I do not believe in system synergy, much. It is just an excuse for a bad component. Like, if a cable sounds terrible, blame it on synergy. No. A decent, well designed cable should perform decent in most systems. My Atlas Equator MKII is also a budget cable. So the Morrow MA1 couldn't even compete with a cable that is actually cheaper. They say that they beat much pricier models from top brands. No way. The Atlas cable is a neutral sounding cable. It is not the cable that you would call full-bodied. Not at all. The Morrow cable sounded extremely bright, thin and light compared to a cable that is close to neutral and not a heavy sounding cable. |
The Morrow interconnect sounded terrible from start to finish. I sat down for the first listen after 120 hours of burn -in. It sounded unlistenable, really. After 650 hours, the same, there was no miracle. Extremely thin, bright and lightweight sound. No body in the vocals, no warmth in acoustic instruments which sounded awful, and no weght in the bass. It is like there are no mids and no lows. |
Actually, many others have reported that morrow cables have a lightweight thin, bright sound.
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There is no other problem. These just sound bad just like Nordost cables.....and so many others......!!!!!! Extremely thin, light, bright. No body or warmth in the mids and no weight in the lows. Even the high frequences sound unnaturally thin. These cables, Morrow and Nordost cannot make a difference between highs, mids and lows. It's like they can only understand the high frequences. People use these cables to fix a problem in their system. If your system does not have a problem and sounds close to neutral and natural, you shall hear instantly that these cables sound terrible and very problematic. |
I do not believe in system synergy very much. That is just an excuse for a bad sounding product. Oh, it doesn't sound good, blame it on synergy. I have tried two Nordost cables. One interconnect and one power cord. Both of them had the exactly same sound and character: extremely thin, bright, light. I have read tons of reviews of Nordost cables that say the same thing. Keep away from Nordost cables, unless your system sounds dark, heavy and boomy in the bass and you want to tame it and add clarity. They might be good for tube systems. By the way i think the official price of the MA1 intercoonect is $68 not $49. That is a discounted price. Still, my reference interconnect is the budget Atlas Equator MKII (45 UK pounds). Perfectly natural, musical, with excellent tonal blance. All frequences on the same level. I couldn't believe that it sounded so much better than the $200 Nordost and a Zu Wylde that i think used to sell for $349........!!!! |
winoguy17. Every cable that i have tried, i gave them to my brother to try them in his system. He has a totally different system than mine. The results were exactly the same. How is that for an answer? Each cable has its own sound. The sound of the cable will not change in a different system. So, Morrow and Nordost will sound bright and thin everywhere, compared to a cable that has not their problems and sounds well balanced tonally. |
Yes, there is a reason. Morrow is extremely hyped. They say that their products sound so much better than much higher priced cables from top brands!!! Well, they don’t. My system does not sound bright at all. It sounds close to neutral and i can easily hear what kind of sound each cable has! Also, as far as synergy, i think that synergy is important in the amp-speaker combination. How and if the amplifier can drive efficiently the speakers. There, yes, synergy might be very important, especially with tube amps......! By the way, Atlas has a moto that i discovered lately. They say that their cables sound great in every system. Nordost and Morrow might sound good only in tube amps and tube cd players, or like i said earlier,in a system that has some serious problems. |
Again, this is not a $32 cable. When i bought the Morrow Ma1, the official retail price was $68. The fact that they reduced the price so much and that they always have a big discount on their products should say something to you......!!!!! This is not serious business in my opinion. Also, Morrow says that even their low budget cables beat cables from top brands that cost two and three times as much. They certainly don’t. Again, it’s very hyped. If you don’t believe me and my honest evaluation and comparison, you should search the web and read as many reviews as possible. You shall find many reviews that say that both Morrow and Nordost are very bright, thin and light sounding cables. Actually i think that Nordost are famous about their bright character, where Cardas is famous for a warm, full bodied sound. By the way, the Atlas cable is very neutral in character. It is not a full bodied, weighted sound. So you can understand how terrible Morrow and Nordost sound. They were unlistenable. I sat down to listen to Morrow after 150 hours of burn-in and even the high frequences sounded very thin!!! Just terrible. |
WINOGUY, why are you so rude? Can't i have an opinion? I am here to express my experience and my opinion about these cables in my system. Not everyone has to agree with me! You don't have to be so rude because you don't agree with me. You should learn to respect other people's opinion, when you post into a forum. Also, i don't think that i have ever said that all Morrow cables sound the same or that all Nordost cables sound exactly the same! Just in my experience, the two Nordost cables, one interconnect and one power cord had the same sound/character. Many brands have a "house" sound. So, it wouldn't be very wrong to say that Nordost cables have a bright sound. |
Yes, like all the testimonials from all the other boutique brands like Anticables. Most of it, is hype. I have tried at least three cables from three different boutique brands that offer a trial and a full refund policy. All the cables sounded bad in my system and nowhere near as great as all those testimonials said.I honestly had very high hopes and i wanted to like those cables, but no.....! Again, this is my experience. |
If you read all those testimonials from various brands you shall notice that every brand beats the other! How funny is that? One guy will say that Morrow beat his Anticables, and another guy in a different site will say that his Anticables beat the Morrow. HaHaHa. |
WINOGUY, YOU are rude to a person, and that's for a wrong reason, and you don't even apologize. I am "rude" to an obgect, a product. So i guess i have to apologize to the interconnect cable, hahaha....!!!! I want to explain a few things. Again, i never said that all Morrow cables sound exactly the same or that all Nordost cables sound exactly the same. So you should apologize for calling me a fool for something that i have not said. Maybe it was my mistake that you understand the wrong thing here. But i will give you an example to prove my point of view. Let's say that someone buys a cable by a manufacturer and it sounds bright and he does not like it, but reading all the great reviews about the company's cables he decides to buy another cable by the same brand and he finds out that even the second cable sounds very similar in sound/character to the first cable. Would he ever buy another cable by the same company? The answer is NO. Why? That's because he would expect the third cable to sound very similar, bright, with the first two cables. That's just common sense. So, in my humble opinion, in my experience, having tried two Nordost cables in two different systems, i can honestly say that they sound extremely thin and bright. Now, the most important thing about Morrow. I know that i was harsh on my review about this interconnect. But you must understand that i had to be. If there wasn't all that hype, all those testimonials claiming that this budget interconnect by Morrow beats others cables from TOP brands, well respected brands, costing two or three times more, my review would be very modest. But you have very high expectations when you read all that.......and you get a big disappoinment!! That's why the "harsh" review. |
Mr. Morrow, could you please inform me what was the official retail price of the MA1 interconnect cable,1Meter, one or two years ago? Wasn't it close to $70? I think that it was $68 when i bought it. Could you please confirm that? Thank you. |
MORROW AUDIO. I expect an answer. |
I think that most people do the same think here and in other forumes/blogs. They praise a cable when they are impressed with it, and they trash it when it sounds terrible. It is very usual. |
I am not complaining about anything here! Also, you should read my review before you post anything! I clearly say that i fully burned -in the cables for more than 600 hours...!!!! Very bad sound. The burn-in did not help much.....!!!! I am not gonna say anything about my system because you are going to blame it for these terrible sounding interconnects! Also i don't believe that you know every brand out there, right? There are so many, so it's a little pointless...
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