I challenge anybody to compaire the very best of Tara Labs to ANY cable out there, take the Tara Labs Grandmaster Evolution or Zero Evolution cables to your audition, you get what you pay for!
Taralabs cables
Hi, I wanted to start a new thread for all the owners of Taralabs cables, Enjoy, and cheers.
2,466 responses Add your response
calvinj, I read your thread, I post fact's on this thread about the sound and the way the cable is made of different Tara Lab's cables model's, I post review's and audiophile user comment's to back what is said here, it's better than the same 4 people gushing over and over about their cable's,also, you need to understand, although the cable's all of you gush about that seem exspensive to some on your thread, none of you likly will not pay the price for the Tara Lab's Zero Evolution or Grandmaster Evolution cable's, their is a reason why they are far more exspensive than the cable's all of you rave about, I do not come to that thread and comment about what the 4 of you do there, I expect the same here, thankyou. |
The Grand Master Evolution w/Duel mono block HFX ground station 1.0m/3.3ft,This is the flagship top model interconnect of Tara Lab's, Extended Bandwidth - Interconnects The Grandmaster Evolution Series from TARA Labs is truly beyond belief. It is quite simply the new watershed in the art and science of audio cable design. The Evolution Series is in a class of its own, beyond all other audio cable products in the history of the audio industry worldwide. The Grandmaster Evolution Interconnect uses the same multi-lumen air-tube concept invented by TARA Labs as used in the ZERO Interconnects and the AIR Series Interconnects originally developed in 1986. However, the Evolution Interconnect is remarkably flexible. The Evolution Interconnect uses the same displaced and Floating Shield design together with a new Dual Mono-Block HFX Ground system with greater absorption of RF/EMI and a vanishingly low background noise. Incredibly, the new Grandmaster Evolution Interconnect boasts a remarkably low capacitance figure of just 2 pF per foot. This means that the new Evolution has a High Frequency bandwidth that is more than 300% greater than any other high-end cable in the world, this interconnect is the only model that use's the new Tara Lab's Generation 3 RSC conductor's in place of the generation 2 conductor's found in all the other Tara lab's model's. •The most advanced air-tube technology and design •All new proprietary "dual mono-block" floating ground station (HFX) and floating shield system •Controlled spacing of conductor to conductor geometry, produces record low interconnect capacitance of a mere 2 pf (picofarads) •Additionally the conductor to shield capacitance is remarkably low so the EMI/RFI coupling from the shield to conductors is negated •The outer shield is expanded and spaced away from the conductors to such a degree that the background noise is at an all-time low •Two layers of anti-corrosion coated SAOF-8N copper shield •Compared to the Zero Evolution, The Grandmaster Evolution has a larger, more complex system of Teflon and Aero-PE filaments that ensure a complete air dielectric system. •The most revealing and lifelike presentation possible •Compared to the Zero Evolution, The Grandmaster Evolution has a high-frequency bandwidth that is 50% greater, with a stunning low level of background noise contrasted with more image outlines and fine detail •Revolutionary liquid micro-film (LMF) dielectric ensures a linear transfer of low-level ambient and spatial information. Making Sense of….Gen 3 Conductors TARA Labs, Inc. has just announced the introduction of its Generation 3 Rectangular Solid Core® conductor, to be used exclusively in its state-of-the-art interconnect cable. TARA Labs claims that the Gen 3 conductor has an increased bandwidth or high-frequency extension, that makes it unrivalled in important test measurements and listening tests. TARA Labs’ Vice President of Product Design, Matthew Bond, said that the new Gen 3 conductor has the same current-carrying capability of a 28 gauge conductor but has the high frequency linearity of a 40 gauge conductor. Matthew Bond explains why this is possible. “In a conductor with a rectangular profile, there is a huge reduction of ‘flux-linkage’ or ‘coupling’ of electromagnetic lines of force. These lines of force are created as the signal (music) passes through any conductor.” Bond said further, “In a round conductor there is a large center that tends to roll-off or attenuate much more of the high frequency information … this does not happen in a Rectangular Solid Core® conductor”. According to Matthew Bond, the new Gen 3 Rectangular Solid Core® conductor is smaller than the current Gen 2 conductor used in most of TARA Labs’ audio cables. The Gen 2 conductor measures approximately 25 thousands of an inch wide and 12 thousands of an inch in height. Bond says that the Gen 3 conductor is about 66% of the size of the Gen 2 conductor, and that it is Super-Annealed™ to increase its conductivity. Both the Gen 2 conductor and the smaller Gen 3 conductor are said to be Eight-Nines™ pure copper, which is 99.999999% pure. TARA Labs’ trademarks for this technology are 8N™ and SA-OF8N®. SA-OF8N means Super Annealed – Oxygen Free 8 Nines copper. According to Bond, the term ‘annealing’ refers to the method whereby a conductor can be made softer and more conductive. |
Audiolabyrinth - do you know if Tara Labs has moved on from their proprietary conductor they used to call: Consonant Alloy copper? I haven't kept up with Tara Labs in a while, so I don't know much about what they've been up to. My entire system is wired with their older design RSC cable, which I am still very happy with. The conductors are the RSC Generation2 (Consonant Alloy copper). They have served me well for years. |
