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Originally posted by squirt
Well it seems i don't get around these parts nearly enough...i only heard recently the long awaited Stephan Audioart cable for the AKG K1000 has been out already and there was an introductory price for head-fi members...looks like i missed the boat on this one 
...perhaps someone could post a review of this cable? |
Got mine yesterday and have been listening to it for about 6 hours. The AudioArt cable does not really connect properly to speaker terminals of my ASL AQ-1005DT amp; i.e., the cable spades are not large anough to fit over the terminals. I had to stick one side of each cable spade into the holes of the speaker terminals. I connected both the AudioArt cable and the standard K1000 cable to same speaker terminals in order to get a quick A to B comparison of their sound. At the beginning the sound from the AudioArt cable was lacking in the high frequencies. It sounded kind of flat and lifeless. But, now after about 6 hours of use it sounds much better. When I now switch from one cable to the other, I can no longer hear any difference between them. I hope that the AudioArt cable will sound better than the standard K1000 cable after the recommended 72 hour break-in period. I am in contact with Stefan AudioArt regarding the problem of fittng the cable spades over the speaker terminals of the ASL amp. It's worth noting that HeadRoom Corp. recommends this amp. for the K1000, so I hope that the fit mismatch is resolved.
