Review: CH Technologies X15 power cord


Category: Cables

CH Technologies is owned by Craig Hampel in Champaign, Illinois. I've known Craig for about four years now. At the time I met him, Craig was working for Geoff Poor in Geoff's audio shop. As many people know, Geoff is a partner in BAT (Balanced Audio Technology).

I hadn't seen Craig for about a year when I sold my Wadia 581se CD Player to an Audiogoner also living in Champaign, Illinois. He told me that Craig had perfected his cable line and was now selling them. Dale's system sounded really good and Dale suggested that I try them. I was pretty busy and never got around to giving Craig a call.

About four months later, I sold my HRS SX rack to another Audiogoner in Champaign, Illinois. Tom has a Wadia 781i CD Player like I have, and he said that he was also using CH Technologies cables. He told me that I should call Craig and give them a try. This time I did.

Craig sent me two X15 power cords ($1,250.00 each) and one set of X10 interconnects ($2,100.00) and one set of X20 interconnects ($5,000.00). They took me completely by surprise! After all of the power cords and interconnects I've had ranging from $1,500.00 to $5,000.00, none do what Craig's power cords and interconnects do in my system.

The CH Technologies power cords and interconnects are the closest cables I've ever heard that don't have a sound at all. I heard more of music than I've ever heard coming out of my system, and it flows in the most natural state I've ever heard. I hear more minute details because it's so quiet. Along with this, those details seem to make every instrument sound more authentic than I've ever heard it in my system.

If you're looking to get closer to your music than you ever have before, I'd strongly recommend sendng Craig an email. Here's the email address of CH Technologies: c.hampel@comcast.net

Chuck

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krell_man
John,

I can't disagree with you. I don't know what the web designer was doing.

The only informative page is the "Philosophy" page. The "Products" page is lacking. It doesn't show the interconnects or speaker cables when you click there, and tells nothing about the cables themselves.

It's a shame, because these cables are the most special cables I've ever had in my system. They can't even be described because there's no sound that I can hear from them, only the components.

They're so nothing that I just spent $6,000.00 upgrading my Spectron amp, preparing it for the $12,000.00 upgrade I'm making to my Wadia S7i right now. I think that investing $18,000.00 in upgrading two components says quite a bit about the cables' ability to convey those upgrades.

Unfortunately, the website does nothing to convince someone to just take a little bit of time and audition the cables. Until they're actually heard, nothing anyone can say can do them justice. If you'll email Craig and audition the cables you'll see what I'm trying to say.

Chuck