@audiolabryinth. I wasn't attacking you or your opinion about your cables. I was actually trying to be nice. I wasn't putting down your cables. I wasn't commenting on your cables. You are too sensitive about your Tara Labs. But that's cool I guess I should expect that. You took my comments and ran in a negative direction. No worries I wont come to this thread or even post in your direction again. Best wishes. #Dont talk just listen. I don't know what the majority of the Tara Labs cables sound like so I don't comment on how they sound or if they are good or not because I don't know. I haven't heard them. But anyway, sorry if you were offended. Good luck and I truly wish you the best. Now get back to posting to the faithful. |
@keith. No worries keith. I won't post or comment on this thread or say anything else to you. You stay here and I will stay there. I speak for myself and I have my own opinion and experiences. Don't group me with anyone. Enjoy your cables and equipment I wish you well. One more thing. Don't let other people's opinions or words bother you so much. Be confident in your own observations. Don't worry about them. I don't. |
Hi Gslone, Tara labs still uses the Gen 2 conductors, however, it's the way they are used now, the new cable's I have been listing on this thread have an all new dielectric's, new invented more flexible air tubes, the outlay of the conductor's, etc..., if you back read alot of this thread, you will see that these new cable's are a departure from anything they have ever made before, only the gen 3 conductor's are used in the Tara Lab's GrandMaster Evolution I/C, all other current production cable's use the Gen 2 conductor's, The new 0.3 cable is the only I/C Tara lab's make's that has pure silver shield in the cable with copper Gen 2 conductor's, Tara Lab's now has a huge library of cable's for every price point, they just introduced new I/c's, speaker cable's and power cable's for the first time in many,many years, an absence long awaited, Tara Lab's is Back! |
Gslone, also, if you have question's about any cable Tara Lab's now makes,or older discontinued cable's, I can help you here, the more affordable cable they now make is a huge bang for the dollar to out compete against the competition, then you have their state of the art cable's as well too,I am happy to read that your Tara Lab's cable's have served you well for years, what model do you have? cheers. |
This is the matching Tara Lab's speaker cable to the GrandMaster evolution I/C, The new flagship speaker cable model from Tara Lab's,Pr. The Grand Master Evolution - 8ft/2.4m The new Evolution speaker cable is a stunning achievement, boasting the greatest current-carrying capability of any speaker cable in the world, together with the High Frequency extension and linearity of a 32-gauge conductor. The Evolution Speaker Cable is an all air-dielectric design with 288 Rectangular Solid Core ® conductors per channel. Importantly, the gauge size for each channel is far greater than any speaker cable ever made or ever conceived in history. The gauge size is not 10, or 6, or 4, or even 0. The gage size for an Evolution Speaker Cable is 000, that's an area of 85,000 square millimeters per channel. • BSM (with 1/4"or 5/16" Spades or Bananas) • Gauge size is 000 = an area of 85 Square mm per channel • SA-OF8N® copper. • Each channel comprised of 288 Rectangular Solid Core ® conductors per channel • Aero-PE® GMI™ dielectric. • Separate positive and negative conductor run for each channel. • Helixed Rectangular Solid Core® conductors and air-tube technology • Gauge size is 000 = an area of 85 Square mm per channel • TARA Labs "C" hook revolutionary new termination • Spectacular power and clarity. Absolutely neutral and coherent. • Superb resolution of micro-detail and ambient information. • Incredible dynamic contrasts & vivid imagery • Holographic soundstage & superb resolution of micro-details • Excellent imaging & absolute coherent and neutral • Holographic soundstage & superb resolution of micro-details |
audiolabrynith, I have a variety of older model Tara Labs Cables from 1999 - 2007ish. I will be happy to list them for you, but it will take some time for me to sort them out for now.. there's a lot there from Master Generation2 to The One. I am just curious if you could educate me/us on what is "Consonant Alloy" Tara Labs has promoted/boasted about Consonant Alloy, but has never been clear about what it is... but I do like it.. whatever it is! |
This by far is the best outlet's to be used with top tier Tara labs cable's, I wanted to share the spot on review of this outlet because these do have complete synergy with Tara cable's, we all know synergy is hard to come by, this should be of help to Tara lab's cable owner's,Furutech GTX-D Rhodium Outlet The Furutech GTX-D is built like a jewel and sounds like it, too. Unfortunately, such quality does not come cheap, and those who are used to $1 light-weight, plasticky outlets used in most large residential developments these days may be somewhat shocked by the $239 price tag for the Furutech GTX-D Rhodium. Going straight to the source, Furutech, there are reasons their top-of-the-line outlet costs what it does. In an ideal world, pure copper would be used for power connectors and outlets, but unfortunately, pure copper is quite soft and malleable, which would deform and loosen over repetitive use, leading to a potential disaster for AC power chain. This is the reason most power connectors and receptacles are made with materials with worse conductivity such as brass or phosphor bronze. Furutech has developed a technique that allows the use of their best conductor material, Alpha-treated pure copper, as the base conductor. Alpha-copper means being blessed with Furutech's patented cryogenic treatment and demagnetization process, good enough to be used in Furutech's premium signal cabling products. This copper is strengthened with nonmagnetic stainless steel spring system that maintains a very firm grip on power blades while avoiding damages to male connector blades. These receptacles receive