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Anyone else tried the Acoustic Systems Liveline?

A pair of Franck Tschang's tuned interconnects (see Six Moons reviews) are still breaking in, in my system, but they have already "stomped" my Harmonic Technology Magic 2, HT Pro-Silway III+, and Van den Hul Orchid. While I don't have any at present, from memory I'd also say that they handily vanquish the Nordost Valhalla and Kubala-Sosna Emotion interconnects in my system. They are not HiFi spectacular, but are the most musical and least electronic sounding cables I've ever heard. Interestingly, several recording that have always sounded compressed and confused in spots, which I just attributed to the recording, are rendered cleanly for the first time with these cables and no other system changes.
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macdude
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Voice of dissension here. I had the ASIs and I didn't like what they did tonally to my system. Also, they have a "live" sound to them that I'm not sure I liked. I was speaking with another audiophile who had heard them and had the same impression.

After I left them in for awhile, my ears became more accustomed to them, but it still wasn't my preference.

I did find it wonderful as a digital cable and can recommend it for that application.

I remember Srajan Ebaen of 6moons unequivocally recommending them, but I wouldn't recommend buying these without an audition.
macdude
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Pani, I agree with your description of the Livelines. I find it funny that none of the professional reviews mentioned the tonality of the cable.
macdude
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Gotta agree with Pani on this one. Out of all the interconnects I've tried, the Livelines effect on my system was the strongest. It's not subtle at all. Definitely a must audition unless you are buying it used and can afford to resell it.
macdude
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Pani, how does the Crimson compare to the Silkworms and Yamamura?
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