Thanks for your kind comment Jim. I appreciate your consistently insightful posts on this forum.
Charles
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Best analogy I can make, is looking at a child's normal picture book, then looking at the same picture book, but now it's the 3D pop-up version 😊 if that makes sense
I thoroughly understand your analogy.
Charles
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@painter24
Congratulations!
They will be pretty much burned-in at roughly 200 hours. As your listening comments reveal, you are headed in the right direction. Improvement will continue.
These are really excellent and well-made cables that are hardly recognized or discussed. A successful merging of transparency/clarity with full tone/ flesh on the bone sound quality.
Charles
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@jayctoy
Thanks for your kind comment. I would like to clarify however. In my system I have the Lavricables Grand power cable (3) and 1 Master power cable. I do not have any of their interconnect cables.
Charles
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The question becomes whether the most expensive and thickest grade of Lavri cables gets you close enough to the AQ solid silvers.
There was an earlier thread on this question that has since been deleted unfortunately. The OP had AQ silver cables and then moved on to Synergistic Research silver cables. He subsequently compared both to his Lavricables Grand and preferred the latter in his audio system.
Obviously only one individual’s listening experience but it generated a good discussion. Too bad it is not still available.
Charles
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When it comes to buying legit and quality build, you ALWAYS only get what you pay for
Let’s not toss out the babies. The Vogue Audio cable I have is very well constructed and also sounds very good. It’s quite reasonably priced for its performance.
The Lavricables silver conductor power cables I own are exceptionally good sounding. Again very good quality cable for non exorbitant price
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@twoleftears
Thanks for the additional information. I purchased one of their power cables to use between my wall outlet and isolation balanced AC transformer. My 1 meter cable was 50% off costing me 345.00 USD. I can confidently say that in this specific function it is very good sounding and I am happy with it
I agree with all who have questioned the description approach. Openness and clarity are always the best way to present a product to potential customers. Just be upfront about all aspects of materials and construction. Ultimately sound quality is the arbiter.
This is why in an earlier post I raised the question concerning silver purity. 7N silver wire for that price didn’t seem likely. So, it is not a pure silver wire conductor, rather it is an alloy. in summary, I can vouch for it’s very good sound quality placed as described in my audio system.
I do believe that the Lavricables that I mentioned earlier in this thread are true pure silver wire conductors. Their claim is 5N purity. I can vouch for their excellent sound quality.
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@soix
I need a 20 amp rated power cable for my isolation balanced AC transformer to wall outlet. I wanted to use the Lavricable Grand but it is a 15 amp max power cable, thus the Vogue Audio. I have the Grands on my components. So, I have not compared them directly. I strongly suspect they are sonically on par with each.
I do not feel I can make a definitive judgement between them as they’re in different system locations/functions. However, I am very confident in saying that both are excellent sounding and well-made silver cables for very fair and reasonable cost.
Charles
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@whistleraudio
Once you reach a certain degree of silver wire purity is there a discernible audible difference in your opinion? For example 5N compared with 7N. I have a Vogue Audio 7N OCC silver power cable and it’s very good . But I feel the same with regard to my Lavricables power cables which are 5N silver. I can affirm that both are very high quality excellent products.
Charles
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@tump350
The silver wires did not come off as bright in my system, but rather deepened the various harmonic resonances around each note and instrument (what I believe you guys call "bloom"), deepened the sound stage and sharpened the imaging of each instrument making the recorded performance a little more musical and life-like: increasing my enjoyment of the players.
Congratulations on your successful outcome with silver cabling. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Charles
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@raindog911 @mulveling
Appreaciate the actual personal experience insight.
@jayctoy
The Lavricables are made in Latvia. They are very responsive via email communication and ship with DHL.
Charles
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Well, if that's how he feels and perceives things, we have little in common with regard to audio matters. We'll just go our separate ways.
Charles
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@thyname
I don't know cakyol. I try to give everyone the benefit of the doubt and respect their comments/experiences no matter if similar or dissimilar to my own. Now if I begin to realize that one is simply trolling for attention/disruption, I'll just ignore them.
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@cakyol
Basically, NO DIFFERENCE.
Others who claim otherwise need to see audiologists as usual is the case in this forum.
If that’s been your personal listening experience, then so be it. It’s quite a contrast from mine. Very easily heard and distinct differences in my audio system. People will have different outcomes. I don’t disregard yours and you shouldn’t disregard mine. Quality silver cables are unquestionably a sonic benefit in my system.
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@mulveling
It’s not that copper sounds bad, but silver gives more lifelike detail. That, for 2K - 4K in used deals, was well worth it to me - the next level up in components is not going to be achievable for that little extra amount.
This mirrors my experience with high quality silver cabling. In addition to the "lifelike detail", I experience increased openness, air and a more convincing natural tone and timbre. System, component and wire quality dependent of course.
Charles
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I think any differences heard are so miniscule per dollar spent, you’d be better off buying better components than changing a cable.
In some scenarios this could certainly be the case given the many independent variables of specific audio systems. I can say that this sure was not my outcome.
I remain very happy with my current components and have no interest in wholesale changes. The addition of high-quality pure silver cables has been terrific in my audio system.
Charles
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A wire that is copper with silver plating will not sound the same, and you should want to be talking apples to apples and not apples to oranges. Also expect about 200 hours of break-in to achieve the best sound.
Very good distinction Lak, and good advice.
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@gnoworyta
I 2nd lak’s recommendation. The Lavricables are high quality constructed and very reasonably priced for a pure silver wire conductor. I use their power cables, Grand (3) and Master (1) in my audio system. They are wonderful sounding additions and I’m very happy that I purchased them.
I use Ocellia Silver Reference pure silver IC/SC. An excellent product but more expensive than the Lavricables products. I would politely ignore those who tell you there is no difference between this or that. Pursue what you are curious about and listen and learn for yourself.
Charles
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