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Posted on December 17, 2014 at 13:00:50 | ||
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Location: Oakland, Califonia Joined: May 30, 2001 |
I have been running an Audioquest Carbon USB cable (1.5m) from my macmini to my Wavelength Brick. I recently swapped it for a Mapleshade clearlink. All I can say it was a huge improvement- more balanced presentation, more energy at the top, and more dynamics, and it is still breaking in. So far there is a more balanced natural and crisper sound without compressed precussion. I since used the AQ Carbon to connect my PC to NAD 30120D in another room, and I must say the AQ has the same dark haze and compressed dynamics in certain frequencies that include the drums, which get reduced to a thump instead of a whack or a chest pounding beat. I am flabbergasted that such a colored underperforming product that sells for over $100 does not get called out in the media, |