Taralabs cables

Hi calvin, I believe you should take your focus on going to listen to some new top tier Tara labs cables, go ahead and expect to be floored with the performance you hear if the cables are fully broken-in, I am very excited that Tara Labs has come out with alot of new cables, I recently went to the High-fidelity cable site, read all the reviews!, Not once has High-fidelity won any first class awards for any thing!, you know, when it comes to awards, A company cannot buy their way into winning them, High- fidelity has been out there long enough for this to happen for them, It has Not!, I look forward to the new reviews of the Tara labs Zero evolution and Omega Evolution cable system, and the Grandmaster Evolution cable system, this technology is so new, it may be months to a year before the buzz happens for them to be considered the very best available, cheers

04-28-14: Audiolabyrinth
@ Grey9hound, how long does it take to break-in the new speakers you are getting?, will you do a full review for us here on the speakers?, Are they Bi-amp speakers?, tell us some of the specs on them, Thanks Dennis.
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I do not think it will take too long.
The specs are here
http://www.sourcespeaker.com/2268reed.html
They go pretty darn low . The bass was real good on the 8211hds and should be even better on the 2268 as they have two 8 inch woofers for each speaker, plus that 6 inch reed cone is supposed to be pretty special

Dennis, Impressive!, useing your link, I reviewed all the source Technology speakers, thankyou, all the info I can get on what's out there these days helps me to give recommendations for the community, I enjoy learning, That was awsome you took me to school on these speakers,please do a review of your new speakers on this site, I would love reading all about them, and so will others, you are an asset to us all, cheers.

@audiolabryinth. I don't care about the award. I know what I heard. I heard these high fidelity ct1 ultimate reference cables in an all tube system and the speed, clarity and prat was unreal. I don't care about awards. It's about the sound. I don't care about one being better than the other. You will get different sound and different presentations. I think both companies make great cables. I just know that I got to hear a fully cabled high fidelity ct1 ultimate reference cabled system and it sounded great. I was impressed. I want a great system. Cables,components and power cords working in unison.

calvinj, I agree with you, It is all about the sound of a cable to me and you, what I am saying, To get awards from numerous best of shows, best sound of the year by many top publications like, The absolute Sound Magazine, Stereophile magazine, etc,etc..., all of these publications are proffesional, they listen to a whole lot more than we ever could,then when it comes to awards like this, A audio company cannot pay them for such an award, especially as many as Tara Labs Has won over the last few years, I fully expect for Tara Labs to earn some awards for their new cables over the next two years,I also believe you that High-fidelity complete loom of cables sounded good to you when you listened to a system that was built for the high-fidelity cables presatation to all that listened to the cables to promote sales of the brand, All cable company's do that!, That's bussiness, To try to get the best sound you can for the product you are promoting, what I like about these awards is the fact they try a product on numerous Brands of electronics to come to the conclusion of who wins the award, all I am asking of you is to go out of your way to go and listen to the New Tara Labs Zero Evolution interconnect and matching Omega Evolution speaker cables, and listen to the Evolution Grandmaster interconnect and speaker cables, I do not believe a dealer would allow you to listen to these cables unless they are fully Broken-in, There will be select Tara Labs dealers that will carry such cables, they are speciality cables, A dealer would have to be licensed by Tara labs, when I bought my dis-continued Tara labs Zero Gold and omega gold, Tara labs wanted to know where I bought them really bad, I was astonished on the way that was very important to them, when I told them, I bought them from Hanson Audio in Kettering, Ohio, They actually checked into it, as it turns out, Hanson audio is licensed By tara Labs to carry such cables, My cables were authenticated as real, and all was good at the end of the day, so to find a Tara Dealer that will carry these two models, that dealer will also have some of the best electronics money can buy!, you may have to make a road trip?, I am confident that if you ever listen to these Two models Of Tara Labs, you will surely know what is possible in High-end audio, I understand that their is no best, I believe there is a very small group of best cables available,The same can be said of electronics, cheers.

Hi there,thankyou.I have tried the one pc before,and it was too bass heavy for the speakers I had,everything in the kitchen,rattled,not just the pots on the stove.These monitors Im using now could do with some extra weight I recon.Ive ordered the rack keith ,so Im interested in seeing how that goes.Ive always had a cheap rack,in the past.Ill let you know my opinion; if you like,in a couple of weeks.A quadraspire sunoko vent T bamboo equipment rack.Have you explored that area before.

