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Re: Jena Labs Valkyre Cable

Posted by Quint (D) on March 3, 2007 at 13:39:17

In Reply to: Jena Labs Valkyre Cable posted by Cleop on March 3, 2007 at 11:04:59:

Hi, Cleop:

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I personally don't hear that "diffuseness" you speak of—maybe it's a system-interaction thing—but I do agree that, compared against some other cables, the Jenas can seem a tad "soft" and "fuzzy." That quality threw me at first, but when I had done enough listening and comparing, I came to realize that, in fact, the Jenas were portraying musical events so much more naturally and realistically, without any artificial sweetening or hyping, that they could come across as diffuse or "billowy" when judged against cables that added a little "zip" in the mids and highs.

FWIW, I owned most of the cables you mentioned, including the Silversmith Palladiums, Shunyata Andromedas, and VH Symmetrys. Both the Symmetrys and Silversmiths, to my ears, add a bit of edge and accentuation to transients and the highs, which, in my experience, can lead to the impression of increased clarity. (The Andromedas, on the other hand, seem a bit sucked out on top.) The Jenas don't do that, but I still hear all the detail (and more) that I heard from these other cables, just without the edge and bite.

BTW, I just arranged for an audiophile acquaintance of mine to send me a pair of his Zeros in the next few weeks. I plan to A-B them against the Dreamdancers, and will report my findings ASAP.

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