I had been using one Argento Serenity Reference and one Serenity SE interconnect.In my opinion these cables are the best in the world. Two weeks ago I compared my Serenity SE interconnect with a Stealth Indra in a friend's house (his system is a Weiss Medea/Wavac 805/Verity Sarastro setup) and I found the Serenity having a more neutral and balanced sound.Its soundstage was less extended than Indra's but if you try the Serenity Reference line you achieve that effect.
Last week I sold both my interconnects and ordered the new Flow interconnects together with the Flow speaker cable... I heard that they are amazing but I will report my experience once I receive them.. |
First of all we all express our personal opinions here. In my opinion even the Serenity SE is better than Stealth Indra in terms of tonality and neutrality. Indra sounds like it has a peak in 4 KHz that makes it irritating for my ears in the long term. That is probably the reason you see so many Indras sold in the second hand market.
If the Serenity SE performs like that then I imagine the Argento Flow will eliminate any possible competition. People in Honk Kong (check the Audioexotics Forum)have compared the new Argento Flow with Stealth Indra, Jorma Design Prime and Siltech G6. They said all the other cables didn't stand a chance against the Argento Flow. And these guys have some super systems.... |
I was the only one that preferred the Argento because the other two guys are deaf!!! |
If it is the Audioexotics owner's reviews then you are right that they might be biased. I am more interested in the reviews written by the users of the products imported by Audioexotics... They pay to buy these products like the rest of us... |
Don't worry my friend these two guys are my friends!! One of them is Argyro that replied to my previous comments!
Basically I was kidding and was trying to tease him!!! |
I know because I wanted to post in this forum. Unfortunately you must request a username and a password. Does this mean that the customers of the Audioexotics cannot have an opinion about the products they use? Don't you think that the Audiogon users that post their opinions about the products they use are doing exactly the same ? I am sure that if these guys are not happy with the Argento or nay other products they won't post any positive comments about them... |
You are right but Audioexotics built their forum for their customers so they don't care if I or someone else is looking into it. It is used for these guys to exchange info among themselves. It is not their fault if someone else is reading it. I always read these forums with the proper caution but I really believe that is a useful information tool for products that are considered quite "esoteric" and are not so much advertised in the International press. |
I bought two of the latest Flow interconnects (the speaker cable will follow soon). and had the chance to compare it with the Serenity Master Reference. I can assure you that the previous flagship doesn't even come close to the performance of the Flow. The difference is dramatic. It is like you could hear the cables before and now you feel that there is no cable anymore. The Serenity Master Reference sounds compressed compared to the Flow. I cannot even imagine how the Flow Master Reference would perform... |
The system I am planning to build will combine the Tidal Piano Cera with the Argento Flow cables. I believe they are perfect partners and these are the combinations that both Tidal and Argento use for their own reference systems... |
I have only listened the Sunray and the diamond tweeter is out of this world. But I believe that the Cera is better value for money and you can always upgrade it to a Diacera later... |
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Very very good. In my system it was almost impossible to distinguish between a Stealth Indra and an
old Argento Reference interconnect with the Eichmann bullets termination |
I have heard the BNC. Simply the best (but 4000 Euros for a digital cable sounds a bit too much) |
Before the Flow I was using the Echole Obsession interconnect and speaker cable and the Argento Serenity Reference interconnect |
Regarding the KS Elation I cannot comment because I haven't heard them. But the latest Argento are really good. |
Musical Artisans according to their website |
Murataltuev,
Yes, Flow are night and day compared with the Echoles I had. Actually the Argento Serenity SE was much better than Echole.
I haven't tried the Odin but I can tell you that the Valhalla is a joke compared to the Organic Audio interconnect (by Argento) that costs around 600 Euros. There are a couple of people saying that the Organic is better than the Odin but if I don't hear it myself I cannot confirm anything. |
That would be very interesting comparison. Please let us know about your findings... |
Tbg,
a couple of people I know have Synergistic cables (mostly the previous series though ) because they are sold here in Greece. I also know that many people prefer the SR Apex to Stealth Indra. I am pretty confident that the Flow (not even the Flow Master Reference) easily outperforms the Stealth Indra but then again this is my personal opinion. Time will tell...
I hope that I won't see Argyro switching from Stealth to Atgento Flow when he buys his Contrivas!!!! These speakers will show no mercy.... |
It is probably because Argento 's latest line doesn't have any real competition...
When you see in Munich High End Show two of the best speakers manufacturers in the world (Tidal and YG Acoustics) using Argento FMR in their system you can get an idea of what is really going on... |
Ozy,
did you try the XLR Argento FMR interconnects or the RCA version? I heard some reports that the XLR versions sound a bit funny in some systems before they really break in properly. I noticed the same in Munich when the same system exhibited a totally different sonic signature after a couple of days of breaking in... |
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Hflook,
could you please report back your impressions after 100 hours of burning in the cables? I have personal experience with the dramatic change you experience with these cables... |
Ozy,
the reason that I was very impressed by the Argento Flow was that I could not identify any particular character in these cables and that was a first after a series of listening different (very expensive ) cables. I could identify a certain character in almost all cables but not in Argento and that was what I was looking for...
I repeat to all potential listeners... Beware of the Argento FMR XLR interconnects... They can sound very unnatural if they are not properly broken in... |