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To audiolabyrinth
Please don't be so naive. I spent 35+ years in corporate America mostly in sales and marketing. Entertainment including dinners, lunches, condo usage, great golf courses, fine wine, and more etc. all enter into a business relationship. Lobbyists in Washington do the same thing.
Awards, prizes, reviews et.al. all come with a price of some kind. I'm not accusing any of the principles you alluded to in your advertisement but don't think for a moment your favorite is above and beyond any of what I described. I lived it. I did it. It's how the game is played and high end audio is no cleaner than any other industry.

@ judyazblues and audiolabryinth. I think there are great cable makers out here. I am not an award kind of guy I listen to the music. They are both great cable makers. High fidelity and tara labs. I have been impressed with both. I was just reporting what I heard this weekend. Great sound come in variety. There is no one great sound. There are multiple ones and it all depends on taste. When I hear a great system or cables I will tell people. Maybe they both are great or it could be a matter of taste. I just know what I heard this weekend sounded great. High fidelity is a great cable. I have listened to more than 25 different cable brands. You can't go wrong with them. Also what I have heard from tara labs is good

Hi Judyazblues, somehow when I think of what you are saying, I believe you!, I do want you to know, I have NO connection with tara labs, I enjoy the sound, went thru many cables to be sure of this, since Tara labs has come out with NEW cables, I believe they deserve a fair shot in the market place, To be considered some of the best out there, there will be always a particular tast in sound an individule prefers over the next, what cable brand are you useing these days?, If I am not mistaken, I saw that you sold some cables you had?, cheers.

Hi Misternice, Yes, I have explored the area of racks etc..., I look forward to your honest impressions of what the rack did for your sound, I agree, Tara Labs power cables can influence bass, I enjoy having dishes rattle, gives me a sence of a bomb going off, LOL!

@ Calvinj, Have you got you Ear pre-amp yet?

@ pops, have you been busy at work?, overload of orders going?, what have you been up to?

Still cutting lawns for a living labyrinth?

@audiolybaryinth. I waiting for my e.a.r 868 to arrive. My friend brought his to my house today and we ahead against a cary slp05 that was loaned to me by my dealer. The ear 868 beat it hands down. The cary is a good pre amp but I can't wait until my brand new ear 868 arrives. I have found my pre amp for at least the next 5 years if not longer.

I am still waiting. However. My friend who has one loaned it to me till tomorrow. I been listening to it for the last two days. I am as happy as I ever been. That thing is the truth. I hate to give the ear 868 back tomorrow. I had one ct1 and one tara lab 2 ex ironically. It sounded great. The e.a.r 868 is pretty damn good. I changed interconnects to other stuff. It sounded different but still good. I have heard great systems the last two weekends but for what I am paying for the system I have. I am happy. I also tired of changing equipment. I want to spend my time listening. I also got my rel 528 today. The rel is musical. It added a musically tight bass to my viennas. The guys who help me evaluate my system don't like subs but in the two high end systems I heard the last two weekends. One had a huge sub and the other had a separately powered driver in the yg acoustic speaker. I like subs so the rel was perfect for the viennas. I'm pretty much done. I have a ear 868 on the way. I have a classe ca 2200. I have the parasound cd1. I have some high fidelity cables and some tara labs. I have some Clarus and tributaries cables as well. I can mix and match and tube roll my ear 868 if I want a different sound. For my listening room anything else is overkill. I think I'm done once my ear arrives. I'm gonna find the right dac and call it a day. I'm really happy with my sound. Can I get better? But at what price? And how long? I want to get my stuff and listen to my tunes. Stop blowing my retirement and actually listen to my tunes. Lol. A great high end system in a great listening room with great cables is great. I'm going to allow myself to be satisfied for once and call it a day. I really liked the set ups I heard with high fidelity cables and raven electronics. I also liked the MIT set up with dartzeel electronics and yg acoustics speakers. Both guys had perfect listening rooms and the set up was amazing. Maybe I get there one day. But for now I'm going to sit back and enjoy what I can at this level.

Hi Judyazblues, yes, I am still cutting lawns, my own bussiness, I am a certified Boiler maker, Iron worker, Rigger, with giant companys like Flour Global, Bechtel, etc..., my last job was in the ship yards on the gulf coast, like Ingalls, Austal usa, The ship yards broke me of wanting to work construction any more, when I am told why did I go to the bath room, It's time to go!, I enjoy being my own boss, Judy, I have worked over seas and thru out half the usa doing shut downs and grass roots jobs, Marriage did not stand up to being gone, costed me two divorces!, cheers.

