High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz


In December 2011,I wrote that High Fidelity cables led by cable designer Rick Schultz was putting together a new cable.The cable came to market as CT-1.The CT-1 has FINALLY made it into my system!I had obtained a version of the prototype that Rick had been working on.It blew my previous reference Genesis by Virtual Dynamics.I thought I had finally found my end with this cable.This prototype delivered to my ears "Nirvana".Could I be at the end of my quest for the ultimate sound?
No. I received two pairs of CT-1 to replace my prototypes.They went into the system this past Friday.Unable to dedicate time until Sunday listening,I stole a few moments,ducking away from company with anticipation.My guest could tell even with the music set for"ambiance"something was intriguing and I was in for a treat!
The experience:
First off,CT-1 was very user friendly.Installation was simple;the cable is very nice and light.The female RCA fit beautifully unlike any I had found in other cable.It was secure and reliable.It seemed much thought was dedicated to developing a designer fit to an aesthetically stunning RCA connector.Install entailed a few wiggles to ensure what seemed like a compression fit on my RCA.
It was 2-3 hrs. for the 1st step of break in to be complete.At that point I had something different!Today,although they only have 10-12 hrs. on them,I can`t put into words how much my system has transformed.Believe me,I loved my prototypes.However....there is simply no comparision.
The clarity and sound is so natural.
The soundstage is like nothing I ever heard.Resoulution is breathtaking and inner detail is simply hard to believe possible.
The sound has transended and now it simply does not seem as thought I have speakers.
My system is musicians playing music.
I am told with time they will improve and I trust that as it was revealed with the prototypes.I wanted to share my thoughts with you that now.
Unequivocally,a testament to High Fidelity,as the name declares.
High Fidelity Cables for me,the last word on it,after 12 hours!
Truly Amazing

Al
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Awsome Dave!, Congrats are in order here, I love to read the same enthusiasm that I have for good cables, Bravo!
@ TbG, Does this mean I can look forward to what you have to say?, That would be cool!, thanks TBG,, cheers!
Hi everyone! since all of you here are buying the fidelity cables,, throw me some pricing for 1-meter bal i/c, all models. thanks! Cheers!
Hi, I have a question that a friend talked about, a straight forward question here, Did the virtual Dynamics cables also use magnets on those cables?
@ TbG,, when I do get to here these cables, who knows, I may buy them for second system!,If the price point and performane can beat out what I paid new for the Tara the one cable system that is on my second system, and those cables are good bang for the dollar! cheers!
@ TbG, Are you still going to give us a review of your cables that you are currently breaking-in??, cheers!
Has eanyone here tryed Taralabs zero gold I/C and omega gold speaker cables?,, I find these cables without peer!,, depending on a system, the nordost odin or the cables above have stratisphere real sound!, I personally have never heard better than these cost no object cables!,, cheers!
@ rx8man, how would you know that? have you owned the nordost odin cables?, I like Tara better!, they are more musical and real sounding than the odin cable!,This is in regards to your post 4-11-13,,,eanyway,to me,unless you lived with the odin cable,I would have to here the high fidelity ct-1 to believe it! cheers!
@ Rx8man, ok, you got my attention,based on the buzz here, I want to hear them!, I live in mobile, ala,, so where is the nearest place to listen to these cables? Happy listening!
Thankyou genlemen, I want to listen to them, not buy them!,,I do not want to go the cable company route,they would keep my 5% of my money, I am building a second system, and am very currious about these high fidelity cables,, not to be closed minded here, I believe the Taralabs zero gold I/C and omega gold speaker cables I have on my main system would be in a totally better performance league than the fidelity cables!,, I have compaired the odin cable to these taras,, not that the odin was not good, the taras presented a better match for my system!, they were musical instead of analitical!,,were do I go listen to the fidelity cables? thankyou gentlemen! Happy listening!
thanks charles1dad,, tbg just got the best high fidelity i/c made! thats cool! he is going to report to me his findings, he already likes the ct-1 cable! cheers!
@ Tbg, Are you saying that a review is forthcoming in stereoTimes?, I was so looking forward to what you had to say, pro-reviews are ok, to me user reviews mean everything!,there is no resavations for money!, just the plain truth!, cheers!
Thanks Rx8man and TBG,, I hope to get to listen to the High-fidelity cables,, The Audiogon Buzz alone has captured my interest,,They are at the top of my list of curiosity!,, Happy listening!
what cost no object cable has eanyone tested against the best high- fidelity cable?, cheers!
