I have used / auditioned more cables than I can count and now use only Oritek interconnects in my system.
I had originally intended to use the Oritek for my cheap home theater but the manufacturer convinced me to compare to my reference interconnects. I was hesitant to even bother comparing because I spent lots of time and lots of money selecting interconnects. Simply put, I did not believe that the cheap Oritek's would compete with anything at the level I was already using - or even several levels below.
My reference interconnects were Siltech Compass Lake between my source and preamp followed by an NBS Monitor 0 IC between my preamp and amp. I picked that combo because they sounded the best in my system when used together. When used together, the Siltech and NBS were tonally correct - and seemed to provide the best balance of detail, involvement, warmth, open-ness, micro & macro dynamics, etc.
Without going into too much detail, the Oritek cables sounded better in my system. They had a way of presenting the harmonic detail of music which I had never heard before. This is not to say that the Oritek are detailed or analytical sounding but it was as if there was music to be heard that the other cables clipped or rolled off into non-existence. Musical notes started from nowhere, bloomed and then faded into silence so naturally it was quite amazing.
Strangely enough, with the Oritek, the tonal balance of my system did not change at all - it didn't get brighter or darker. Before the Oritek, I had spent A LOT OF TIME selecting cables which produced a very neutral yet involving musical experience. I think it is quite remarkable that the Oritek didn't change that experience other than open a previously missing dimension that I had been missing.
After some time with the Oritek, going back to the Siltech / NBS, was a joke.
A friend of mine was using Audio Note AN-Vz and KSL-LP1 and he now uses Oritek too.
I must admit, one thing the Oritek doesn't offer is the pride of ownership I had with my previous cables.
I had originally intended to use the Oritek for my cheap home theater but the manufacturer convinced me to compare to my reference interconnects. I was hesitant to even bother comparing because I spent lots of time and lots of money selecting interconnects. Simply put, I did not believe that the cheap Oritek's would compete with anything at the level I was already using - or even several levels below.
My reference interconnects were Siltech Compass Lake between my source and preamp followed by an NBS Monitor 0 IC between my preamp and amp. I picked that combo because they sounded the best in my system when used together. When used together, the Siltech and NBS were tonally correct - and seemed to provide the best balance of detail, involvement, warmth, open-ness, micro & macro dynamics, etc.
Without going into too much detail, the Oritek cables sounded better in my system. They had a way of presenting the harmonic detail of music which I had never heard before. This is not to say that the Oritek are detailed or analytical sounding but it was as if there was music to be heard that the other cables clipped or rolled off into non-existence. Musical notes started from nowhere, bloomed and then faded into silence so naturally it was quite amazing.
Strangely enough, with the Oritek, the tonal balance of my system did not change at all - it didn't get brighter or darker. Before the Oritek, I had spent A LOT OF TIME selecting cables which produced a very neutral yet involving musical experience. I think it is quite remarkable that the Oritek didn't change that experience other than open a previously missing dimension that I had been missing.
After some time with the Oritek, going back to the Siltech / NBS, was a joke.
A friend of mine was using Audio Note AN-Vz and KSL-LP1 and he now uses Oritek too.
I must admit, one thing the Oritek doesn't offer is the pride of ownership I had with my previous cables.