ai0tron
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Well, I just got the audioquest corals from jude. Thanks to him for mailing them priority rather than the standard fair and packing the cables safely within. So far the sound is good. I will be comparing them to my bettercables interconnects for the next couple of days.
My initial impressions:
Compared to my bettercables they are less tubey, less rich, and less open in the midrange. However, the treble frequencies are more extended and more natural. The bass is much tighter and more musical. I realize now that the bettercables would give solid state a tubey sound and tubes a VERY tubey sound. This tubeyness I seem to have fallen in love with. We will see if the audioquest cables can earn a place above my bettercables. Keep in mind that the bettercables retail for a mere $40 and the audioquest corals go for about $130 (I paid $90). So far it seems to be a question of accuracy over enjoyment factor. I really enjoy the bettercables rich open mids but their disturbing lack of highs makes for limited listening choices and a piano thats so sweet the temptation to turn it up is almost unbearable... This tends to make my ears ring after about 10 minutes of listening. The audioquest cables having much more extended highs that make me turn the volume down a bit but the mids just don't have that magical quality they do with the bettercables... So I will go listen and compare.
My initial impressions:
Compared to my bettercables they are less tubey, less rich, and less open in the midrange. However, the treble frequencies are more extended and more natural. The bass is much tighter and more musical. I realize now that the bettercables would give solid state a tubey sound and tubes a VERY tubey sound. This tubeyness I seem to have fallen in love with. We will see if the audioquest cables can earn a place above my bettercables. Keep in mind that the bettercables retail for a mere $40 and the audioquest corals go for about $130 (I paid $90). So far it seems to be a question of accuracy over enjoyment factor. I really enjoy the bettercables rich open mids but their disturbing lack of highs makes for limited listening choices and a piano thats so sweet the temptation to turn it up is almost unbearable... This tends to make my ears ring after about 10 minutes of listening. The audioquest cables having much more extended highs that make me turn the volume down a bit but the mids just don't have that magical quality they do with the bettercables... So I will go listen and compare.