Musicallyinclined,
With all due respect, you may note that I have got "carried away" by a number of products from various manufacturers over the years. If you do not care for my bias or are tired of reading my posts you may wish to avoid reading them. Please note that I did business with the North American distributor of HiDiamond who is also the Canadian distributor.
With all due respect, after finding my posts tiring I note that you are now asking for my opinion about Joseph Audio Pulsars. I find them stunning. I hope you have not found this too tiring a read. |
Knghifi,
It will take a while before I am ready to replace my ASI power cords with HiDiamond. I have too many things going on at once at the moment. I will wait till my AMR DP-777 is burned in before taking the plunge. |
Sabai, I appreciate your reviews and enthusiasm but sometimes you tend to get a touch carried away with the HD this & HD that comments which, honestly, gets a bit tiresome. I asked you if you knew of any U.S. dealers a few posts back and you replied that you ended up doing business with the Canadian distributor directly. My concern is that you may be getting something in return for the numerous posts which MAY make your opinion biased.
I would love to see what you have to say about Joseph Audio as I am currently on the market for bookshelf speakers. I heard these at one of the shows and I was absolutely blown away by them.
In the meantime, let us go back to the subject at hand which is Ocellia cables: my question is, why are there no stores (or distributors) listed on their web-site? I gave up trying to find them for my system (went with Acoustic Zen instead) but I am still interested in the Ocellia for my second system. Anyone know where I can listen to these in Ontario? |
Musicallyinclined,
With all due respect, please note that I have stated numerous times on these forums that I have no connection with ANY audio company except as a very happy customer. The distributor of HiDiamond has personally confirmed this on these forums. I am also a VERY happy customer of AMR, Bybee and Joseph Audio. I will be posting about their amazing products in due time. I have already posted a very enthusiastic review of Merlin speakers. By no means is my enthusiasm restricted to the products of a single company. |
Musicallyinclined, I'm aware of the threads and NOT in the market for cables.
With ASI Liveline PCs in my system, I found missing frequencies so it's impossible to properly evaluate ICs and SCs. I'm just curious with the results when Sabai replaces his Liveline PCs with HiDiamonds. |
Knghifi, if you read a few of the previous threads, you will see that Sabai is totally sold on the HiDiamond cables. Sounds almost as though he is doing the selling quite frankly! Perhaps the distributor should consider using him as their salesperson in the US!
I just placed an order for some Acoustic Zen cables myself because I couldn't find a Canadian retailer for Ocellia and simply couldn't wait much longer! I had been doing my research on-line and after a few names came up, I realized I might as well simply get what I was comfortable with. Sometimes, it is easier to just go with what you know! |
04-29-12: Sabai
Vicks7,
I have had ASI Liveline speaker cables, ICs and power cords -- the latter throughout my system. I have really enjoyed having the ASIs. They are great cables. I have yet to try HiDiamond power cords but I can say that HiDiamond speaker cables and interconnects made short shrift of the ASI speaker cables and interconnects in my system.
Sabai (Reviews | Threads | Answers | This Thread) I found ASI Liveline PC limits current even with my DAC but otherwise, it's not bad. I will be interested in your comments with HiDiamond PCs. |
Vicks7,
I have had ASI Liveline speaker cables, ICs and power cords -- the latter throughout my system. I have really enjoyed having the ASIs. They are great cables. I have yet to try HiDiamond power cords but I can say that HiDiamond speaker cables and interconnects made short shrift of the ASI speaker cables and interconnects in my system. |
These cables sound very promising given the comparisons made to the ASI Livelines which I currently own. |
Firochromis ~ I have but since I also sell Ocellia I can't explain in this forum but feel free to email me for info.
(dealer disclaimer) |
Hi all,
Anyone compared Ocellia interconnects with Cardas Clear? I'll use it in a vinyl&tube system |
David, glad to hear, enjoy! |
Rsf507 ... oops, sorry have not followed this thread. After hearing the Ocellia, there was little time to read these forums LOL ... busy enjoying music. These cables are just truly amazing in every aspect. Everything that others have said above I will just be repeating, so I will make it short ... DITTO. It has an uncanny "realism" that other more expensive brands I feel fail to possess. I need to save up some money for Reference speaker cable and also have a few more devices needing power cords also :P .... Regards, David. |
Charlesdad, nice to see another converter to Ocellia. Yes once heard its hard to imagine another cable that has that "naturalness" that Ocellia brings to the table. Yes other cables might have deeper bass, more control but none do what I hear in the Ocellia cables as you have pointed out. |
I realize this is an old thread but I`m complled to add my 2 cents worth of opinion. I now own the O cellia Silver Reference IC and SC, this is a top tier excellent product.If you`re seeking natural/organic sound with the emphasis on'realism', this is the cable of choice. For the past year I`ve been using a loom of ASI Liveline quite happily and it was the best I`ve had so far.The liveline has superb transparency,timbre,dynamic energy etc.
