Hi, I agree with the post above!, cables as we all know are very system dependent,I have seen people sell the nordost odin for Taralabs zero gold and omega gold,in turn I ,ve seen gentlemen sell the tara for the nordost,the same thing with lessloss, K.S. elations,they are all great cables to me,I prefer the Taralabs for my system,these are good cables to throw around and go audition,cheers,happy listening! |
Hi Bo1972, I have herd the samething,no emotion,, running all Nordost cables thru out a system,I was a professional musician for 20 years,LOL,now at 46 yrs old, I do not do touring eanymore,your point about knowledge of live,real music,I totally agree with you,It helps me alot to have that kind of experience,I have never listened to Kimber select cables before,I have known about Kimber cables for years,so I suppose I cannot coment on Kimber cables,Have you listened to the Taralabs Cobalt A/c power cable before?,I am considering buying one,what is your opinion on that cable? |
Hi Bo1972,The cobalt power cord is the current top-line a/c cord,kinda exspensive,not as exspensive as the nordost odin!,and the performace of the odin power cord does not justify paying more for it over the tara to me,I will be useing the cobalt a/c on a cd-player,It seems to get great effect there,I guess I been around a while myself,The avalon,mit,spectral, you mentioned,I have had alot of exsperience with myself,liked the avalon speakers,did not like mit cables or spectral,they were just not for me,purist audio design are great cables indeed!,one of the best period!,I wanted the cabolt to match the tara zero gold I/C I have,have you ever listened to this I/c before?,cheers! |
Hi Bo1972,your description of purist audio design top tier cables sounds like my tast in sound,the extreme series Tara cables do that sound as well,you sound like me,,If you don,t have the mid-range sound right,you have nothing!,If you have profound mids,every thing else falls into place,If its a very good cable.,,I would like to here the cables you have,I have not listened to purist in a long time,,I believe nordost is a good cable,however,It seems its not for you are me,I do not like a analitical sound that comes with some nordost cables,like you said,does not sound like real music,I concur.,,are you mixing cable brands?,I run all Tara so I do not go thru,fix that ,or fix this,to me,seems like you have to make ajustments all the time to balance each sound out,,thats exspensive fighting that war,some people may have to do there cables like that to better there system sound,,I am glad I do not need to do that. cheers! |
hi,cheers to purist audio for making some cables that bring happiness to those who own the top-tier cables by them!This is what its all about,satiesfaction!,Thou I am A taralabs fan and owner, I am glad to see people enjoy what they have! |
Hi Bo1972, Man o Man!,I respect what you are saying!,I could not have said no better than your last 2 post,This is exactly why I prefer Taralabs Zero gold I/c,the cobalt A/C power cord,omega gold speaker cable over the nordost odin cables on my system!,the nordost may be prefered on other systems,Its not for me,I love the focus Tara has,The cables sounds so real!I enjoy the post you put up,I like learning from experienced people such as you!cheers! |
@ jmcgrgan2,Thats pretty cool and funny,hey I understand priod!It was not easy for me to get what I have,alot of selling of what I was useing for audio with money to boot over a period of time,and I am still not done,hopfully soon!cheers! |
The nordost cables are great,so are a few other brands out there,depends on what one likes! |
Very Interesting Bo1972,never owned nordost period!I will say that alot of cables out there sound different with different legths,thats nothing new to me,kinda common these days,,eanyway,Bo,what is the performance diference between the purist audio 25th anniversary cable and the limited edition cable?or is it the same?and what is the length of your new a/c cable? was there a sound diference in the length with your new cable?there should be,,1 meter should sound diferent than a 5 meter for sure!happy listening! |
Hi every one, I enjoy every thing that has been said here,and respect it,we do all hear different,I can tell you I own state of the art cables!at least to me. all the products mentioned are good,depends on what one likes,,, I believe the Tara Labs Cobalt a/c power cord is far superior than the nordost vahalla in every way possible,formost focus!against the odin cable,the odin is a tad faster,tad more detail on the treble only,,the tara sounds more real over all on my particular system,and has enough incredible speed to boot,and the treble is not analitical!,my opinion, the treble is beautiful!,I am not talking about the Tara the one xl cobalt,the newest version called the cobalt,there is a sound difference between the two cables,the xl one cobalt is discontinued replaced by the better sounding cobalt,, and i,m sorry that I agree with Jmcgrogan2 and Bo1972!,Thanks Bo1972 for answering a couple of my questions I had for you,,I look foward to your review you are gonna do on your purist a/c cable,I also am glad that this forum is alive and well,thou I did not start it,I like it!,,I am not bashing eanything here,again they are all great products! |
