new Pure Note Alluvion speaker cables

See my comments under the "Bander" thread.

I have them breaking in now, I will comment later. Very well made cables. Beautiful carbon sheath. Pure Note's best work IMO.

The cables have leveled out after 100 hours. Very liquid now in the mids and highs. Nice black background and female voices are very natural.

Will try the interconnects next before the sale ends in a few days.

So far, very close to the Titanium-XL but much more musical in the mids. Superior to the Enhanced Paragons. Nice build quality. More to come...

Burning-in the RCA ic's now. Nice sound out of the box. Love the connectors (same ones used on early Valhallas). Will report back next week.

Transl: What was your final verdict on the speaker cables after break-in?

I now have 100 hours on the Alluvion RCA interconnects. My first impression is the fact they are not there. The background is dead black (reminds me of my Kuro HDTV). The music flows effortlessly. No edge at all in the mids and highs. Bass is deep. These cables don't sound silvery.

I love the connectors. They fit tight and I can do on-the-fly changes without popping my speakers. These are the same connectors that are found on the Nordost Valhallas. The cables are also light and flexible, nice to handle.

Prices are more than the Paragons but far less than the Titaniums. Overall (IMO), Pure Note's best product in their ten years of existence.

A friend was raving about the Alluvion PC. Have a few months on one and it really makes a differences no matter which component I use it on. Great dynamics and black soundscape. Completes my system with the i/c and speakers cables.

I have gone through many of the higher cost PCs. Also I own the Pure Note Paragon PCs but the Alluvion is superior in terms of blackness and bass slam. I also own the Pure Note Titanium i/c and speaker cables but the Alluvion cables are on par or better, IMO. Pure Note has always been about great bang for the buck which is why I am an avid fan.

Nope. The Alluvions are a more accurate cable in terms of neutrality. Their previous models always had a lively clean sound to them. I suspect the palladium tones down the silver. I think it depends on your system. In my case the Alluvions are very liquid and natural especially on bright recordings. When I compare Alluvion to Paragon, the Paragon is more falsely detailed. The Epsilons were the brightest with the most edge.

Yes, they are sweet cables in most systems. They are smoother than the Valhalla IMO with just as much detail.