Mapleshade "CLEARVIEW DOUBLE HELIX" speaker cables


Dear Fellow Listeners,
I am seeking any input on Mapleshade Clearview Double Helix speaker wire. They make fantastic claims in their literature. Has anybody had personal experience with these, that would like to share their thoughts?

I will be connecting Magneplanar 1.6qr's to the Proceed amp2.

Thanking you in advance & Happy Listening,
Bennett (hififile)
hififile

Showing 1 response by tom_munro

I'm using Mapleshade's Clearview Golden Helix in a second system and was impressed enough to try their Double Helix Plus version in my main system (Classe Omicron -> Transparent Ultra -> Thiel CS7.2). The Double Helix Plus in this setup had a sweet lilting musical quality lacking in my Transparents. Less hi-fi sounding. Subjectively I (literally) felt the Double Helix Plus had deeper bass extension. Treble also had more air, cymbols for example had a more realistic quality. The downside was a lack of overall weight to the presentation, most noticeable in the mid-upper bass, and the sense that the music lacked the weight/power/energy of a real performance. In this regard the Transparents work much better in my system and offset some of the finer qualities of the Mapleshades. I'm returning the Mapleshades, however I would still recommend them. One other consideration is setup. They are tweaky in that you have to 1) keep them off the floor, 2) keep the +/- runs separated by at least 6".