Anybody tried 20th Anniversary Purist cables?

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I haven't read this entire thread for a while, but the one thing that surprises me is that Purist, a company I've long respected as making excellent, neutral products, is selling a special edition version of its cables that appears to be anything but neutral. I know that cable manufacturers have "house sounds" we can expect from them by virtue of their construction methods, the dielectric used, etc. (in the case of Cardas, there are different flavors), and that a truly neutral cable in all applications is never going to completely exist, but my past experience with Purist products led me to believe that their goal, by virtue of their proprietary jackets on the cable to eliminate outside interference and the use of special alloy wire, was to provide as neutral a connection between components as they could. Is this "colored" cable an abberation or an intentional design choice?

Realistically Rcprince
, until there is a reasonably substantial body of reports on Aqueous Anniversary cables that are completely broken in, it will be difficult to define exactly the sound of these new wires.

my past experience with Purist products led me to believe that their goal, by virtue of their proprietary jackets on the cable to eliminate outside interference and the use of special alloy wire, was to provide as neutral a connection between components as they could. Is this "colored" cable an abberation or an intentional design choice?
Rcprince (Reviews | Threads | Answers)

Are you referring to the Aqueous Anniversary Contego? My experience with the Aqueous interconnects is that they are more neutral than the Venustas.

I suppose this all depends on which PAD product one chooses as being representative of a neutral sound.

Furthermore, if the Dominus interconnect or speaker cable are the chosen neutral cable, then the universe of those who have owned these will be fairly small, and the experiences of those of us with knowledge of Venustas, Museaus, or Aqueous will be of little value in this discussion.

Purist uses silver for most of their better cables, and some are a silver gold alagam. Purist are one of the best made cables I have ever seen. I have tried DIY cables and have been unimpressed. Mapleleafs3 is well aware of this information, yet he insists his 'european cat 5 is the best cable in the world.
He has sent me about ten or fifteen of the most obscene e-mails arguing this point for the last few weeks, but ultimately admitted cat 5 sounds like crap.
I have the brocure from purist. It takes about 180 hours to make a pair of their cables according to the manufacturer. The terminations and shielding materials are the best I've ever seen. I haven't seen every cable made, but I have done shoot-outs with friends which have used Cat, Kimber, Cardas, Monster, and Purist. The Purist simply sounded the best.