|
Audio Asylum Thread Printer Get a view of an entire thread on one page |
For Sale Ads |
[ Asylum Support ] [ Rules ] |
Model: | Flavor 4 |
Category: | Cable |
Suggested Retail Price: | $169 (4 ft.) |
Description: | 9 AWG Cryoe'd Power cable |
Manufacturer URL: | VH Audio |
Review by Victor_h (A) on October 08, 2005 at 00:42:52 IP Address: 129.188.33.223 | Add Your Review for the Flavor 4 |
All VH fans, I' m from China, I would like to thank all predecessors for their listening experience shared for the VH Flavor 4 here before and it was just depended on these comments that I made the decision to purchase 3 Flavor 4 Cryoe'd ones in the first and late order. And these are just jewelleries which make my system more sparking now.My aural upgrading experience began with the Coincident CST IC replacing the original Ecosse CA1, the results were more detail, focus, dynamic and clear sounding with easy-touched depth and breadth in all frequency. However I still felt the sonic was some insipid and, sometimes, crisp -- little lush, colourful, and most of important, little aggressive dynamic and punchy while playing the orchestra masterpieces with lower-middle volume level.
Things are changed after these Flavor 4 cables were introduced and the results are far exceeding my expectation. I get all my expected things now especially with more sonic dignity, excellent timber and vigour, while playing the Tchaikovsky' s1812 Overture and Richard Strauss' s Also Sprach Zarathustra. The sounding field is very majestic and all the music instruments are well located and focused with distinguished layers, there is more front-back distance between different music components and so all the sonic effect is more like embossment and very impressive. Vocal is also more juicy and really approaching the real life now as if the singer is just in the front of you. And what my wife said about these cables is, the sound is rather quiet and stable now, I could explain for her words it is a more mature sounding now than anytime before.
You know, totally more than 900 dollars isn' t a cheap expenditure and so it isn' t a easy decision for me to make such selection. But now, I could say, I 'm so satisfied and with no regret for the deal. These babies digged out the best potential performance of my system !
My system: Audiomeca Obsession CDP, YBA DT Integrated and JMLab 905 bookshelf speakers.
Cables: Ecosse ES2.3+CS2.15 bi-wire speaker cables and Coincident CST1 IC, Tsinghua Power conditioner and all Flavor 4 power cords -- 1 4ft. FURU Rhodium F4 for CDP, 1 5ft. Wattagate GOLD for Integrated and 1 6ft. FURU GOLD for the power conditioner.Thanks all, VH Audio, Audiomeca, YBA and JMLab. Oh! Also Coincident and Ecosse, I get the most wonderful high-end combos at such rather lower cost and it always bring the pure music like fresh air into my families' lives.
Product Weakness: | little to be noticed, may need to be shielded better for the ground, that' s great! |
Product Strengths: | Sonic dignity, excellent timber and vigour and great improvemnt for sounding in all frequency |
Associated Equipment for this Review: | |
Amplifier: | YBA Integrated DT |
Preamplifier (or None if Integrated): | None |
Sources (CDP/Turntable): | Audiomeca Obsession 1 |
Speakers: | JMLab 905 bookshelf |
Cables/Interconnects: | Coincident CST |
Music Used (Genre/Selections): | Pop, Classic, Vocal and Orchestra |
Other (Power Conditioner etc.): | Tsinghua GW05 Power Conditioner |
Type of Audition/Review: | Home Audition |
Follow Ups:
I have both the F4 and Airsine in my system. Though the F4 is plug against the wall socket to my PS Audio P500 powerplant, the effect is not as dramatic as what the airsine did to the overall system setup.The Airsine had replace what I had previously used Virtual Dynamics Power One, VDH mainstream and Gutwire PowerClef SQ. I can confidently say that the VH Audio Airsine takes the overall music to another stage. No need to elaborate, try it out and you won't give it back to Chris VH.
You are right and kind for your information, Kyoto. I had considered the Airsine and talked it with Chris, but as far as the whole investment for my system, the Flavor 4 seems be more appropriate now, so I selected the Flavor 4 at last. But I would still like to consider it again sometime later. Thanks!
You made a great choice per budget (or otherwise) ;-)
For supplement sharing of my experience, in my system, the bi-wire speaker cables Ecosse ES2.3+CS2.15 are combinedly used at the 2-way speaker side by jumper lugs. I find, by this way some bi-wire cables would get the highest performance than they are bi-wiring used seperatedly for the high and low end. I think the reason is simple, each wire has its individual merit, seperated usage would seperate their merits but combined method would consolidate their advantages. The result is perfectly matching the power cables and IC, more transparency, beautiful frequency response and airy for vocal.
Thanks, Duster. The highest P/C high-end is always my pursuing dream and logic.
This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors: