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High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz

In December 2011,I wrote that High Fidelity cables led by cable designer Rick Schultz was putting together a new cable.The cable came to market as CT-1.The CT-1 has FINALLY made it into my system!I had obtained a version of the prototype that Rick had been working on.It blew my previous reference Genesis by Virtual Dynamics.I thought I had finally found my end with this cable.This prototype delivered to my ears "Nirvana".Could I be at the end of my quest for the ultimate sound?
No. I received two pairs of CT-1 to replace my prototypes.They went into the system this past Friday.Unable to dedicate time until Sunday listening,I stole a few moments,ducking away from company with anticipation.My guest could tell even with the music set for"ambiance"something was intriguing and I was in for a treat!
The experience:
First off,CT-1 was very user friendly.Installation was simple;the cable is very nice and light.The female RCA fit beautifully unlike any I had found in other cable.It was secure and reliable.It seemed much thought was dedicated to developing a designer fit to an aesthetically stunning RCA connector.Install entailed a few wiggles to ensure what seemed like a compression fit on my RCA.
It was 2-3 hrs. for the 1st step of break in to be complete.At that point I had something different!Today,although they only have 10-12 hrs. on them,I can`t put into words how much my system has transformed.Believe me,I loved my prototypes.However....there is simply no comparision.
The clarity and sound is so natural.
The soundstage is like nothing I ever heard.Resoulution is breathtaking and inner detail is simply hard to believe possible.
The sound has transended and now it simply does not seem as thought I have speakers.
My system is musicians playing music.
I am told with time they will improve and I trust that as it was revealed with the prototypes.I wanted to share my thoughts with you that now.
Unequivocally,a testament to High Fidelity,as the name declares.
High Fidelity Cables for me,the last word on it,after 12 hours!
Truly Amazing

Al
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If you go back to the beginning, you will find at least 30 or more people on this thread who claim to be HFC owners saying these cables are game changing.

So even if a few of them are plants, this thread has more actual user reports than almost any other cable thread on Audiogon.

Its true the last 20 pages of this thread have been dominated by the same 5 users, but that should not be something to hold against HFC or Rick Schultz, which is what some cable-bitten audiophiles are trying to do.
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lak
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Calvinj,
Thanks...
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ddraudt
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Hi All, thanks for keeping the thread going. Antics are amusing to some.
Information and personal experience are interesting to most.
Another Two audiophile friends stopped by to listen on their way thru town yesterday. They said that they never heard anything so flawless, pure and lifelike. I love showing off my system that was 35 years in the making.
High Fidelity Cables are the biggest improvement I've ever heard! Folks tell me often that they experience that too. Ones who have heard them.
The Music is on and I'm breaking in my upgraded HF URR power filter and before even any extra tweaking it excels. even more balance, speed, effortlessness, purity, realism! Shocking bass, so crisp clear and musical.
Never any smear, even in the most complicated passages. Words fall far short of the actual experience. 'the proof of the pudding is in the eating'.
So you would need to be putting HF cables in your system to know what we who have HF are referring to. ;-)
Sabai full disclosure, you are on the wrong thread buddy and only blog bugs would care what you would like. Full disclosure, you have issues with Rick is why you try in vane to make an impact here. But thanks for the amusement!! Good laugh!! hugs and kisses D
calvinj
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@everyone. We share experiences as audiophiles. I hope that if anyone has an opinion about how something sounds I know I appreciate it. I like when someone finds an item that they enjoy. I have found a few. Lol. I have also had some duds along they way. I will continue to enjoy what I have and share it with you. I make changes to my system and when I do I share what I think is good and what is not. I care about sound. If tin foil gets you there I'm happy for you. If an expensive cable gets you there then I'm happy for you. Earlier in this thread I thought that there was no way the upper high fidelity could be that good. Then a funny thing happened. "I HEARD THEM!!!. The reason I have them now is because I liked what I heard. You judge for yourself. Don't let anybody tell you what to like. I had a friend once and he would try to tell me what was good and what was not. However, I realized he never heard what he commented on and our taste were a little different. Do your own research. Hear what you can and decide based on that. #Hearing is believing!!!
tbg
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I use a BMC MCCI phono stage and agree with Fremer that it is the best or second only to the Ypsilon phono stage. But this piece requires XLR inputs. Of course there are not HFC cables with XLRs. For this reason, I had special adapters for conversion from SE to XLRs and finally did get HFC UR phono cables that displaced my Ikeda specially wired XLR cables.

Since the HFC cables, no doubt, will further breakin, all I can say at this time is that the Ikeda cables will not go back in. I had thought that my music server playing double DSD had closed the gap, but now that is absurd. It is not even close! I have long used Sinatra at the Sands with Count Basie as a test. I always thought it was an unusually good recording. It is indeed! Now I hear the reverb in the room and the Basie band even when they are not playing.

Of course other things in my system contribute to this, but these cables on phono are revolutionary in my experience.
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