@ fplanner2000,wow! My intentsions was not to offend you!I believe the high-fidelity cables are good from what I read on this thread!, Insane questions?, I don't think so!thats why we have threads here, is to learn from each other, thats all I am tring to do!, my question was a very good one to me!I will call the cable company today!I still value user opinions over a dealers period!, however,thankyou for your answer!,, cheers!
@ charles1dad,, I just got off the phone with the cable company, They said, High-fidelity cables are RCA only!, My main system only has XLR, and cast!, They said Rick will most likly develop XLR ends latter, that the ends is where most of his technlogy is at!, The cable company does not have the high-fidelity ultra cable yet, And to my astonishment, they said High-fidelity sounded very similar to Taralabs top cables!, when I told them that I had the Taralabs zero gold I/C, they said, none of the fidelity cables will beat the sound of the zero gold I/C, however, They did say that the ultra fidelity cable that is coming may be able to!, And of course, they said that it would all be system dependent!,, To tell you the truth, I am even more interested in High-fidelity cables now!,, all this is shocking news to me of how good these cables are after talking to the cable company!, Kudos to Rick!, Thankyou Charles1dad for your hospitality!,,, cheers!
@ charles1dad,, I have a Krell 700cx amplifier, This is the amp to my main system, The amp only has XLR and Krell cast connections!,The good news is I am building a second system!, Thats where I would like to try High-fidelity cables!, The synergy with Tara, Krell,Ayon,JBL,, is on the main system is really something to behold!,I am quite happy with that system synergy!,, still in all,if rick comes out with balanced cable, I wont only try his RCA cables for a second system, I will try his balanced cable on the main system when he develops balanced cable!,, Happy listening!
@ Fplanner2000, upset? what are you talking about?, I am not upset, now or then!, You must have misconstruded what I tryed to say, thats ok, alot of people do that!, Thank you very much for all that you have done for me, you are a asset to us all!,,, cheers!
To me, The most exspensive High-fidelity cable is a good buy, Think about it, the most exspensive model is alot less than many cable brands top model cable!, I know, I have a cable at three times the cost of High fidelity"s best effort!, There are a couple of sellers offering High-fidelitys best cable here on the gon at a substantial savings, To tell you the truth, this happens to all cables, all brands are 40% to 70% off the full retail on the used market, including my cable!, How do you think I bought my interconnect cable?, here on the audiogon used market of course!, why pay $15,000.00 a meter new, when I got a deal of a life time at $5,665.00 a meter used, my cable was only a year old, then I had it authenticated with the Taralabs factory, thats how I found out the date it was made and etc..,, Talking about being happy with that deal!, I enjoy all my fellow members to save money!, why?, I am against all the high cost of cables, no matter the brand!, thats why I posted early this morning the grand news!, Good luck and Happy Hunting!
Hi Fellow members, I wanted to let all of you here know that the audiogon used interconnect market is flooded with the High-Fidelity cables currenty, I just looked on there today, It seems you can get any model you want at a substantial savings!, Good luck and Happy hunting!
@ charles1dad, Hi, I already know about the high-fidelity cables, I go back on this thread, Its not about what tops what, its about your flavor of sound you prefer, for my main system, The Taralabs best effort cables are staying!, they suit that system very well!, actually, alot of people do not know I like a few brands of cables out there, its funny cause they think I am one tracked mind on the Taras, in some ways maybe, in reality NO!, one cable brand may sound better on eany given system, we all know the synergy thing, there is no perfect anything in High-end audio!, many, many members that are on this thread have told me the wonderful news of the high fidelity cables, likly before you auditioned your first HF cables, I am happy for eanyone to get a satiesfying sound, thats what this hobby is about, getting closer to real music, congrats to you charles1dad, Happy Listening.
@ charles1dad, No kidding?, I tried to tell everyone here, get it while the getting is here!, Good luck and Happy Hunting!
@ Glory, well you have our attention, what do you have to tell us, you know, the three guesses, after that, I believe its a good idea to not terrorize this thread further, these are very nice people here, they deserve respect for what they like here, after all, you are on a high fidelty thread!
Very good read fellas!, both of the products mentioned have my attension!, given the exotic pricing of the HF wave guides, what is the pricing of the troy equipment?
The High fidelity wave guide power box must be a very new product!, I cannot find it on the net!, yes TBG, that would be a great idea if someone could post pics of the product here thru a link!, cheers.
@ RX8man, Hi, sorry I am late here, however, thankyou for the pics, I requested, cheers.
@ TBG, Hi, That is grand that you have a personal relationship with Rick, Can you find out for me if he has balanced cables coming on the horizon?, thankyou TBg.
@ TBG, Hi, Thats a very valid question I would like to know, I also would like to add, how would isolation products change the electrical impedence of a componet when isolation, resonance tunning has everything to do with vibrations emitted from sound?
