My cat tore up my Virtual Dynamics Power 3...

[fishski13]

the Power 3 is a super quiet PC with a warm, groovy, punchy sound with excellent dynamics to boot. maybe a bit too laid back for some, but i'm really enjoying it with my Cayin HA-1A. i have some DIY PC supplies from vhaudio.com coming tomorrow - we'll see.....

btw, as far as the quality of VD's construction goes, it's the equal of any in the cable manufacturing business i've encountered. i have a tom cat that i think could take on a tornado (it kills nasty squirrels on a regular basis), but has no inerest in the hi-fi room other than a nap. i'd hate to see what it could do to my Power 3. Tech-Flex is pretty to look at, but.....

PACE

[Hopstretch]

I have to say, as a noob here, that reading this thread from front to back was a bit like watching "Saving Private Ryan." Started with a real bang, and the make-up at the end wasn't at all convincing.

[LawnGnome]

It is sad to think that people as naive to buy these cables, actually have the money to buy them.

[Dzjudz]

I haven't read the whole thread, only the first and last page. I have one question:

how did it go from "oh my god how can they charge $$$ for $15 worth of components" to "well, actually, it kinda is worth all the $$$ IMO and it does sound better than other $$$ cables"????

Edit: so I'm reading through the thread now. I just want to say: wow, it looks like bigshot is one of the few with a clue and some common sense and decency. Virtual Dynamics themselves concede that their cables are nothing more than what was posted in the OP and go on defending their prices on the basis that 'they can' (Example in post #69 by Acoustic Chef: "The Basic and Power 3 tell the story of how you can take the simplest wire and by simply applying even sandblasting metal to the surrounding wire you can turn the once $50 cable into a $5000+ cable."). Then he goes on saying that "we don’t make a cent off them anyway". How can you not make money off a cable you made for $15 and sold for $5000? This behaviour shocks me.

Originally Posted by markl

I have purchased every VD cable I've owned. I wait for their sales to buy cheap or I buy them used on audiogon.

Define 'cheap'.

[pompon]

You can pay a lawyer to poursuit them if you want.

[bigshot]

The answer to that is the core of the whole debate over cables, Dzjudz. It seems that even the obvious isn't obvious enough sometimes.

I appreciate your note of support. Thanks.

See ya
Steve

[bugmenot2]

It's hard to tell from these photos, but believe me, these are some serious cables with some seriously fine build quality. They ain't cheap, but they look and feel like their price tag.

From here: Virtual Dynamics Genesis 1.1 RCA ICs and Power Cable: Impressions and Review

LOL

Just to show you how some people overrate some cables (monster cables anyone?)

[cyanbomb]

I was considering parting with my hard-earned cash to buy a VD Testament-series interconnect... now I'm going to do a -lot- more research before buying any interconnect, and I doubt I'll be buying VD. I feel a tinge of regret though... the cables look beautifully constructed on the outside, and I like pretty things!

Can anyone recommend an interconnect that sounds great, and is genuinely well-constructed?

[manaox2]

Originally Posted by LawnGnome

It is sad to think that people as naive to buy these cables, actually have the money to buy them.

Did you get just bored after no one replied to this dead horse for two weeks? Why did we relight this steaming pile exactly?

[Dzjudz]

Originally Posted by manaox2

Did you get just bored after no one replied to this dead horse for two weeks? Why did we relight this steaming pile exactly?

If I may reply for him: well, for the benefit of people such as cyanbomb (the poster above you), who was alerted to this thread because it was revived and that probably saved him/her a lot of grief.