Hi Calvin, I understand!, Getting off the merry go round for a while saves money!, will you give us some reviews on your new equipment?, your sub, your pre-amp,etc.., help make this thread interesting, what speaker cables are you useing these days?, still have the clarus for this application?, before you call it the day, get some top notch Tara speaker cables when you can spend the money, I believe I will have my digital player soon, it's time to fire the mighty system up!

@ Grey9hound, When do you expect to have your new speakers?

@ Grey9hound, @ Waxewaves, @ jmcgrogan2, @ Pops, @ Calvinj, @ Misternice, @ Tboooe, The waite is over!!!!!!, The system will be running in by tuesday, all the state of the art equipment I have gathered will be put to use NOW!, Misternice, I will give you the full impressions of the Tara labs Cobalt power cord very soon, I have numerous reviews to post on this site on my findings of many,many things I have paid for that has waited for this to happen, stay tuned.

OK,morning phase,by beck is a new release which is a good one for the collection.keith

Thanks Misternice, I enjoyed Beck back in the day, I have not listened to Beck in a very long time, Is that old or new beck?

05-08-14: Audiolabyrinth
@ Grey9hound, @ Waxewaves, @ jmcgrogan2, @ Pops, @ Calvinj, @ Misternice, @ Tboooe, The waite is over!!!!!!, The system will be running in by tuesday, all the state of the art equipment I have gathered will be put to use NOW!, Misternice, I will give you the full impressions of the Tara labs Cobalt power cord very soon, I have numerous reviews to post on this site on my findings of many,many things I have paid for that has waited for this to happen, stay tuned.

Well, Its about DAMN time!
I am just kidding. I am VERY Glad for you.
You will be in audio bliss.
I told you i would have taken those amps or cables or both ,and i would of had them broken in for you by now !
Know, you do know, you'll have to give us HOURLY updates on the break in !!
Well i should not have said that. We will get Hourly updates without asking .. LOL
Congrats to You

05-07-14: Audiolabyrinth
@ Grey9hound, When do you expect to have your new speakers?
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New Source Technology 2268 speakers will ship May 20th

Thankyou Grey9hound, I would like if you could post your impressions of your new speakers on this thread, like the ole Tara thread days!,man, do I miss talking to the original bunch, any way, I got the very last New vincent cd-s7 player that Audio-visor had!, vincent has a new cheaper player that uses the 6sn6 tubes, I know nothing about them tubes, I do know about the 6sn7 tubes, the 6sn6 tubes are smaller,that's all I know of them, If pops was around, He could tell us about them, or maybe waxewaves?

Hi Judyazblues, come and join the conversations here, do you live in Destin,Florida?, I lived there for a few years, Awsome place to live, I am from that area of Florida!, Tell us about your system here, This thread is the peoples thread, meaning, there is no such thing as off topic here, you can talk about any thing you like, cheers to you Judy.

Hi..the new beck.I havent herd the old one I dont think.Is there a album that stands out more than the others.cheers

Hi Misternice, to be honest, It has been so long, I could not tell you what beck alblum stands out, maybe pops, Grey9hound, waxewaves, could give you more opinions on Beck music, I do enjoy Beck, A great guitarist!

calvinj, where are you?, I am sorry I spoke the truth and what was on my mind on the high-fidelity thread, has NOTHING to do of what cable brand the cable is, so get that out of your mind!, The Excuse Rick gave to the guy that recieved such poor quality High-fideity cables was very,very, lame indeed!, I would have lost my temper if I were told that, LOL!

No worries.My rack should be here in a day or 2.The system is on the carpet and sounding so good.I didn't realize you did a bit of mining stuff, keith.Im going to stick it out for a few more years

Actually to me, None of them do.
I just cannot get into BECK ....WAY too mellow, british, popish melodic,... beatles kinda sound for me.
I do not like any of it. Sorry, I am just being honest.
Its not my cup of tea

Thats cool,why listen to something you dont like.You only live once so they say.Keith ive changed jobs, towns and rooms of course, a bigger one, and my stereo sounds better.mmm, well thats a bonus.Things are just getting better.