Hi Hrl, what model of nordost do you own? |
@HR1, you have some great cables!,I own the competition I guess you can say,Taralabs Zero Gold,omega gold,cobalt a/c,all of it is the current top tier tara makes,thou I will inform you they are in the R&D making a new top cable that is due maybe by next years ces show,that will be an event that will send ripples thru the high-end for a long time to come!,I talk to tara,they know me on a personal level,no,i.m not a dealer,LOL!,just a listener that enjoys the high-end,i use to be in the bussiness,I have a couple of inventions for my self,I tried to go big with them but got taken on part of it,and that nearly killed my spirit when that happened,you may know the company called poly crystal resonance control that went out of bussiness a few years back,the owner was bruce badlack,good riddence!that,s the person that betrayed my trust!regarless he did not get but part of it,I was doing seminars about resonance control all over half the u.s.a.,I met alot of industry owners and c.e.o.,those were the good ole days!the mid-late ninetys,so I guess I have been doing this a very long time!my mother bought me my first high-end system when I was 12 years old,i,m 46 now,do the math,,,the reason I sharred my personnal is to let every one on the gon to get to know me,I love learning!and sharring experiences!I have listened to about everthing under the son near bout, Happy listening! |
Hi Bo1972, are you a dealer now?,If so,what do you have to offer?,I believe HR1 is set on likeing the nordost cables,they seem to work very well on his system,you are set on purist audio that works great on your system,both cable systems have different attributes,both of you gentlemen just like different sound from each other,thats all!,I am very glad cable brands do not sound the same!,would'nt that be boring?LOL!,to me you both have excellent cable systems as I do,we are fortunate to have some of the best available!cheers! |
@ jmcgrogan2, Hi,no I have not had the opportunity to listen to the stealth audio cables,thats a new company I have read about thru the forums and cable sales listings here on the gon the last few months,I believe they are made here in the u.s.?,do you own some?,have you done extensive listening with these cables?,you said they have similar sound qualitys to tara,thats awsome!can you elaborate more on these cables?,as I said,I love learning!there is no such thing as the best!maybe a top 10 best,cheers! |
Hi Bo1972,Thanks for my answering my questions about your offerings,do you sell componets are just cables?,I betting on you can get alot,most dealers can get whatever one wants these days,oh, by the way I am a passlabs fan as well,,I am formost a Krell fan of their solid state amps,I have a very good Krell amp that is a little older but not absolete!,called The Krell 700cx,that I love!with the cables I use on this amp it is very real sounding!very close to being at a live musical event to say the least.cheers! |
@ jmcgrogan2,I still own the tara cable called, The one i/c and speaker cable,It is a very good cable for the money,I also use to own decade i/c and speaker cables,the decade was a good cable at the its price point,I had mine in the mid 90's as well,I even had the cable before that called the rsc master gen,the one cable system I just bought last may 2012,I recently decided to move up the Tara cable food chain,all the way to the top!,I owned the one in 1997 too,it got stolen,so for ole times sake I bought another the one cable system,The difference between the one and the zero gold is scary!,stunning,chills up and down your arms, mouth agape in shock!the zero gold has attributes that no other cable in the world can match!,no,i'm not saying it;s the best,there is no such thing!like the nordost has its attributes so does the tara,I prefer the tara,to each there own!,,you were talking about bass,everything the zero gold and omega gold and cabolt does is some of the best available,in other words bass is not an issue at all,as a matter of fact I have never heard any better in my life!,remember,the top tier cable systems from tara is considered world over in the handful of cables as the best available,,as I have said,Tara is in the R&D making a new top cable for the first time since 1998,they have already got a year and a half in developing this new cable!It may come out in the next c.e.s. show next year,I do not believe I need it,The current top tir tara is made for $50,000.00 a componet systems,that I do not have anyway,so I am ready for eany up-grades when I feel it neccesary,,I am glad to hear such wonderful news about stealth cables,and the fact they are u.s.a. made!cheers and happy listening! |
@ jmcgrogan2, There is a used pair of the Taralabs zero gold I/C on the gon right now for $8,000.00, thats a good deal, since they are $15,950.00 new!,Hey,I buy audio all the time used,if its still in production,go for it!,is my moto....I enjoy talking at you,cheers! |
