Taralabs cables

I am a High-end audio Builder like no one you have ever seen before, I do the things I do for many reasons that does not have anything to do with money, I am formost a believer that speakers are the most over priced componet in the high-end audio chain!, It is an incredible effort to find a speaker that is extreme resolving and balanced in tone with the world class Imageing that I demand, the perfect sound stage presatation, tall, wide, deep, and off axis!, I ALSO CANNOT STAND SPEAKERS THAT CANNOT BREATH THE MUSIC PROPERLY!, A speaker that is overly built has no emotion to the sound!, that is like playing a fine violin with 20 braces in it or made of metal, that sound is terrible!, I know what music souds like, I have been a pro musician for most of my 46 years here on Earth, so regarless of what you may believe, you need to listen to whats here!

Gentleman, I assure you these JBL-L7 speaker will desamate most speakers in sound quality!, I do not care what anyone believes, I have modded these speakers with Tara labs Omega Jumpers that are not on the Tara Site , The vincent player destroyed the Ayon cd-2s player in sound quality as well,any of you are welcome to my home to listen for your self, I have nothing to hide, as a matter of fact, I would love to see your faces when you hear these speakers, amp, cd player, the result would be priceless to see your mouths hit the floor!, I have listened to many of the worlds finest over priced speakers, and this digital player is awsome direct to amp, I have litened to $10,000.00 and up players out there that plain riht out suck!

@melbguy1 that is interesting question. Even my vienna acoustics beethoven baby grands retail at 5500. Even used they sell 3500. But I don't know I have seen some cables that really do some great things. I wish I could hear the higher end tara labs just to see how they sound. The cable company doesn't send them out as demos anymore. I wonder why they are not. It would be interesting to hear the higher ups. I won't comment on them since I haven't heard anything past the ones.

Hi there,hope all is well.I thought best to let you know,after having the gtx on for a week,it does sound good right out of the box.And now the rhodium,the rhodium is the one to go for,imo.Its not bright or harsh sounding.Alot
better,(on my system).Im yet to have both going at the same time,to maximise each of there potential.The revelation audio labs precept is the best pc Ive owned on a cd player,keith.I have no doubt there is better,this one will do me.

Hi melbguy1, Good to see you, tired of explaining the reality of cables to someones who is in a closed in world with no cable exsperience!, I have a pair of vintage 1992 JBL L-7 speakers that do 30hz to 27khz, Bi-amp, 4-way, 68 inches tall, 12 inch inside fireing woofers speakers with special order Tara Labs Omega jumpers from bottom post to top speaker post,That are not on the Tara Labs web site, The speakers are 3ft from side walls, 3 ft from walls behind the speakers, 5 degrees toed in, essentially no toe in, but the 5 degrees made a profound difference, nearly 7ft apart!, these mated to the Tara labs Omega Gold speaker cables are one of the most profound speakers I have ever listened to!, oh, I rotate from time to time the poly crystal speaker footers and still points ss footers, I really took them all out currently, I found that the plith that comes stock under the speakers sound best, why, I cannot explain it?, my front end is a lovely sounding Vincent cd-s7 cd-player that does 24/192, it has a American vintage 6z4 recetifier tube in the power supply, then it has a 12au7 tube, and a 12ax7 tube inside the unit, David, this is my second vincent cd-s7 player, it sounds hugely better than the Ayon cd-2s player!, I run this unit direct to amp, I have incredible speed and transparency doing so, the vincent bested the bass in a krell brand new digital unit that was a little more money, The vincent is only $2,800.00,, I have been through 5 cd-players that costed alot more money, I would put this little unit up against any didgital $10,000.00 on down in a a/b shoot out!, a giant killer I must say, David, this unit conveys music emotional!, never listener fatigue!, just pure musical, you will like this, its a german player!, however, I believe it is made in china, but, this unit is the best, most reliable product I have seen that china has assembled, vincent has very strict building guidlines, you know how the germans are, perfectionist, David, I will soon be tube rolling, however, I am in no hurry, the 6z4 tube I will have to just get another one of them, there is no better tube for that application there, I have some exotic tubes picked out like the RCA 12BH7 Red Label or RCA 12BH7A Black plates for the 12Au7 tube placement, and likly Telefunken 12Ax7 tubes, However David, I only have one chinese tube in my player stock, the player has a Harmonix tube, and the 6z4 tube is vintage American tube, I am afraid to go down that tube rolling Rabbit hole!, meaning, I would be pissed off if I spent money and lost the perfect profound bass and incredible treble extentsion I already have, cheers.