the world-renowned Furutech rhodium or gold plating, becoming (r) or (g) versions of GTX-D. Attention to detail does not stop there, and in order to minimize vibration and resonance, the receptacle body is made from a heavy-duty composite of nylon and fiberglass, which is impregnated with carbon powder and "piezo nano" ceramic. This technique is used to convert mechanical resonance into heat while performing shielding duties from EMI. Some of the other features include a curved pressure clamping system that increases surface contact area between the electrical line and the receptacle, accommodation for either spades or bare wire, special protective clamp cover, patented wire clamping system, nonmagnetic stainless steel mounting strap, and an anti-resonant rear dampening clamp. If still not convinced regarding the price, one just needs to hold the GTX-D in his hand to realize this has to be the best built, most sturdy, meticulously thought-out, non-resonant piece of audio outlet available. Every moving part, screw, strap inspires confidence that this jewel will last for generations and still deliver. If still not convinced, one only needs to listen to it. Before listening to the Furutech, I was initially worried the rhodium plating may sound too analytical, which is the somewhat accepted reputation for rhodium; the corollary is that gold plating yields warm and euphonic sound. This description somewhat matches my previous experiences with these plating methods with other products, but GTX-D (r) managed to walk the fine line between resolution and warmth, while definitely avoiding any hash, grit, sheen, brightness, or harshness. GTX-D achieved the highest levels of both resolution and smoothness, something usually not seen together in one product. If one switched from the $1 house outlet to GTX-D, the staggering amount of previously-unheard resolution, clarity, and dynamics will likely be startling to the listener. All that extra information and energy is delivered in a defined, controlled way, without various sound bites getting out of control and ragged as can happen with lesser outlets. Bass is not overblown or obscuring; instead, it is tight, defined, and extended with energetic dynamic punch. Tiny sounds from various nooks of soundstage come alive with crystalline and pure delivery while instrument positioning, layering, and depth become effortlessly obvious. To make matters worse (?), GTX-D delivers a gorgeous, tasteful, 3-dimensional solidity in the all-important midrange without going overboard with overly round and thick presentation. This outlet is not held back by a overly "balanced" but boring presentation with polite, reticent midrange presence, either. The voices have superb reach into the room and soundstage, vivid and forward enough to be engaging while not overcooked, especially in the sibilance and presence region. What are the flaws? Well, Furutech must have a reason for making the gold plated version of GTX-D as well for a different flavor. Some of the Furutech vendors recommend the rhodium version for neutral to warm systems, probably with tubes, which may mean the gold version, may fit better in neutral to cool systems. Not having the GTX-D Gold in house to compare to Rhodium, it is difficult to say for sure, but going by prior experience with gold vs. rhodium plating, one might presume that GTX-D (g) might have a warmer tonality with possibly more bass quantity, albeit with less tightness. It may also have more forgiveness but not as much detail resolution. Would that make (r) version any less worthy and flawed? Any well-heeled audiophile would already know that systems are different and that one does not fit all. One outlet may serve a certain type of system better while the other outlet may synergize a little better with a different type of system, with final results heavily being dependent on the listener's personal tastes as well. Once again, there is no substitute for actually trying the product in one's own system, and for those audiophiles who are willing to pay the tariff and do the hard work, the Furutech should be on the rather short list. |
Hi Gslone, consonant alloy is pure SA-OF8N 99.999999% copper (super-annealed, oxygen-free, eight nines pure copper, it is not an alloy at all, if you know what the word consonant mean's, just constant,you go a way's back, I remember the master gen2 cable's, I use to own them my self,I am pleased that you have been a long time Tara lab's owner, congrat's, the new cable's are far beyound the ole master cable's, if you wanted to do a cheap very cost effective up-grade on the older cable's, I can give recommendation's, however, I am not a dealer, you would of course have to buy from a dealer or direct from Tara lab's, reply when you can, thankyou for coming to this thread. |
This is another Tara lab's comment, I am not sure which cable model this reviewer is talking about other than the description has to be some of the top model's of Tara Lab's, “The pinpoint imaging of voices behind the mikes was surgically precise. The cable mastered relative distances between the singers and, as a bonus, it also depicted relative heights of the singers. Usually I hear this track with the voices coming as if from the same horizontal level – this time I could hear how tall the singer were.” - Audiodrom online magazine 2014 “By the clever design TARA Labs have managed to achieve the goal when timing is unified across the frequency spectrum and the system provides crystal clear view of the soundstage not only in spatial domain, but also in temporal domain.” – Audiodrom online magazine 2014 |
