and was amazaed how much better it was than his Wireworld. This can easily be explained. It owns more different properties. His speakers are able to reveal all part on which sound is based on.

Most people have no idea that they own an audiosystem what is incomplete. But Tru-Fi can easily proof it and even based on facts. People always understand what we mean and what is missing.

We don’t sell separate products, we create sound by Tru-Fi. I will never help any person anymore who owns 2D loudspeakers. This is based on thr fact that no person in the world will ever become happy and satisfied with this system.

And you know why?

Because we humans hear sound in a 3D spectrum. So it would be even insane to listen to music in a 2D spectrum what over 99% do in the world.

We brought many many people since 2009 from 2D image to a 3D image. They have one thing is common.

Thye use their systems so much more and frequently. Many call their systems addictive. That is what music can do when your system can reveal all the information of a recording.

@bo1972  Out of curiosity, what exactly is the cable architecture that makes the audioquest cables so good, in your view? 
This is no trick question, I'm very curious and very much into cable DIY and am sincere in my questions.

I think even the more affordable will be great. It is the used technique and design what makes them so much better than the older ones.

The older ones where not good enough, because there were better ones. The only thing what I liked about them was that they owned the right properties.

No,

I get what you're saying, but everyone can't afford the Audioquest power cords that you are referring to. So what you're saying is mute to so many of us.

People forget that differences between cables are a lot bigger than they think. You only can understand the DNA of a cable, when you can extract all the different properties of sound.

When you would use an audio system what is able to reveal all the different properties you can find in music and sound there are many cables where you will even loose properties of sound and music.

What we do is let people listen to a system what can reveal all the properties compared to systems which are incomplete and misses different properties. By focussing property by property people can easily understand what is missing

Audio only can be controled and guided when you are aware of all the properties of each individual part in your audio system. When you cannot do this, audio is just one big gamble. Based on the fact that you have no idea which properties you take out when you change an amp, cable, source, or loudspeaker. And when you have no idea which properties you bring in when it will be replaced by another amp, cable, source or loudspeaker.

The Dragon powercables are using silver. Both the Wild and Wel showed the same kind of limitations based on the fact that it usses silver.

Silver is for powercables often not the right material. It works different than silver in interconnects and loudspeakercables.

Even Jim Aud says that copper works a lot better for powercables than silver. He only sells one pure silver powercables based on the fact that clients asked for it.

Both Wel and Wild did not convince in any test I did. The Dragon will be superior to the Wel like it is a dinky toy. Audioquest can create stunning powercables for the first time ever.

This is a great achievement. The conditioners I don’t like based on the fact that they showed not to be complete in properties. I said to Audioquest Europe that they should invite the person who created them.

I can easily explain and demo why it is incomplete. It is very simple like 1 and 1 is 2. Each person with a normal hearing will understand it.

jafant,

Thanks. The Audience AU24 SX is a neutral cable that does everything very well in my system. I highly encourage anyone seeking new speaker cables to give them a listen. I will post my thoughts about the Clarus Crimson speaker cables on Saturday.

Looking forward in reading about your comparisons between the Audience and Clarus Crimson.
Happy Listening!

I’m sticking with my Wireworld power cords. I’m sure Audioquest power cords are fantastic, but way more money than I would allocate for a power cord. I’ve changed my interconnect cables from Wireworld Platinum to Audioquest Fire and love the results. I’m listening to speaker cables now and will choose between Audience AU24 SX and Clarus Crimson. After changing speaker cables I’m officially done changing equipment.

I just swapped out the WEL 20A cables on my monoblocks for the AQ Dragon HC, no comparison -- now the HC Dragon is twice the price of the low power Dragon, and four times the Hurricane -- sounds as if the Hurricane if it delivers half of what the Dragon does is a stone cold bargain

The Dragon HCs are so much more detailed and dynamic than the older WELs it's as if you have gotten a completely new amplifier

I wil write a review of the Hurricane this week. First it will got to Audioquest to be checked. It will not be negative at all.

2 weeks ago we compared it in an audiosystem of a friend of mine. We compared it with the AQ NRG-1000 and Purist Audio Aqueous 2008.

Mann this is a different world. A few years ago we compared the AQ Wild powercable against the same Purist Audio Aqueous 2008. The Purist was the clear winner that time.

But the Hurricane doens’t even take the Aqueous seriously. It laughs at it and asks if it needs to take this cable serious and as a real competitor.

I was already very surprised with the Hurricane. But now even more. I will write in details why it is that different and unique.

Even compared to the NRG-1000 the differences are rather huge. The NRG-1000 was my favorite AQ cable. The Hurricane is in a different league.