Elrod statement vs Shunyata anaconda zitrons

Jonchew38, what I look in any audio component, from cabling, to electronics, to speakers, are products that reveal those hidden details in the sound that convey the emotion in music. So.... I am a lover of frequency extension but not of bass/midrange/treble bloom; I love deep bass provided it is clear, pitched and textured; The same is for midrange and treble.... I want to be able to immerse myself in the musical complexity and in the harmonic interplay, but I hate to discover that some components are playing preferences for a particular frequency band, or are caramelizing an instrument, or even worse are etching the presentation. Yes, I do enjoy quick and responsive transients, but hate excessive leading edges. A clear and filigreed treble will drive me to tears, but violins that distort and screech drive me nuts.

I have tried a few brands of wiring in my system, and by far my very favorite series has been the Shunyata Zi-tron. They have brought me a three-dimensionality and an emotional immersiveness through the subtlety of their musical detail that I have not experienced yet with other cables. They tend to do all that is important to my conception of the beautiful in music.

I listen mostly to classical music starting from the middle ages up to the 20th century, ranging from harpsichord, piano, vocal (female/male/choir), trios, quartets, and larger string ensembles, up to large symphonic works that require huge authority to sound true-to-life, and occasional jazz.

Hi PTSS, I have listened to a variety of MIT cables at shows at dealers over the years. Unfortunately, none of the contexts made me feel that I wanted to evaluate an MIT wire in my own system. G.

Hi Sabai, I can only report what I have experienced with Shunyata ZTron Anacondas in my own system. At that time, the system consisted of Esoteric X-01, Rowland Criterion line stage, Rowland M725 monos (330W/8 per channel), and Vienna Die Muzik speakers. Shunyata ZTron Anaconda PCs, ICs, and speaker wires appeared to pass along as much signal or current as they receive upstream, without obvious bandpass filtration or overall attenuation/emphasis. As a result, my electronic components and speakers delivered in most cases instrumental and vocalist images of realistic sizes without obvious angular recession or magnification.

From my listening position, 10 to 12 feet in front of the speakers, it seemed that the angular span of the image generated by the speakers was congruent with listening to music sitting in a 4th row position. For example, a grand 9-footer concert piano “looked” like a nine-footer located 5 to 6 feet beyond the speaker grill. However, if the mike had been particularly close to the performer, like with many recordings of female vocalists, or of Lara St. John playing Bach violin solos, the angular image was congruent with the projection of an instrument or singer’s head a couple of feet away, hence larger than what is induced by most socially acceptable live experiences... Shunyata remains blameless for implied breach of virtual etiquette... The recording engineer is responsible for calibrating distance between mikes and performer.

Bottomline… I did thoroughly enjoy Shunyata Ztron Anaconda, and deem its induced sonic geometries to be unimpeachable in my system.

G.

Hmmm, I am not quite sure what kind of instrument a Steinway wing might be... I am used to a modest Steinway Model M (Hamburg) baby grand, which has been with me for the last 45 years, since I was 16... I am also fond of my daughter making music on cello... and my attempts to producing music on my marvellous flugelhorn and trumpet are admittedly risible.
For me, staging and images generated by Shunyata wires... And by Nordost Valhalla 2 wires, are perfectly congruent with what I expect from the musical instruments in my life, and other non amplified instruments that I have had occasion to enjoy in public performances.

If you Bo1972 prefer an "intimate" presentation with more modest geometries, I am delighted that you have discovered wires that satisfy your dreams... Never the less I, and several fellow lovers of music, prefer our own particular kind of audible nirvana.

Guido

Well Bo, I can only beg to hold a differing point of view on the exceptional wire products that I have experienced in my system.... Perhaps we value subtly different things in audio.

My apologies, but I do not do crushing of audio demos... On the other hand, I am delighted that you are on a mission, and am looking forward to reading your report on the AudioQuest wires.

G.