1-14-15: Audiolabyrinth An alloy is not pure copper. An alloy is composed of two or more metals. Consonant, the way they are using it, means blended together in a harmonious way. Their alloy is proprietary, so they are not saying what the other metal is, or what the mix % is. A simple search found this info The Consonant AlloyTM BREAKTHROUGH Explained By Matthew Bond, TARA Labs Designer The development of Consonant Alloy was a response to recent advances in copper technology that have resulted in ever increasing purity levels. This increased purity (expressed in the form of "99.9999% pure" or "six nines" copper) does result in measurable increases in conductivity over copper conductors of lesser purity. In the development of Consonant Alloy, I sought to increase conductivity even further by examining the use of different materials and, just as important, more sophisticated annealing processes. Consonant Alloy is a proprietary blend of elements chosen for their conductive strengths and compatibility. It meets three important criteria: 1.) Consonant Alloy is more conductive than pure copper. 2.) Consonant Alloy is more linear and accurate than current alternatives to copper. 3.) It can be produced at a price that is within the range of the average audiophile. Independent metallurgical testing shows the conductivity of Consonant Alloy to be substantially greater than "six nines" copper.' But this improvement is even more significant in terms of sound quality than the numbers may indicate. A purer, more conductive material sounds cleaner, more transparent and more neutral than one that is less conductive. Even small differences in conductivity result in audible differences in sound quality. The word "Consonant" means "blended together in a Harmanious way." This very accurately describes the relationship of the elements that make up Consonant Alloy, and is a partial explanation for its success as a conductor material. Examination of the structure of Consonant Alloy reveals a very long, unbroken crystal structure. This is important to conductivity because breaks between crystals in traditional copper conductors result in internal oxidation. These oxidized crystal junctions are electrical discontinuities which act as diodes to inhibit the flow of electrical current. Because of the homogenous crystal structure of Consonant Alloy, fewer such breaks occur than in even the purest form of copper. After annealing, Consonant Alloy is buffed and polished in-line to produce a mirror-like surface that is visibly smoother than copper, even to the naked eye. This eliminates surface oxidation that can inhibit electrical flow and result in audible distortion. Consonant Alloy vs. Alternatives to Copper There are other conductor materials currently in use besides pure copper. Using the criteria of conductivity, frequency linearity and cost effectiveness, none can outperform Consonant Alloy. Silver, for example, has long been known for its conductive strength, which is widely acknowledged to be greater than copper. The problem with silver is that contemporary designs tend to accentuate high frequencies when not designed or annealed correctly. Mathematical formulae reveal that for a given diameter, copper and silver conductors have different frequency response curves and linearity with frequency. For a silver conductor to sound as neutral, it must be slightly smaller than the equivalent copper conductor. Solid silver conductors that are not annealed properly can be overly bright, even harsh sounding. Since silver is a more expensive raw material, it is almost impossible for manufacturers to produce a reasonably priced silver conductor that has been subjected to the appropriate (read "expensive") annealing process. Silver-plated copper conductors worsen the problem. Silver accentuates high-frequencies more than the equivalent skin-depth layer of copper would, delivering them out of phase with the underlying copper core. Consonant Alloy is currently in use in TARA Labs' top of the line Rectangular Solid Core products: RSC Master Generation 2 and Decade speaker cable, interconnect, digital cables and power cords. In conjunction with TARA Labs' patented Rectangular Solid Core design, Consonant Alloy provides what I believe to be the ultimate combination: conductivity that far surpasses that of any form of copper, and frequency linearity far greater than either silver or silver-plated copper. Material Resistivity ohms/circ. mil/ft Conductivity calib. to % Consonant Alloy 10.1 (Annealed) 100% 99.9999 Cu "6 Nines" 10.3 (Annealed) 99.4% 99.99 Cu "4 Nines" 10.1 (Annealed) 100% TM -- Consonant Alloy, Rectangular Solid Core and RSC Master Generation 2 are trademarks of TARA Labs, Inc. |
Awsome Grey9hound, However, Tara Lab's does NOT use 6-nines occ copper any more period,also, I confirmed with Tara lab's, they do not make consonant alloy conductor's anymore either, they have not done so for a few years now, this is the conductor now-Conductor Information The RSC Gen 2 (SA-OF8N) Conductor Super Annealed, Oxygen Free, Eight Nines Copper (SA-OF8N) is the new standard in high performance copper purity. TARA Labs Rectangular Solid Core® conductors are completely produced in the USA. We start with Oxygen Free Eight Nines Copper (99.999999%), and the copper rods are extruded into long, unbroken, mono-crystal copper rectangular conductors. The conductors are extruded into a unique rectangular shape having specific ‘frequency-tuned’ proportions. Rectangular Solid Core conductors are annealed with a process known as Super Annealing™. Super Annealing™ or SA, softens the RSC® conductor and increases its conductivity. After annealing, the RSC conductors are polished in-line, and will become finished SA-OF8N® Rectangular Solid Core conductors ready for insulation using advanced polymers or liquid-film technology. TARA Labs has continuously advanced the design and materials used in its conductor technologies. Previously, in our lower priced consumer grade cables, we were limited to the use of 6N, or six-nines (99.9999%) pure copper and the OCC or Ohno-Continuous Cast copper technologies. Since the development of Rectangular Solid Core, we have moved beyond these lesser quality materials with the use of higher purity copper and our exclusive USA technologies. and this id the new generation 