In Reply to: Re: Does anyone have experience with Chris V. Hot Box posted by George Hoenninger on October 18, 2003 at 09:00:34:
How’s that Persang/Soundstring comparison going? I ended up buying the new 30†pair of Persang IC’s even though they cost much more than I’d originally intended to spend.I recently had the opportunity to compare Ric Cummins’ cables to a borrowed pair of Valhalla’s, and I was surprised to discover that I preferred the Jaden Sig’s, and the Persang beat them both. For my tastes, the Valhalla’s were amazingly detailed (somewhat etched), but a little too hard, forward, and even slightly mechanical. I was expecting them to be the best IC’s known to man, given their reputation, but they struck me as slightly too hi-fi - more head than heart. I’m looking forward to hearing your impressions of the Persang and the Soundstrings.
Back on topic: In my system, the Hot Box tightens up the bass focus without diminishing its weight at all, but I haven’t tried it with my amp, which is plugged straight into the wall via an Acme outlet. I asked Chris about a different “flavor†Hot Box – maybe a flavor 2 cord, since I’m using it primarily for source components, but he said the modded flavor 4 was the ticket regardless of what it’s feeding.
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- Hey George… (somewhat OT) - Fretless 17:03:22 10/20/03 (0)