@audiolabyrinth. My point exactly. I don't know. THe way you talk about High fidelity I would think that you heard them all. I never say one is better than the other unlike YOU. Lol. Man you are funny. I don't know. I just said here in Texas they are not in the systems that I have heard. I never said they were not good or criticized them. I don't need the world to tell me something is good I judge for myself. Forget it you don't you don't get it. I'm not gonna let you ajitate me. Lol. Good luck. I'm not gonna bother anymore. Lol.

wow!, My honesty got you worked up!, In the big scheme of things, you live in texas, that is one state, in the world wide audiophile community, Tara labs is well known and loved for their sound!, the tara cables you are tring to sale is a 20 year old discontinued version of the one interconnect!, That is amazeing that it holds 60% of it's sugested retail price,I assure you I do not buy cables that cost as much as the Zero Gold and Omega Gold, Cobalt power cord with oyaide terminations for some kind of self worth, you kidding right?, I believe a woman will do for that!, Amen, says the brothers!, The status of owning anything fine and well made that significantly is better than most will give any one prstige and status, in this case, when they have never heard a better cable such as Tara labs,it will have that effect!,I tell you what, here is a internet address you can go to and get all worked up all over again, http://www.whatsbestforum.com/showthread.php?15272-Taralabs-grandmaster-evolution-new-top-of-the-line-cables-from-Taralabs&p=276898#post276898 Read that and you will know it really is a closed in world you live in to believe that Tara labs is not Talked about and known through out the world as some of the top available cables money can buy!, the part I really do not understand is the FACT you know nothing of the top tier Tara labs cables, you have never listened to any of them!

@audiolabyrinth. If some is letting you in their home where they have those kind systems. They are going to tell you what cables they have ah duh!!!!
As far as cables being discounted i bought tara labs on audigon 60% off I got them up for sale now for over 60% off. There are not that many high fidelity up for sale that are up sale and the ones that are people are trying to move up to the high fidelity ultimates and ultimate reference with money from the sale. Frankly I don't care if you don't believe they are in YOUR conversation for best cables. It amazes me that because something is getting more attention than tara labs that you attack it like the new pretty girl in school and the girls that are already at the school are jealous and don't like her. I'm done with all the comparison crap with all the folks here. This conversation truly tells me that a lot of people who post here think their cables give them a higher sense of self worth etc. They believe their systems give them prestige and status. That whole idea is a joke to me. I enjoy the music. I never once hear the detractors talk about what they hear. They don't talk about soundstage, treble, Mids, bass, dynamics, voices, prat, speed, transparency etc. I also never here them tell us that they are listening to music and what music they are listening to. I'm interested in the music and I guess I'm not like most of the folks who post on these forums. So I think I'm gonna post a lot less and talk to folks that are in it for the music. I'm not gonna talk to folks who have self confidence issues who get real sensitive about things. We are grown a** men arguing over scientific sound mumbo jumbo that I could care less about. How does it sound??? That's all that matters to me. I see why people have started to limit who they talk to because you can spend hours talking to people here who do not have anything actually to say about sound or music. How are you gonna tell me what I have heard and not heard??? I have guys that are 25 to 45 minutes away from me that I can visit and have visited that have mega buck systems with top of the line cables. I have been to one system in this area that contains $400,000 in equipment room treatments and top of the line cables etc. Honestly, in the Dallas area I never see the mega buck systems use tara labs in this area. So to me they are not in the listening rooms of those who can afford them. I know of at least 4 megabuck systems who have the best of high fidelity in them. When we have in person cable discussions. TARA LABS are not ever brought up. I know that hurts kieth. Lol. It will be ok. Put some ice on that knot and the swelling will go down. Lol. They were not being used on the top of the line yg acoustics, raidho, voxativs, dynaudio, legacy and vintage horn speakers that I have listened to. They are not being used by the custom systems I have heard. What have you heard the top of the line Tara Labs on by the way. Chirp chirp chirp chirp. Quiet. I have decided that I'm gonna limit my posts to folks who want to talk about the actual sound and music. So if you want to talk about that then fine. However, I'm not engaging with the cheerleader mentality. Mean girls. Lol. I'm prettier than Becky and I'm jealous so let's talk about her. Lol. So high school. Well I'm gonna be brutally honest as I close this post with you kieth. A whole group of guys that talked to you on your last thread decided that when audiogon took it down that they would post to you anymore. I can kinda see why now. I don't have anything against you kieth but i can see how they felt it was a waste of time. No music talk, no sound talk. Just putting tara labs up on a pedestal without talking about the sound instead of materials. Also you never talk about the music. From this point on I will discuss music and sound only not AUDIO JEWELRY and SCIENTFIC BABBLE. I think those conversations will probably not be you. I'm not attacking you kieth. It's just I don't see you saying much outside of TARA LABS is the president, king and chief of all cables. 3 years of posts and I have never seen you once say something else good about another cable. Oh once, wireworld eclipse 6 or 7. I have heard those and they are not that good. But anyway enjoy the music if you listen at all. I think I should post less with folks that do what you do. I want to find people who talk sound and music. Good luck kieth!!! Aka "Mr. TARA LABS"

@ "mr. Tara labs" one more thing. I know you will respond angrily because you are sensitive and my last post probably hurt your feelings and went deep into your cable insecurity. I anticipate a long, heated justifying your behavior response. It's ok kieth. I got my red everlast head gear on and I'm ready to take a punch but honestly. I'm gonna put my gloves down and walk away from this very small(ring)(thread) signing off.

