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Post by Bigman80 on Mar 19, 2019 22:04:59 GMT
Anyone using their cables? Anyone tried them?
I’ve tried an interconnect but it was really bright. I’d like to try some speaker cable sometime though.
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Post by antonio on Mar 20, 2019 5:55:42 GMT
Never tried it Westie, don't really want to.
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Post by brian2957 on Mar 20, 2019 7:18:25 GMT
I've had their Shiva mains cable . It didn't last long in my system because I felt the music became unlistenable , felt like someone had adjusted the speed button to make the music faster . Such a weird sensation . I tried it in CD player and amp with the same result in both . Sold on Ebay .
Amazing construction though .
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Post by Bigman80 on Mar 20, 2019 8:04:15 GMT
That’s really interesting and makes me want to dabble. I might look for a bargain cable that I can move on easily.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2019 8:07:42 GMT
That’s really interesting and makes me want to dabble. I might look for a bargain cable that I can move on easily. A friend of mine had the red....something? I'll find the name. He claimed them to be unlistenable. Too bright, emphasis on leading edge. Never heard a set myself though. |
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Post by Bigman80 on Mar 20, 2019 8:31:41 GMT
That’s really interesting and makes me want to dabble. I might look for a bargain cable that I can move on easily. A friend of mine had the red....something? I'll find the name. He claimed them to be unlistenable. Too bright, emphasis on leading edge. Never heard a set myself though. Pretty much echoes my findings. I’m still intrigued by their clarity though. I just wonder if they were just revealing the true sound of my system back then. I can’t even remember what the system was tbh. |
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Post by Bigman80 on Mar 20, 2019 8:33:53 GMT
Never tried it Westie, don't really want to. I seem to recall you trying mk1 NVA TIS. That stuff turned out to be a Goretex cable. I liked it a lot. I think my current Black Rhodium is even better but you can never be sure unless you have both at once. It was damn good though, and has left me wanting to DIY with some Goretex cable. |
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Post by savvypaul on Mar 20, 2019 9:15:01 GMT
A friend of mine had the red....something? I'll find the name. He claimed them to be unlistenable. Too bright, emphasis on leading edge. Never heard a set myself though. Pretty much echoes my findings. I’m still intrigued by their clarity though. I just wonder if they were just revealing the true sound of my system back then. I can’t even remember what the system was tbh. I had a set of their flat ribbon speaker cables when they first came out - very bright. They might have changed, by now, I guess? |
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Post by pauld on Mar 20, 2019 9:21:30 GMT
The are highly overpriced (and that is coming from someone using not the cheapest cables myself). The problem is that Nordost sound thin and nasty and are really bad for the price. I tried some a while ago and my IXOS interconnects at the time were better and my Exposure speaker cable much better than their speaker cable.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2019 10:00:01 GMT
So Bright you have to wear Shades, no thanks.
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Post by pauld on Mar 20, 2019 10:02:31 GMT
So Bright you have to wear Shades, no thanks. Put them with Naim amps and speakers and you have something that could make chalk being scratched down a blackboard sound easier on the ear, LOL. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2019 10:29:10 GMT
 Had a girl friend like that once, fortunately she liked being gagged and handcuffed.
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Post by sq225917 on Mar 20, 2019 15:18:14 GMT
Owned some Frey RCA cable, made no difference.
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Post by pauld on Mar 20, 2019 16:24:01 GMT
Owned some Frey RCA cable, made no difference. Over what, Simon? I am guessing if you weren't using it at all you wouldn't be able to hear much at all |
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Post by Bigman80 on Mar 20, 2019 20:03:10 GMT
Had a girl friend like that once, fortunately she liked being gagged and handcuffed. Awesome post, I almost choked  |
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Post by antonio on Mar 21, 2019 6:26:19 GMT
Never tried it Westie, don't really want to. I seem to recall you trying mk1 NVA TIS. That stuff turned out to be a Goretex cable. I liked it a lot. I think my current Black Rhodium is even better but you can never be sure unless you have both at once. It was damn good though, and has left me wanting to DIY with some Goretex cable. Still have TIS cable in my NVA system, good stuff. I tried some Black Rhodium many years ago, as far as I remember, it was over blown in the bass. My brother has recently purchased some Townshend Fractal XLR interconnects, I will report back on these when they arrive. |
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Post by sq225917 on Mar 21, 2019 9:30:35 GMT
Owned some Frey RCA cable, made no difference. Over what, Simon? I am guessing if you weren't using it at all you wouldn't be able to hear much at all Over boggo red and whites that came with my CA 840c cd player |
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Post by pauld on Mar 21, 2019 9:47:02 GMT
Over what, Simon? I am guessing if you weren't using it at all you wouldn't be able to hear much at all Over boggo red and whites that came with my CA 840c cd player Not surprised, Nordost are crap. Try something better and you’ll possibly be surprised. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2019 17:12:22 GMT
Some folks love Nordost cables. My father had some of the Red Dawn stuff in 2007. Didn't sound bright to me. But as always, each to their own.
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Post by Bigman80 on Mar 21, 2019 18:19:33 GMT
Some folks love Nordost cables. My father had some of the Red Dawn stuff in 2007. Didn't sound bright to me. But as always, each to their own. S. This is kinda my tale on them. In a sympathetic setting I just wonder whether they’d come alive. |
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Had a girl friend like that once, fortunately she liked being gagged and handcuffed. 
