Lately, I have been taking advantage of the opportunity to hear the Silkworm+, which I had requested John Prator to equip with Eichmann Copper Bullet plugs. After running the cable in for nearly 350 hours, I would like to share my listening impressions. First, what really "seals the deal" for me with this cable is its ability to render various tonal shades and shifts in timing and manner of expressiveness among instruments and instrumentalists with the sort of beauty and musicality that causes me to shake my head and smile. I also find its presentation avoids any tendency toward the analytical, and simply permits the music to flow with ease, openness and even elegance if it's in the mix. Especially noteworthy is the very significant minimization of unpleasant artifacts(mainly brightness)at macrodynamic levels, so that what I hear brings me that much closer to experiencing a live orchestral concert. Throughout the complete sound spectrum, hi fi-ishness or artificiality has no place with the Silkworm+. The degree of naturalness is ear opening. I detected nothing untoward either with separation and location of instruments, stage depth, width or height, all of which are quite important to me as a listener of mostly orchestral music. Further, I consider top and bottom end performance to be extremely fine. I feel delighted too with the rendering of realistic warmth in the lower strings, and the reproduction of the orchestra's power instruments...All things considered, I have every reason to feel the charms of the Silkworm+ will continue to unfold as things move on. If you haven't done so already, I recommend you invite this marvelous cable into your home. Not only do I consider it a superb instrument, but also feel its creator, John Prator, is an absolute pleasure to deal with. He impresses as a very likeable fellow, with a most engaging sense of humor. I'm confident he'll be very pleased to communicate with you, and I daresay there's a very good chance you'll be quite pleased with what he will offer for your musical enjoyment.