@ TBG, Hi, Believe it or not, I already know what you said in your post, I was asking how vibration resonance has anything to do with electrical impedences, thankyou TBg.
@ TBG, Hi, In other words, that would be impossible to change electrical characteristics within a cable or componet with resonance isolation or resonace tunning, the impedence of any given componet or cable is by design of the brand and model of a cable or componet, I have many years in the field of resonance tunning, In the 90s, I gave seminairs thru out half the u.s.a. in the field of resonance tunning.
@ TBG, Oh no, You did not offend me, It appears we were talking about two different topics here, I am sorry for the confusion,I was refering to the post Theaaudiotweak posted 9-18-13, If I am not mistaken, His post read to me that resonance isolation and tunning changes the electrical impedances of cables and componets, I wanted to know how?
@ Chris_launder, @ TBG, Hi Gentleman, My amp only accepts balanced inputs and Krell cast, no Rca inputs, that was the reason I wanted to know my self, thankyou for the heads-up of when the balanced cable may arrive.cheers to the both of you.
@ Audiopoint, Hi, Thankyou for the post, good educational point about resonance control and isolation, however, all that did not explain how resonance tunning and isolation can change the electrical impedence of a componet or speakers, again, it can not!, the science of resonance is quite different than elecrical, thus have nothing to do with each other.
@ Agisthos, Hi, Yes I did get his post on the 23rd, great post, never got to the point I was reffering to, Agreed, this is not the place for that topic!, Its about High-fidelty products and cables here,I enjoy all the over the top feed back on these cables, why nobody talks about the presatation is beyond me?, you gentleman know what I am saying, what seating role does each model suggest?, whats the imaging like?, how tall and deep is the sound stage?, to me, natural would land the presatation dead middle between the speakers and the listener, No forward sound period!, soon, when the balanced cables are available, I will give the very best HF has to offer a spinn, likly rented from the cable co, I enjoy this thread, great stuff! cheers.
Hi, one more question, Is the presatation similair to the virtual dynamics cables at all?, thanks.
@ TbG, Hi, No, not in between the speakers, I said between the speakers and the listener, In the middle of the room, If the soundstage is more forward than that or more recessed than that, to me thats not a sound compairable to a live musical event, I say that because I am a musician, and know what live music sounds like, virtual dynamics cables are forward sounding, role a thru c, not natural!, I have never played live or been to a live musical event where the music is in my face or so recessed to where it sounds as if its on stage, I wanted to know if the presatation is any of these, I know the resolution may be there, the tone may be there, presatation?
@ Iblieve, Your welcome my friend!, I can really understand your point of view here on what brand and model cables on what brand, type solid state or tube, model of equipment that all mentioned cables, including High-fidelity cables were used, thats smart to want to know that!, going by the rule of thumb, All cables are system dependent!, Happy listening to all Here.
@ Fplanner2000, Hi, thankyou for your answer, I assume the answer was that the virtual dynamic cables did have magnets on their last models before the cable line was no more, It is also my belief that the virtual dynamic cables have to have some sound similarties coming from the same designer!, I understand that this effort is far superior than the last attemt on cables Rick done, Happy listening.
@ fplanner2000, Hi, I believe you 100%, My friend calvinj that has commented on this thread is likeing the High-fidelity cables too!,they are on my short list of must hear product, when, I do not know, I do know when a product gets this much positive buzz I make a point to go and hear why, cheers.
@ Tbg, Hi, Thankyou for your post, good to talk to you again, yes, I read this thread all the time, everyone says the same, the higher you go up the cable food chain with HF cables, the longer it takes to break-in, I am supprised to be told months of Ricks best cable, WoW!, that is long time!, TBg, I bet your system is top notch with these cables, congrats are in order, you have also been a great advocate for High-fidelity cables, you deserve their best!cheers to you Tbg.
Hi Gentleman, I blieve is my friend, He is modest, I see all of you keep saying go to the cable company, I blieve lives in France!, I talked to him on the phone, He is a very well seasoned audiophile, His opinions to me hold substantial weight, He is a gentleman as well, cheers to all.
@ Petieboy12003, Hi, I am interested in knowing what brand and model, year, of speakers you have mentioned, I know that this is a cable thread, I cannot help my self, Lol!, I like horn speakers, I do not own a pair currently, I use to own a pair!, I am a JBL user, thou the model I have has no horns, the top shelf models in the jbl camp are some of the very best speakers money can buy today!, they are Horn speakers.
I hope all is good here, Right or wrong, it did not matter, this is the High-fidelity fan's thread, That was like going to a chevy site and saying, hey, ford is better!, Really!, not very smart, Enjoy!