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Anybody have a suggestion as to where I might find a 1M balanced (XLR) pair of these German-made cables (by HMS elektronik) in the U.S.? I'd be deeply appreciative. New or used.
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Found something just as good, IMO. Actually found it on AA classifieds. A pair of Paul Laudati's Clear Day balanced interconnects. I've compared them with the pair of HMS Gran Finale ICs I already have, and as far as I'm concerned there's no point in continuing to obsess over the HMS stuff. As ever, Paul is a joy to deal with.
It didn't hurt that the Clear Days were about 1/4 the cost of the HMS :-)
Dave-
as you know, I am a "cable"guy. I would be interested in reading abour cables/cords that you have owned in the past, present & future...
I appreciate your interest, but I'll have to think about that for a while.
I am looking forward to your list- Dave.
I remember those. There was a guy named Tekunda out of Florida who sold them here in the US. Do a search for Tekunda here in the forum.
Oh yeah, I remember it well. Tekunda (Christian Brouwer) had a long-running search for the "best-sounding cables" here on AA, found the HMS Gran Finale to be his personal holy grail and then, wonder of wonders, became the U.S. HMS importer. This generated a small-scale hue and cry about his and the wires' credibility, and in the ensuing flap, HMS pulled the line from him At least that's the way I remember it.
They ARE great cables, IMHO, having heard exactly one pair of the things.
Yeah, I know you didn't ask for an opinion about them, but here it goes anyway.
Thankfully, was able to get rid of them without losing money.
As I recall, I paid $450 for used balanced set - and in used prices, in my opinion, it's nowhere near what I would call a good value. "Meh" was my impression. The impedance matching circuit is a useless gimmick, too.
... my experience has been different. I've had a pair for some 6 years and never found their equal, thus have been shifting it from the CD/linestage link to the phonostage/linestage link and this is really getting tiresome. Never bothered with the impedance matching circuit. I'd be interested to know what you replaced them with.
I can only find new from Europe. HiFiPhonoHouse and Amazon.DE 1,541 Euros a set.
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Thanks so much, Earl. I'd like to find a pair in the U.S. before attempting to buy from Germany, but it's a definite fall-back in case I fail.
I tried as many search tricks as I could but nothing domestic new or used. At least that site can be viewed in English. Good luck!
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