Has anyone tried out new Mapleshade speaker wires

I too have the basic Mapleshade Double Helix cables and am also thrilled with them. I've had them for about a year, and in my system now exclusively for several months. They are very fast, clean, energetic, and very punchy and defined with the strongest deep bass I have heard on my system. The richness of the music makes me smile. The soundstage is a bit less than before, but I think its because the instruments all sound more focused.
The cables might not match well with bright systems, but the high end is very clean and articulate. Pierre says there is no breakin, but I've noticed some mellowing of cables with time (good for my system).

Would love to hear some specs as well! Thanks!

They are very good wires....great lateral spread, a little two dimesional and they will not not shine the best in medium priced solid state systems. However they are fast, clean and have good bass response. They are also a very good buy and Pierre Sprey is a very bright individual and a great empirical audio tester! He also has integrity which is a plus in this day & age. Are there better cables? Yes..for three ...no maybe four times their price. PAD Aqueous anniversary are MUCH better, but they cost 4X the price. MY system Maggie 1.6's, Monarchy dac 24, Nuforce 9.02's and a panasonic 52s as transport. Hey isn't this hobby cool!

Best wishes

Charlie

What do you mean by "they will not shine the best in medium priced solid state systems"? I was looking for speaker wires for my Harmon Kardon receiver in my small 5.1 home theater. How a low priced system? Thanks.

I have the $85 speaker cables for my fronts & center in my HT system and they perform well there...

However take my update with a grain of salt as the cables they replaced were typical "crap-o-matic" issue.

They are mated to a Yamaha receiver and Paradigms (The Atoms & CC-150, specifically).

My all audio rig is a major jump from there but I never tried the 'shade cables in that application... too lazy, I guess.

Good Luck!