@audiolabyrinth. If some is letting you in their home where they have those kind systems. They are going to tell you what cables they have ah duh!!!!
As far as cables being discounted i bought tara labs on audigon 60% off I got them up for sale now for over 60% off. There are not that many high fidelity up for sale that are up sale and the ones that are people are trying to move up to the high fidelity ultimates and ultimate reference with money from the sale. Frankly I don't care if you don't believe they are in YOUR conversation for best cables. It amazes me that because something is getting more attention than tara labs that you attack it like the new pretty girl in school and the girls that are already at the school are jealous and don't like her. I'm done with all the comparison crap with all the folks here. This conversation truly tells me that a lot of people who post here think their cables give them a higher sense of self worth etc. They believe their systems give them prestige and status. That whole idea is a joke to me. I enjoy the music. I never once hear the detractors talk about what they hear. They don't talk about soundstage, treble, Mids, bass, dynamics, voices, prat, speed, transparency etc. I also never here them tell us that they are listening to music and what music they are listening to. I'm interested in the music and I guess I'm not like most of the folks who post on these forums. So I think I'm gonna post a lot less and talk to folks that are in it for the music. I'm not gonna talk to folks who have self confidence issues who get real sensitive about things. We are grown a** men arguing over scientific sound mumbo jumbo that I could care less about. How does it sound??? That's all that matters to me. I see why people have started to limit who they talk to because you can spend hours talking to people here who do not have anything actually to say about sound or music. How are you gonna tell me what I have heard and not heard??? I have guys that are 25 to 45 minutes away from me that I can visit and have visited that have mega buck systems with top of the line cables. I have been to one system in this area that contains $400,000 in equipment room treatments and top of the line cables etc. Honestly, in the Dallas area I never see the mega buck systems use tara labs in this area. So to me they are not in the listening rooms of those who can afford them. I know of at least 4 megabuck systems who have the best of high fidelity in them. When we have in person cable discussions. TARA LABS are not ever brought up. I know that hurts kieth. Lol. It will be ok. Put some ice on that knot and the swelling will go down. Lol. They were not being used on the top of the line yg acoustics, raidho, voxativs, dynaudio, legacy and vintage horn speakers that I have listened to. They are not being used by the custom systems I have heard. What have you heard the top of the line Tara Labs on by the way. Chirp chirp chirp chirp. Quiet. I have decided that I'm gonna limit my posts to folks who want to talk about the actual sound and music. So if you want to talk about that then fine. However, I'm not engaging with the cheerleader mentality. Mean girls. Lol. I'm prettier than Becky and I'm jealous so let's talk about her. Lol. So high school. Well I'm gonna be brutally honest as I close this post with you kieth. A whole group of guys that talked to you on your last thread decided that when audiogon took it down that they would post to you anymore. I can kinda see why now. I don't have anything against you kieth but i can see how they felt it was a waste of time. No music talk, no sound talk. Just putting tara labs up on a pedestal without talking about the sound instead of materials. Also you never talk about the music. From this point on I will discuss music and sound only not AUDIO JEWELRY and SCIENTFIC BABBLE. I think those conversations will probably not be you. I'm not attacking you kieth. It's just I don't see you saying much outside of TARA LABS is the president, king and chief of all cables. 3 years of posts and I have never seen you once say something else good about another cable. Oh once, wireworld eclipse 6 or 7. I have heard those and they are not that good. But anyway enjoy the music if you listen at all. I think I should post less with folks that do what you do. I want to find people who talk sound and music. Good luck kieth!!! Aka "Mr. TARA LABS"

well then, you are saying you have heard 5 differnt top cables from other brands?, how would you know that?, you do not know if the owners of them super systems had the flagship cables from the brands they were useing, and even if they were 5 best of said brands, calvinj, that is skiming the water of whats possible out there!, Go and listen to many top brands over the next few years and tell me then what your thoughts are, when you get the exsperience that I have, I will take interest in what you say about a cable called high-fidelity, Frankly, I do not believe they are in the same conversation as Best available cables!, what I see here on audiogon is people selling all the High-fidelity cables for 60% to 80% loss from full retail price on the used market, that speaks volumes!

