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In Reply to: RE: VH Audio posted by BenE on August 25, 2015 at 09:49:15
While not a finished product (not terminated by ChrisVH), I did extensive DIY experimentation with the original Pulsar coaxial cable by terminating it with a number of rca connectors, and found it to have excellent bass articulation and good detail, with a wide and open sounding soundstage, and good rendition of spatial cues. Its fine gauge OFC solid core copper center conductor with solid FEP Teflon dielectric allowed the the Pulsar to present a good sense of speed and low coloration due to minimal dielectric involvement. However, I find coaxial cables to be better suited for digital or video applications rather than line-level use which tends to be better served by a twisted pair or other symmetrical geometries.
The Spectrum Cu and Spectrum Ag were the first finished VH Audio interconnect cable products I experienced, and found the fine gauge solid core OFC copper unshielded twisted pair cable to share a common sonic signature or house sound vs. the Pulsar, but the Spectrum Cu provided a decidedly higher performance sonic signature vs. the original Pulsar. Furthermore, I found that I preferred the copper Spectrum Cu vs. the silver Spectrum Ag for a line-level application.
I once wrote in a Cable Asylum post:
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"To my ear, the Spectrum Cu presents a greater sense of refinement as compared to the Pulsar. It presents an even quicker and more transparent sonic signature, an even better sense of PRAT, a lowered noise floor, and is an overall more musical sounding cable. Its sonic signature is more organic, has a better fleshed out tonality (without sounding euphonic), and offers higher resolution timbral information (its tonal shadings are far more apparent), and the delineation of spatial cues is also superior. The Spectrum Cu sounds even more dynamic and detailed (both macro and micro). While bass articulation/pitch definition is one of the Pulsars strong points, the Spectrum Cu's bottom end is even better and goes deeper (the Spectrum Cu is a real bass champ). While also being a very nimble sounding cable, the Pulsar presents a somewhat more diffuse sound in comparison."
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The new V-Twist is a more advanced take on the Spectrum Cu, with a larger gauge OCC conductor vs. a fine gauge OFC conductor, and a more advanced geometry with superior resonance control. The V-Twist design covers all aspects of what makes an unshielded solid core OCC copper twisted pair interconnect cable preferable to other designs for line-level applications, IME.
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Duster I ordered the new symmetry IC's with the next ten WBT cu connection. Chris is going to make them up for me and ship Monday. Thank you for all your help.
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Great post, thanks. I see you use SS gear, Bryston I believe. I am now mainly using VTL tube gear -ST-150 6500 based amp and the 5.5 Si. II preamp. While not old school tubey sounding, it is still tubes and I'd like a highly resolving IC without it being sterile. Your description of the VH sounds very promising.
Thanks again
From an audiophile POV, I consider the gap between SS vs. tube gear to be no more profound than pure copper wire vs. pure silver wire. Listeners tend to seek the same sense of signal integrity and musicality from both, but each present different sonic signatures or flavors for listeners to choose from, based on component, system, and listener's tastes. Same notion applies to metal dome vs. soft dome, sealed vs. ported, full range vs. multi-way, etc...
I agree. I emailed Chris at VH Audio.
Thanks
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