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Audience SX2/Front Row Cables...has anyone tried or heard much of this new reference line?

I have been extremely satisfied with Audience Interconnect and Speaker cable for some time, natural/organic/neutral presentation that works with every component I’ve used, solid state or tube. I own Au24 SX XLR Interconnects and Speaker cables. I have also been impressed with Audience cables price to performance ratio. I just received an email of another breakthrough reference line, the Au24 SX2, which will actually be called the Front Row line.  Alas, pricing at $5100 per 2 meter Speaker cable is no longer readily affordable. I guess Audience is rapidly catching up in price to its competitors, now that they also enjoy name recognition and stellar reviews. However, they are wonderful cables!  Has anyone heard these cables or know much about them relative to SX line? If they’re as much a revelation over the SX as the email from Audience claims, I might have to start saving. I’ll wait for the reviews I guess.  Thank you to all!
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jafant
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cappuccino

 

Thank You for the Ansuz, Audience, and Nordost comparison. What gear is in your System?

 

Happy Listening!

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audphile1
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This just says how subjective and system/room/listener dependent it all is.
I evaluated (all XLR) AU24SX, Kimber KS 1126, Analysis Plus Silver Apex, Nordost Tyr 2 against the AZ Absolute Copper I had at the time. With the amp upgrade I had excess bass with the AZ cables and was looking for something that’s better balanced top to bottom. 
The AU24SX had a hump in the presence region and some glare that caused fatigue. Nordost ended up winning the shootout and I now have Tyr 2 XLR throughout. 
And this is with AU24SX speaker cables by the way. I actually thought the AU24SX will be awesome synergy but it didn’t pan out that way. 

cappuccino
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@jafant

I mainly have Accuphase gear plus Focal Utopia speakers.

denon1
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I personally compared audience au24sx speaker cables with the front row.

The front row speaker cables is in another league. More resolution, much better highs and mids. More natural sounding also. Bass is the only area that can be bested by other brands like kubala sosna elation. System synergy is playing huge role. My system wired with all audience cables. Power  studio one and ICs and SCs. are front row. After many years of having different cables brands - I decided to go with one brand loom. Even outlet and power conditioner are from audience now. This allows me to have more synergy and control over  the sound and avoid mismatch between different cable brands.  

oczed
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@denon1 - You mentioned the Kubala-Sosna Elation cables are better for bass.  Did you notice any other advantages with the K-S cables versus Audience?

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