3 conductor here, used only in the Grandmaster Evolution interconnect-Making Sense of….Gen 3 Conductors TARA Labs, Inc. has just announced the introduction of its Generation 3 Rectangular Solid Core® conductor, to be used exclusively in its state-of-the-art interconnect cable. TARA Labs claims that the Gen 3 conductor has an increased bandwidth or high-frequency extension, that makes it unrivalled in important test measurements and listening tests. TARA Labs’ Vice President of Product Design, Matthew Bond, said that the new Gen 3 conductor has the same current-carrying capability of a 28 gauge conductor but has the high frequency linearity of a 40 gauge conductor. Matthew Bond explains why this is possible. “In a conductor with a rectangular profile, there is a huge reduction of ‘flux-linkage’ or ‘coupling’ of electromagnetic lines of force. These lines of force are created as the signal (music) passes through any conductor.” Bond said further, “In a round conductor there is a large center that tends to roll-off or attenuate much more of the high frequency information … this does not happen in a Rectangular Solid Core® conductor”. According to Matthew Bond, the new Gen 3 Rectangular Solid Core® conductor is smaller than the current Gen 2 conductor used in most of TARA Labs’ audio cables. The Gen 2 conductor measures approximately 25 thousands of an inch wide and 12 thousands of an inch in height. Bond says that the Gen 3 conductor is about 66% of the size of the Gen 2 conductor, and that it is Super-Annealed™ to increase its conductivity. Both the Gen 2 conductor and the smaller Gen 3 conductor are said to be Eight-Nines™ pure copper, which is 99.999999% pure. TARA Labs’ trademarks for this technology are 8N™ and SA-OF8N®. SA-OF8N means Super Annealed – Oxygen Free 8 Nines copper. According to Bond, the term ‘annealing’ refers to the method whereby a conductor can be made softer and more conductive. TARA Labs is widely known as the leader in cable technology and audio cable design. They are based in Ashland, Oregon. All cables are hand-made in the USA. |
Thankyou grey9hound for the correction about consonant alloy, that was used a very long time ago, my last post about the current conductor's is a huge departure from what was made back then, Tara lab's has evolved their conductor's over the year's, they are now publicly shareing via their web-site what their conductor's are now, since they have everything they do copy written now and trade marked, I use to own the master gen 2 cable, those were produced in the early 90's to 1995, then in 1996, the decade anniversary cable replaced the master gen 2, the model called, The One, replaced the decade cable in 1996 and is still made today. |
Simply Googling TARALABS or visiting their website will get most if not all the infos here ~ more accurately, IMHO. What's lacking are testimonials from 'real' users sharing/exchanging of experiences. I personally would like to hear feedback from Evolution and/or Grandmaster owners/early adapters. In my understanding, Audiocrack was one of the few, but was driven away by way this thread took course, unfortunately. |
Hi Bvdiman, I have posted many,many user comment's on this thread, if you back read what's been posted here since november 2014, a few Evolution model line user comment's, you do know their is different model Evolution cable's?, and as far as Audiocrack is concerned, he did not like being corrected when it came to what a HFX ground station or duel mono-block HFX ground station will do, and can do, I gave evidence concering this matter on this thread as well, also, all information on this entire thread is as accurate as can be period, all info is sent to me by request from Tara Lab's, and other info is pulled directly from their web-site. |
For some (perhaps) useful info about copper purity, read on. From a 6 Moons interview with Caelin Gabriel of Shunyata Research... http://www.6moons.com/industryfeatures/caelin/caelin_2.html An excerpt from the interview is pasted below. "The wire used in all of our products, even the least expensive, is designed and produced to our specifications. You won't find Mil-Spec or cable warehouse wire used in our products. People who claim six or eight nines purity? Let's just say that you cannot obtain certification papers for this type of purity. Anywhere. It doesn't exist - except in our audiophile world. Copper is specified by CDA numbers which are the technical grades of the raw metal. The top-quality copper with certification papers is CDA-101. It has a specification of 99.997% purity. There are lesser grades such as CDA-102, 103 or 112- but you won't get certification papers. There's ETP copper which is a standard grade. There's mil-spec copper commonly used in hookup wire. CDA-101 wire can't be bought off the shelf. You have to make it yourself from the raw copper ingots. So, as I said previously - we do exhaustive testing of all materials including wire purity. Wire purity does make a difference - to a point. Where the copper is mined is often more important than the absolute purity, just as purveyors of semi- or precious stones will have preferences for certain mines due to the types of impurities or inclusions that occur in various geographical locations. Naturally, we guard some of the more important findings and conclusions as our intellectual property. What I can say? Take drinking water. You obviously don't want lead or other toxic heavy metals. But how about calcium, iron or certain trace elements? Impurities aren't all the same by a long shot. Some in fact may be desirable. Think of steel metallurgy where the deliberate inclusion of minute amounts of foreign substances radically alters the materials properties of the raw metal. Purity is very important as it relates to corrosion. Since electrons travel primarily on the surface of the conductor, copper oxide molecules become a significant impediment to current flow. That makes outrageous claims of 1ppm purity (1 part-per-million) inside the conductor utterly irrelevant." A concise and well-referenced primer on copper and copper wire in Wikipedia... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copper_wire_and_cable#cite_note-PH08-3 |
