Purist Proteus Provectus tonearm cable.

Hi it was the only change (so far- I have new speakers on the way).

I had both the Venustas and Proteus together for about 3 weeks. The Venustas sold recently. Went back and forth between the V and PP a few times. Even with the Proteus Provectus, brand new, unbroken in, and within 45 min off the fed ex truck it sounded better. I knew in the first 10 seconds it was special. A few weeks more it has just opened up more and improved. I suspect over a few more months it may improve/break in slightly more.

I have also heard this phono cable in another system. While I can't judge exactly on that system, the spatial clues and clarity are common signatures. He is also using a SME arm, so maybe some synergy their as well.

So, back to synergy, I am sure some of this is my system synergy. I have all 20th Anniverary, Dominus Ferrox, downstream. And any change at the front end is just magnified in my system. I think this was my "weakest link" at the moment that I fixed and allowed my system to perform at a much higher level.

Proteus Provectus is about $4k list in the din to rca version I have.

This is my opinions and everyone has their own. But I honestly love this phono cable. It's not big and heavy like the Dominus or 20th anniversary, very slightly larger that the Venustas, about the same weight.

Hope that helps a bit...

Yes,it helps and will be much appreciated by a close friend,with deep pockets,and a non stop quest for the "N'th" degree of fabulosity! -:)

Enjoy your great stuff

Sirspeedy: you know I've been thinking (and listening :) re: my 3-4x comment. 2.5-3x is easily correct. 4x is just excitement on my part.

Not sure this changes much, but just thought I'd reply here.

Thanks, if you ever make it to Austin, stop by!

Hey,Jfrech....Funny thing is....some years back I was working for a corp that had it's training fascility in Austin....As a consequence,the mayor gave all of the 'trainees"(myself included)a KEY to the city of Austin.

I never knew what to do with it -:)

Best

Thanks JFrech for the update. The veiling was indeed my experience with the Venustas and Dominus phono cables but the midrange bloom was great....especially with the Dominus. But once I auditioned the Stealth Hyperphono, it was very clear how dated these two Purist cables were. The Stealth made me aware of so much more clarity and extension and silence between the notes. I was stunned by how poorly the Purist cables sounded when I went back to the Dominus for one last listen. It sounds like the new Purist would be worthy of an audition.

Sirspeedy: I had the IC-70 for a month several months ago. This was a major disappointment as I had high hopes for this cable. Compared to the less costly Silver Audio Silver Breeze, the IC-70 was grainy, dimensionally flat and had a mediocre extension on top. It was a no-go with the Graham 2.2 and Zeta with Clearaudio Accurate, Koetsu RWS and a high output Sumiko Virtuoso. Like I said, quite a disappointment. If you have a friend with deep pockets, I suggest that the two of you give the Stealth a listen. I saw one sell here last week for $1900. It appears that this is inline with the cost of a new Provectus. This would be a worthwhile cable shootout one of these days.

John