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In Reply to: Do tell us more. posted by bjh on May 26, 2005 at 05:20:35:
First off, I returned the Tao to Steve as I had already found interconnects that I was completely in love with, these being the Xtreme Cables X2 and X5 offerings from Brian Kyle. Even though Steve knew that I was in infatuated with the Xtreme's he offered me a trial anyway to satisfy my curiosity.I auditioned the following balanced interconnects between my DAC and amps and settled on the Xtreme Cables X2 as the right choice for my setup.
VH Audio Pulsar
Grover/Wolff Empress
Xtreme Cables X2, X4, and X5
Q Audio TaoSteve's cable were notable in the resolution and soundstage/imaging categories as were the Grover/Wolff Empress. In the final analysis they did not provide enough weight to be completely satisfying in my lean leaning system. The Tao's bass performance was significantly better than the Empress' however. All of the cables mentioned offer exceptional performance. I haven't heard the new Empress offered my Michael Wolff. Grover Huffman wrote to me saying that he has solved the bass deficiencies that I had noted. The VH Audio Pulsar is an incredible cable as well, but fell slightly short in the resolution department when compared to the other three.
I have reconfigured my system supports, gaining additional weight in the process, so it would be interesting to see where the cables I rejected would rank now.
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Follow Ups
- My impressions... - Wellfed 10:08:30 05/26/05 (23)
- Thanks ... - bjh 10:26:33 05/26/05 (22)
- In the category of - rp1@surfnetusa.com 23:23:35 05/26/05 (18)
- Oh hey! Had a look at your Tao review posted over at CA ... - bjh 05:19:19 05/28/05 (7)
- Re: Oh hey! Had a look at your Tao review posted over at CA ... - rp1@surfnetusa.com 18:51:31 05/28/05 (5)
- Well ... - bjh 19:58:48 05/28/05 (4)
- Actually, what I hope - rp1@surfnetusa.com 22:14:04 05/28/05 (3)
- All good points, synergy, try it yourself, don't judge on $ alone, blah blah blah ... no argument, thanks for that. nt - bjh 23:39:23 05/28/05 (2)
- Hypergraphia. - Al Sekela 13:14:12 05/29/05 (1)
- Oh look, the Lord of Cable Lifters feels the need to pipe in. Perfect! LOL nt - bjh 13:28:13 05/29/05 (0)
- What do you mean by "as well"? [nt] - Wellfed 12:37:17 05/28/05 (0)
- Don't be so sure ... - bjh 07:36:18 05/27/05 (8)
- Re: Don't be so sure ... - Steve Eddy 10:36:55 05/27/05 (7)
- What you find interesting or infer from something - bjh 11:09:25 05/27/05 (6)
- Re: What you find interesting or infer from something - Steve Eddy 13:06:58 05/27/05 (5)
- Perhaps it - bjh 13:30:08 05/27/05 (4)
- Re: Perhaps it - Steve Eddy 14:14:57 05/27/05 (3)
- I see - bjh 14:33:02 05/27/05 (2)
- No, you don't. - Steve Eddy 16:14:29 05/27/05 (1)
- Sorry but while this latest twist and turn is mildly - bjh 16:59:54 05/27/05 (0)
- Re: In the category of - Steve Eddy 23:38:34 05/26/05 (0)
- Clarification... - Wellfed 11:36:02 05/26/05 (2)
- Apologetics are so unbecoming (better to have kept quite IMO) nt - bjh 12:40:51 05/26/05 (1)
- You asked... - Wellfed 20:17:23 05/26/05 (0)
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