Hi Ghosthouse, what does this author tring to say here?,quote-People who claim six or eight nines purity? Let's just say that you cannot obtain certification papers for this type of purity. Anywhere. It doesn't exist - except in our audiophile world.End quote, Tara Lab's has patent's and trade mark for haveing the purest copper conductor's in the world, Here is the Tara lab's conductor info, full of trade mark's and patent's,The RSC Gen 2 (SA-OF8N) Conductor Super Annealed, Oxygen Free, Eight Nines Copper (SA-OF8N) is the new standard in high performance copper purity. TARA Labs Rectangular Solid Core® conductors are completely produced in the USA. We start with Oxygen Free Eight Nines Copper (99.999999%), and the copper rods are extruded into long, unbroken, mono-crystal copper rectangular conductors. The conductors are extruded into a unique rectangular shape having specific ‘frequency-tuned’ proportions. Rectangular Solid Core conductors are annealed with a process known as Super Annealing™. Super Annealing™ or SA, softens the RSC® conductor and increases its conductivity. After annealing, the RSC conductors are polished in-line, and will become finished SA-OF8N® Rectangular Solid Core conductors ready for insulation using advanced polymers or liquid-film technology. TARA Labs has continuously advanced the design and materials used in its conductor technologies. Previously, in our lower priced consumer grade cables, we were limited to the use of 6N, or six-nines (99.9999%) pure copper and the OCC or Ohno-Continuous Cast copper technologies. Since the development of Rectangular Solid Core, we have moved beyond these lesser quality materials with the use of higher purity copper and our exclusive USA technologies. and this id the new generation 3 conductor here, used only in the Grandmaster Evolution interconnect-Making Sense of….Gen 3 Conductors TARA Labs, Inc. has just announced the introduction of its Generation 3 Rectangular Solid Core® conductor, to be used exclusively in its state-of-the-art interconnect cable. TARA Labs claims that the Gen 3 conductor has an increased bandwidth or high-frequency extension, that makes it unrivalled in important test measurements and listening tests. TARA Labs’ Vice President of Product Design, Matthew Bond, said that the new Gen 3 conductor has the same current-carrying capability of a 28 gauge conductor but has the high frequency linearity of a 40 gauge conductor. Matthew Bond explains why this is possible. “In a conductor with a rectangular profile, there is a huge reduction of ‘flux-linkage’ or ‘coupling’ of electromagnetic lines of force. These lines of force are created as the signal (music) passes through any conductor.” Bond said further, “In a round conductor there is a large center that tends to roll-off or attenuate much more of the high frequency information … this does not happen in a Rectangular Solid Core® conductor”. According to Matthew Bond, the new Gen 3 Rectangular Solid Core® conductor is smaller than the current Gen 2 conductor used in most of TARA Labs’ audio cables. The Gen 2 conductor measures approximately 25 thousands of an inch wide and 12 thousands of an inch in height. Bond says that the Gen 3 conductor is about 66% of the size of the Gen 2 conductor, and that it is Super-Annealed™ to increase its conductivity. Both the Gen 2 conductor and the smaller Gen 3 conductor are said to be Eight-Nines™ pure copper, which is 99.999999% pure. TARA Labs’ trademarks for this technology are 8N™ and SA-OF8N®. SA-OF8N means Super Annealed – Oxygen Free 8 Nines copper. According to Bond, the term ‘annealing’ refers to the method whereby a conductor can be made softer and more conductive. |
As seen on consumer review's of the Tara Lab's web-site,“The Omega Gold has a depth to the sound stage unmatched by any other cable I have listened to, incredible air, bass, mid-range to die for, transit speed is off the charts, very holographic sounding 3-dimensional life like sound, this cable will immerse you in music nirvana, if you want one of the best speaker cable's available, look no further, truly a game changer.” - Keith Henry-AudioLabyrinth |
Here is more patent and trade marked info about Tara lab's conductor's, Why Rectangular? Our patented RSC conductors have become the definitive technology in high-end audio cables. The rectangular shape offers a unique advantage over round conductors. They have the necessary mass for solid bass, yet are thin enough for a coherent reproduction of mid-range and high frequencies. The RSC is not subject to the same high frequency losses that hamper traditional round conductors. To further understand the principle behind RSC technology, it is necessary to understand a phenomenon known as "skin effect" This principle states that in a round conductor, higher frequencies will tend to travel towards the outside (or skin) of the conductor, while lower frequencies will travel closer to the center of the conductor. The larger the diameter of a round conductor, the worse the effect will be, resulting in a significant roll-off of high frequencies in large gauge conductors. Because of its rectangular cross section, an RSC conductor essentially has no center like a round conductor. Therefore it does not suffer the same high frequency losses. |