The Ocellia matches these desirable traits but adds even better tone,harmonics and to my surprise a bit more nuance and resolution.Ocellia is somehow able to extract the pure naturalness of voice and acoustical instruments in fabulous fashion, i.e. they just sound 'real' and present.
This cable is the polar opposite of the artificial,analytical and hifi presentation often touted as 'accurate'. IMO the Ocellia is profoundly organically accurate and will attract listeners who want the innate beautiful sound of acoustic instruments preserved and not stripped down and falsely lean and flatten. The sense of openess, air and space they provide is first rate.There`s an undeniable flesh and blood, breath of life vitality that is quite remarkable.I still believe the ASI Liveline is one of the very best cables available but the Ocellia Reference is for my taste better yet.
Best Regards, |
David have the rest of your Ocellia cables arrived? Thoughts so far? |
My loom coming soon! Cannot wait. I have not heard a lot of cables, but these are just soooooooooo good will do ic's first, then ac power cords. Agree with all the above attributes mentioned. Regards, david |
I have had the Ocellia reference power cord in my system for over 9 months. I have used on CD player, transport and dac in my system and have heard it on pre-amp in another system. More recently, I added the reference silver interconnect.
With both of these cables, there is a degree openess and natural sound that I have not heard in any other cable. The sonic benefit is across all frequencies - nothing is emaphasized or out of balance, just sweet, open, relaxed & natural.
The Ocellia cables IMO perfrom well above their price point and are a fantastic value. |
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Nice to see and hear from others that they too have found Ocellia cables to sound so natural and musical. |
I have 6 Ocellia Power Cords, they replaced my Purist Audio 20th Anniversay Power Cords, 3 pairs of Ocellia interconnects and 2 sets of Ocellia Speaker cables. They are some of the most natural sounding cables around and I think they are worth it, even with the price increase. I find the speaker cables a tad light in the bass. |
I have found Ocellia cables to be one of the best kept secrets in audio, unfortunately their prices have just been increased as of September. Between the price of silver and there hasn't been a price increase in a long time, still a great value and the sound is sooooo tonally correct.
* Dealer disclaimer |
I have to agree with Ren: These are definitely the most natural cables I have ever owned--and I've tried a lot of them. I have the Calliope .16s and Ocellia Signature cables, and they just seem to let the music breath in a way I've never heard before--perhaps tough to describe it, but you'll know it once you hear it. I've used the Ocellia cables for a couple of months now and I keep coming back to the same conclusions: Music just seems much more effortless and less constricted than ever before, and there's a supremely natural tonality that lets more of the texture of the instruments shine through. I bet if you have a similar sort of low power tube/single driver type system, you'll love these cables too. Very enthusiastically recommended. |
I use the Ocellia reference interconnects/speaker cable (bi-wired)/power cords in an all Ocellia system
- Ocellia 30 Twin Signature speaker (12 INCH phy-hp drivers using alnico magnets and 2 piezo tweeters on each speaker)
- The new version of the Ocellia signature preamp and Ocellia 300B monoblock push pull amp (15 watts, 16 ohm)
They truly are natural and do not sound bright like most silver cables. Remember, they are unshielded, so care must be taken when using them. They are priced lower than most of the mainstream cables. Dare I say, in league with shindo interconnects but without the high price.
The reason why nobody has heard them is that there is only one dealer in the whole U.S. I was fortunate enough that teh designer of Ocellia is in Montreal, where I live. The cables are now being made in Montreal for teh rest of the world.
I find that these cables will become a best kept secret. Why? Unless you have heard them in your system, nobody will buy them because they are not popular. Nobody knows about them unless you have heard an Ocellia speakers.
Ren |
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And I bet you drive a Yugo! |
my system has great detail and sound staging, and my interconnects came from amazon and walmart. |
Is there anyone out there that has a thought on these cables? |
