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Straightwire Virtuoso, cut open!

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Posted on July 20, 1999 at 06:54:04
Bob Neill


 
A correspondent of mine in New Zealand has heard that cutting the plastic coating off of SW Virtuoso improves it significantly. Anybody else heard of this? Apparently the covering is there for protection but once you're system's set up, getting rid of it does indeed help...

 

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Re: Straightwire Virtuoso, cut open!, posted on July 20, 1999 at 08:31:10
John E


 
Bob,
Isn't that as illegal as cutting the tag off a mattress? We all like better sound, but is it worth being locked up in a tiny cell with a guy named Bubba?


John

 

Re: Straightwire Virtuoso, cut open!, posted on July 20, 1999 at 11:01:34
Bob Neill


 
Exactly the same. I cut the tag off my mattress and immediately the sleep got better. Just goes to show, something.

 

Re: Straightwire Virtuoso, cut open! LOL (nt), posted on July 20, 1999 at 12:21:01
John E


 
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Cut it ALL THE WAY for best sound! :-), posted on July 20, 1999 at 19:49:08
Hyperion


 
I think the idea behind this wonderful idea is to deliberately sabotage the cables so that you either end up accidentally cutting the whole cable, or making it look very ugly, that either way you end up buying much better cable shortly. :-)

Since you like to take pot shots at CJ, I might as well return the favor. :-) But I am not doing this to irritate you. Believe me, I am doing you a big favor. I HATE the Virtuoso - whether platinum or gold. (and there is no bias against the brand or designer, since I used to like the Maestro, and I used to own a bunch of David Salz's Wireworld stuff) It is a master in choking up the music (and yup, so-so bass too). Virtuosos are very famous here because nobody wants em - they are even given away as gift for FREE! (no kiddin) Give yourself a big pat on the behind, and try other cables to hear what I am talkin about.


 

Re: Cut it ALL THE WAY for best sound! :-), posted on July 21, 1999 at 06:15:49
Bob Neill


 
This is your second shot at Virtuoso; maybe I should pay heed. The first time you will only willing to say it was "long in the tooth," if I remember rightly. When I bought the SW, around 5 years ago, it beat out a lot of other cables based mainly on its openness from top to bottom. But I agree that times have changed. I have replaced my Virtuoso interconnects with SPM but haven't gotten to the speaker wire yet; was hoping to put it off a while longer -- hence my willingness to try the 'knife tweak.' So, we'll see. I plan to use speaker cable as 'the final tweak.' Thanks for your well meant (and second) wake up call.

Neill

 

thoughts on Maestro II?, posted on July 26, 1999 at 13:50:04
Andy


 
Hyperion, was the Maestro you used to listen to the Maestro II? If so, what's your opinion? I have an opportunity to purchase some and am thinking seriously about it. Believe me, this (or anything) will be an improvement over the current stuff (don't ask). Thanks.

 

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