Attention TARA Labs Customers! Please contact TARA Labs for the location of one of our official distributor/dealers, where you can purchase official USA hand-made TARA Labs cables. Please be warned that there are cable counterfeiters all over the world, who claim to have, and offer official TARA Labs cables. These criminals manufacture and design fake TARA Labs cables, and sell at discounted prices. What a customer buys when dealing with them, is not a hand-made, lifetime guaranteed, official TARA Labs cable that is backed by almost thirty years of excellence. What they get is a cable that looks like a TARA Labs cable on the outside, but sounds horrible on the inside. The money you just spent on these counterfeit cables is lost! These counterfeiters have not only targeted TARA Labs cables, but other high-end quality audio cable manufactures as well. Please contact TARA Labs before you buy any TARA Labs audio cables. Be warned!…..3T Audio is the only official distributor/dealers, to purchase authentic TARA Labs cables in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong. |
| Post removed |
Ghosthouse, LOL!, here is your author of what you posted,StS is a cable manufactuor that is Gabriel Gold, as you can see, he cannot get his hand's on such copper, he still uses occ 6-nines copper along with other types of metal for his cable's, a valiant effort that fall's completly short of what's possible! |
| Post removed |
RFI/EMI Tara Lab's cable's technology addresses this common interference by removeing it to good effect, portray's a better sound within any given system, Radio Frequency Interference/Electromagnetic Interference. The most common causes of noise and interference in the transmission of both audio and video signals. Electromagnetic interference (EMI) refers to energy that is radiated by devices such as audio/video components, which contain transformers, AC cables and other electronic components that generate electromagnetic fields. The radiation of this energy is the major source of electromagnetic interference in an audio system. EMI affects the audio signal, adding noise and hash and obscuring low level detail and ambient information. Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) is actually a type of electromagnetic interference referring to signals within the radio frequency spectrum of 70 kHz and above. The abundance of RF pollution in the environment has been compounded in recent years by the proliferation of appliances generating RF signals. Furthermore, digital technology in audio systems has exacerbated the problem because RF modulation of the transmission of digital information affects the audio signal also. For this reason separate Floating Ground Stations® for Analog and Digital Interconnects are provided. In an audio or home theater system, the interfaces which are most vulnerable to RFI are the interconnect cables themselves, which tend to behave like antennae for RF signals. The order of magnitude between the audio signal in the cable and the RFI in the cable is close enough in both analog and digital signal transmission that it can be a serious problem. (NOTE: This problem does not generally exist in speaker cable because of its characteristic combination of high current and low impedance.) |
| Post removed |
AERO-PE A proprietary dielectric material developed by TARA Labs and used as insulation in most TARA Labs cables. Dielectric materials sound different because of the different rates that the materials store and release energy at different frequencies. PVC, a common dielectric material, causes distortion and coloration mostly audible in the mid-bass and mid-range frequencies, whereas Teflon® causes distortion in the upper treble frequencies, making coloration less noticeable. TARA Labs uses a proprietary dielectric material called "Aerospace Polyethylene™" or "Aero-PE™." This material is chemically treated to have low dielectric absorption and high dielectric elasticity. It reacts less with the signal in the conductor, making it more sonically neutral than other materials. Aero-PE is also extruded at a lower temperature than other insulating materials. Copper conductors insulated with Aero-PE are not exposed to high heat and therefore retain their specially annealed qualities. |
STs, I have posted a few time's what the conductor's are of tara lab's, the conductor's are trade marked and patent, to be able to get these kind of paper's within the industry,the conductor's are what's claimed to be described in all my post, that said, you cannot be serious, stop it already!, your claim's about Tara lab's information is false and ludacris! |
Airtube™ Technology TARA Labs Airtube™ technology emerged from our determination to minimize dielectric content of cables and eliminate coloration. Featured in all RSC Air™ interconnects, Airtube technology is used to suspend conductors inside Teflon® tubes to prevent the adverse sonic effects caused by typical dielectric material, such as fiber or PVC. These materials absorb energy and release it back into the conductor out of phase with the audio signal, causing distortion and coloration in the highly audible mid-bass and mid-range frequencies. By removing dielectric materials that cause distortion and coloration, Airtube technology allows listeners to easily experience neutrality, transparency and a wonderfully detailed, spacious soundstage |
| Post removed |
Hi Sts, I agree!, +1, I enjoyed reading your site, you are a young company starting out, I believe you are on the right track, I remember when Tara lab's started out, it is difficult to compete, you are doing some nice thing's with the metal of conductor's, I would do R&D on RFI/EMI if I were you, one of my early post say's that I/Cs are essentially antennae's for RF singnal's,I posted 1-21-15,pm me some time, cheers. |
