Cable Asylum: REVIEW: Tekline Tekline Silver Cable by alexi

Model:	Tekline Silver
Category:	Cable
Suggested Retail Price:	$ 400
Description:	Silver speaker wire
Manufacturer URL:	Tekline
Manufacturer URL:	Tekline

Review by alexi ( A ) on April 30, 2004 at 15:26:25
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After going through so many different speaker cables I was given a suggestion to try silver cable for use with my low powered SET amp (8 watts). What a revelation ! I have used silver speaker cable before on other systems I had in the past and I did not care for it much due to the tizzy, metallic sound you can get. In retrospect, I will attribute this to bad synergy in my "then" system. So I was given this Tek Line silver cable to try as an after thought along with some other cables. Keep in mind I have tried about five other well known brands of cable, all of which were very good but probably not meant for use in low powered applications due to capacitance or inductance constraints or whatever the restraints are when using a SET amp.

Quoting Handel's Messiah "ALLELUJA ! ALLELUJUA" , . Again, what a revelation. Perhaps I should have really investigated silver cable early on and I would have saved myself a lot of trouble and not to mention money.
My very capable amp (surprisingly for 8 watts) began to really sing. Apparently, it was teaching me a lesson or just being coy, but I could finally hear a natural, smooth, grainless presentation. The voices sounded so natural (organic you might say), and acoustic and string sounds were sweet and warm without any falsness. I was thouroghly impressed after having spent much more money on other well known cables. Here I was kind of feeling guilty that I only paid about a relatively low $ 400. It just leaves me to wonder how this cable got by without too much notice. It truly does wonders for my system even when it comes to the low end frequencies which tend to be constricted when it comes to silver. I must mention that I could finally hear some depth coming from my system. Something that was difficult to achieve before. I must say, I am more than a little pleased by this cables performance.

Product Weakness: Bass could be a little deeper but not a showstopper when you consider I am only using 8 watts.
Product Strengths: Natural and warm midrange. Upper frequencies executed quite well without that etchy tizziness found in most silver wire. Stage depth very good

Associated Equipment for this Review:
Amplifier:	Wavelength Audio Duetto
Preamplifier (or None if Integrated):	Belles 21A
Sources (CDP/Turntable):	Nottingham Spacedeck, Cary CD 303/200
Speakers:	Sonus Faber Concerto Home, Cain & Cain Abbys
Cables/Interconnects:	Cardas Cross, HT ProSilway II
Music Used (Genre/Selections):	Classic, Jazz, chamber, rock
Room Size (LxWxH):	16 x 14 x 8
Room Comments/Treatments:	Some absorbers against speaker walls
Other (Power Conditioner etc.):	Monster
Type of Audition/Review:	Product Owner

Product Weakness:	Bass could be a little deeper but not a showstopper when you consider I am only using 8 watts.
Product Strengths:	Natural and warm midrange. Upper frequencies executed quite well without that etchy tizziness found in most silver wire. Stage depth very good