I have just recieved the black boxes from Aether (Bob Smith) and initial impressions are quite favorable.
I think what they seem to do is very similar to the bybee golden goddess speaker bullets which I have owned.
They provide a blacker background, a smoother but no less detailed presentation....to me and in my system, and like most good equipment I have experienced, they seem to provide the illusion of slowing things down but you realize all the leading edge transients are maintained along with a very natural decay it is just so well articulated that some of the "stress" of listening is removed...very engaging and allows one to hear more into the recording!
I have only had mine for a few days so these are initial impressions but I think these are worth a listen.
I do have the same question about the difference between the Nuforce and the Aether....I suspect the Aether is better built and perhaps uses better internal wiring (I know the Aether uses the good Mundorf stuff but am not sure what is used in the Nuforce) Due to the collaboration with Aether and Nuforce I imagine the core technology is the same or very similar...but this is all speculation so I am interested to hear from someone who may actually know.
Good Stuff in any event and Bob Smith seems to have hit on something here.
I think what they seem to do is very similar to the bybee golden goddess speaker bullets which I have owned.
They provide a blacker background, a smoother but no less detailed presentation....to me and in my system, and like most good equipment I have experienced, they seem to provide the illusion of slowing things down but you realize all the leading edge transients are maintained along with a very natural decay it is just so well articulated that some of the "stress" of listening is removed...very engaging and allows one to hear more into the recording!
I have only had mine for a few days so these are initial impressions but I think these are worth a listen.
I do have the same question about the difference between the Nuforce and the Aether....I suspect the Aether is better built and perhaps uses better internal wiring (I know the Aether uses the good Mundorf stuff but am not sure what is used in the Nuforce) Due to the collaboration with Aether and Nuforce I imagine the core technology is the same or very similar...but this is all speculation so I am interested to hear from someone who may actually know.
Good Stuff in any event and Bob Smith seems to have hit on something here.