Misternice, how big is your listening room?, re-setting up speakes for best sound is a pain in the Axx!,BTW, what speakers do you have?

Yes the stereo sounds way better not just a little. Could be wiring, room acoustics and the absence of a cheap rack, may have bought everything on.Anyway its very satisfying to get gains, like that.

@audiolabryinth. We are good. You know you are tara labs biggest fan. But when I see a product maker like high fidelity and I personally know Rick stands behind his product I keep it real. I just tell it like it is.

Hi Calvinj, I believe Rick is not that kind of guy, He should stand behind his products, I wish all the luck to the customer.

Hi the room is,3 mtrs by 6.5 mtrs.The monitors are kef ls 50,a stunning little speaker really.They can be had as little as $1100 on the gon.Theyre all I need at this stage,they do like lots of power.

Hi I talked to Devon Scott of Tara labs wedsday on the phone, Tara Labs is getting ready to introduce the Tara Labs Evolution Grand master power cord!, This would be a great direct comparison to the High -fidelity ultimate referance power cord, they are the same price retail to retail, this is as close to a fair comparison between these two cable company as you can get, any thing else would not be compairable to the Tara labs top three models of speaker cables and interconnects, mainly, the price difference is in a whole other league, cheers.

I just replaced a Tara Labs (RCA) IC between my FM Tuner and preamp and a cardas xlr to rca connector as the fm goes into as that was the only feasible spot on preamp. I picked up a used Tara Labs The One (w/grounding station) RCA to XLR IC and have oddles of new goodies coming out of the airwaves. Really improved depth but the info coming through is pretty awesome. I have an FM station locally and have a sweet FM antenna so have great reception. Truly enjoying my one FM station until they change formats again...

Hi Cerrot, Congrats on the Tara Labs cable, The one w/grounding station, question, are you saying that you got a interconnect with xlr on one end and rca on the other, and this sounded better than useing the cardas adapter that is xlr to rca?, do you think the improved sound is really having an interconnect with ground station, instead of any major sound differences between the interconnect with cardas adapter on one end versus the interconnect with xlr/rca made onto the cable?, have you done a direct comparison with the cardas adapter, and not useing the cardas adapter, everything equal?

@ Misternice, Man!, Right out the box the Tara Labs cobalt power cord was a Revelation!, Best black back ground I have exsperienced, This power cord made the system un- broken in sound better than the system broken in the last time I listen to my system in every way possible, this went against the grain from all my exsperiences I have for power cords, @ pops, This is it, this is the power cord you got to audition pops-Jerry, cheers.

Hi there.the rack arrived today,excellent would be a good word.Smoother and everything has improved.Sound stage and depth amongst other things.Have you fired up the cobalt yet keith.

Congrats on getting the system up and running Keith! I'll resend the pics of my MC225 and C20 to the # you gave. Got em hooked up to a nice pair of Klipsch KG 5.5 with Bob Crites tweets. These TARA Labs Air 1 ics and sc sound so good, I do not want for anything up the chain at the moment. They are quite a compliment to the Mac gear. BTW, I may just show up at Dennis' place this coming weekend for a good listen to those big Source 2268! Also, Pops just got a new Vector 4 tonearm for his Basis tt, so he is busy spinning vinyl...;)

I have the one cable with XLR on one end and rca on the other. I did not try w/o the connector. Not looking to switch cables around to experiment. Sound is just beautiful. To hear such a wonderful sound from FM makes me very happy. Easy and free!

@ cerrot, hey, what fm tuner do you own?, must be a great sounding unit, thankyou for the reply.

Welcome back waxwaves!, Thankyou for the congrats, if you talk to pops, ask him to come talk to us, tell us about tone arm for his turn table, Adam, this fricken Tara Labs cobalt power cord is worth all the money and hype on my system, it has transformed the vincent cd-s7 player to a whole other league in performance, LOL!, it sounds like I got a much more exspensive player, wow!, Are you having to break-in your speakers now that you got a up-grade to the Klipsch speakers?, tell me all the impressions you have, now that you have everything in place, cheers.

Audiolabyrinth, I have a McIntosh mr78 modded by modeferri. Also using a magna lab signal sleuth.

cerrot, very nice fm set up, no wonder you are getting an excellent sound, does your, TAra labs -The one have a HFX grounding station, does the box say HFX on it?

@ Pops, I am calling you out man, where are you?