Filter Network Some cable products use boxes attached to the cables that contain low-pass filter networks to filter RFI (Radio Frequency Interference) from the audio cables. These should not be confused with the Isolated Shield Matrix® products. The differences in both function and effectiveness are significant. A filter network removes RFI from the audio signal by filtering out or rolling off all high frequency energy above a certain range. This affects a great deal of high frequency information at the upper end of the musical spectrum. Furthermore, these filter networks are connected directly in the signal path. When the signal is interrupted and fed through these low-pass filter networks, the cable's electrical characteristics are changed to make a modified cable interface with limited and unnatural filter characteristics. The high frequency bandwidth is reduced. The audio band is affected also, as it is subjected by the filter network to rippling, and slower rise time (in the case of the Fourth-Order Bessel low-pass filter.) Furthermore, in a filter network RF inter-modulation has not been addressed properly because the heterodyning effect still affects the audio band. Additionally, the amplitude of the extreme high frequency harmonics of the music are filtered off, along with the RFI distortion, by generic capacitors and inductors in the filter network. The effects of a filter network are therefore subtractive, and ultimately color the original signal. |
I thought I would post this because alot of thread's talk about RCA single ended and balanced cable's, it is my opinion that I can hear a clear difference with Tara Lab's cable's useing balanced, Balanced Line The IEEE dictionary defines a balanced circuit as "a circuit in which two branches are electrically alike and symmetrical with respect to a common reference point, usually ground." This is the essence of a balanced interconnect. Namely, that two lines are driven equally and oppositely with respect to ground. Normally this also implies that the receiving circuits have matching impedances. Exactly matching impedances is preferred for it provides the best common mode rejection. Balances lines are the preferred method (for hum free) interconnecting of sound systems using a shielded twisted-pair. Because of its superior noise immunity, balanced lines also find use in interconnecting data signals, e.g., RS-422, and digital audio, e.g., AES/EBU. The principal behind balanced lines is that the signal is transmitted over one wire and received back on another wire. The shield does not carry any information, thus it is free to function as a true shield, but must be earth grounded at each end to be successful. (For a detailed tutorial on proper grounding practices, see: RaneNote 110 Sound System Interconnection) [Long Answer: To understand why balanced lines are so successful, first examine a balanced, or differential (equivalent term) output stage, and then an input stage: A differential output stage simultaneously drives two lines, one positive and one negative. The voltage difference between these two wires is the audio signal. The two signals form an envelope that rides the wires to the balanced input stage. Note that the audio signal exists uniquely between these two lines -- not between them and ground. The complete circuit path travels down on the positive line and back on the negative line. Ground is not needed to transmit the signal -- this is the essence and power of balanced lines. Ground is used only for shielding and safety purposes. Conversely, an unbalanced line is one that transmits the audio signal between one wire and ground. The circuit path is down the wire and back through the shield cable connected to ground. Ground is the return path; the circuit does not work without it. A balanced (or differential) input stage extracts the difference between the two input lines, and that, of course, is the desired audio signal. It receives the envelope sent down the cable by the differential output. This circuit's shining virtue is its great noise rejection ability. It has what is called great common-mode rejection. The concept here relies on induced noise showing up equally (or common) on each wire. It is mainly due to EMI (electromagnetic interference: passing through or near magnetic fields), RFI (radio frequency interference: strong broadcast signals), noisy ground references, or a combination of all three. The best balanced line designs have exactly equal impedance from each line relative to ground, guaranteeing equal noise susceptibility. Since the balanced input stage amplifies only the difference between the lines, it rejects everything else (noise) that is common to the lines.] |
Tara Lab's ISM on board- ISM Onboard Capsule™ An advance in the technology that was applied in the design of The One™ and The 2™. The ISM OnBoard cables employ a capsule that is fitted directly to the cable. The ISM OnBoard capsule enables more effective control over RFI, as well as offering the advantages of a sleeker, more compact design and ease of connection. Tara Lab's HFX, Grandmaster Duel mono block ground station, Air Evolution ground staion, all three of these ground station's are this technology, Isolated Floating Shield™ This unique and proprietary shield design is central to the Isolated Shield Matrix®. Unlike conventional shields, which are connected to the cable at the load end, the Isolated Floating Shield floats at both ends. It is completely decoupled, both mechanically and electrically, from every component in the system, including the cables themselves. This is an important distinction because it has a profound effect on lowering the amount of RF intermodulation that can be introduced into the system via the cables. TARA Labs' in-house testing shows that the best of conventional shield designs are not effective at preventing RF intermodulation. The Isolated Shield Matrix, with its floating shield, dramatically reduces RF intermodulation of the audio signal. In a typical interconnect the shield may prevent a certain amount of RF from modulating the signal through the conductors. But the shield is not deflecting RF energy in the environment - it is actually being absorbed. That energy is then returned to the system through the chassis of the component because the shield is coupled to the connector at one or both ends. By floating the shield at both ends, the Isolated Floating Shield avoids this problem. Energy absorbed by the shield is then transferred directly to the Floating Ground Station. |
| Post removed |