Hey, you do not have to take my word, check out the thread, cable recomendations, look at what the op has said!, I am NOT alone, many audiophiles know what they hear, as it turns out, At the end of the day, look at what they own!

@audiolabryinth. Well that's wrong I have heard the best of other cable brands. I've heard 5 systems above 200k in cost with different cable brands. Once again there you go. I have had a 85k demo system inside of my home for an extended period. There you go. You are tara labs funny. I guess. Check my threads. I went on a listening tour. I've had great equipment in my home. Whatever man.

It's ok calvinj, I support Tara labs because I have never listened to a better cable any where!, I have been to half the united States of America in search of the Best cables and audio, most I cannot afford, some I cannot afford but Buy over time with payments, It would be very cool if we could find a way for you to hear just my cables!, I do like you calvinj, However, The only exspensive cables you have ever owned or listened to is the High-fidelity cables!, man, I have listened to the best from Nordost, Tara Labs,Purist Audio,MIT, Transparent,Audioquest,Kimber cable,Siltech,Cardas,XLO,Synergistic Research, some High-fidelity cables, etc.. just to name a few off the top of my head, I have listened to more than whats listed here, going all the way back to the mid 80s to now, I admit, there are some very good cables out there, Tara labs stands out more than any other cable, one of many traits Tara labs has that is a signature in their sound is the most defined articulate full bass you will ever hear when you get to their top cables, Tara labs extended resolution from top to bottom is just pure incredible, and you never get listener fatigue which goes along way in my quest for audio, I do not have a anti high-fidelity cable obsession, I have a anti Obsession to people who have not heard any cable that is top models from other cable Brands and deem High-fidelty the best!, That is about as meaningless as compairing Rotel to Dan D Agostino Master Audio Systems!

@audiolabryinth. Just got a question. Why do you have this anti high fidelity obsession. I don't obsess over tara labs. I'm happy that they work for you. It's not a competition. I know some of the guys on that thread pushed your click button but you have to be comfortable in your cable of choice and your own opinion. Man enjoy your cables. I will enjoy mine. It's cool. I think they people get upset with you because you tara labs to the end of the earth and you put down all the other stuff and everything comes back to tara labs. I'm not offending you kieth. So don't go getting your blood pressure up.

@audiolabryinth. Who knows. This business is more than just performance. Politics can be at play. I don't know. I guess I take all reviews with a grain of salt. I don't look for them to rate what I hear. You have to follow your own ears. Lol. You oughta know that by now. I love those magazines. However, I have bought things that they said were good and at times sounded like crap. It is what it is. This cable is fairly new. 5 years is a short time for a company like this one. I'm through with comparisons. If it works for me I don't care what they say.

calvinj, I have a question here about High-fidelity cables, why is it that they are NOT at any audio shows u.s. or world wide?, I have scanned the participates boards of up coming shows, and High-fidelity is NOT there, why is that?, why no stereophile Review or The Absolute Sound Reviews either?, I do not get it, if this cable is so profound, how come stereophile and The Absolute Sound has not deemed them best available, or even reviewed them?, they have been circulated long enough to be in the thick of it all!

I really did not believe the paid review on the wireworld eclipse 7 either!, I am listening to an analog recorded cd called Fire house, an old early 90s pop Rock band, It is startling the SLAM this krell modded 700cx has with the Omega Gold speaker cables and Zero gold with HFX ground station, and Cobalt power cord, Bass that is so defined,extremely deep, and Real, I feel like I am Rocking a concert!, every nuance, every cymbol, everything is over the top, I can not even imagine Tara Labs has two cables better than this NOW!, and three power cords better than what is here too, I am having Happy Listening!

@audiolabyrinth. I tried the wireworld eclipse 7 system. I was not impressed. I had it for a couple of months on a demo. It was just average. I can't speak on the higher level tara labs because I have not experienced those.

The Tara Labs Omega Gold speaker cables are the warmest with most resolution musical speakers cables I have ever heard on my system, they have incredible Natural dynamic contrast to the sound, very vivid images of all instruments, layered, and seperated within space with a very deep sound stage, the Tara labs will never give you listener fatigue, or never sound cold, analitical, or steril by NO means!, An incredible speaker cable that deserves all the acclaim that is has garnished world wide, It is extremely rare for a product to live up to all the reviews, awards, etc..., This, is one of the only products I have listened to that fits the bill of all the Rave reviews and positive comments by users about it, I am impressed with the Tara laabs Omega Gold speaker cables!, Defiantly one of Tara labs greatest cables ever built., cheers.

calvinj,I am not sure that the wireworld Eclipse 7 cable system would be better on my system than what I have here, since I built my system around my cables, system dependency would come into play, However, The new Tara Labs Evolution Zero and Evolution Omega and Evolution Grandmaster is clearly a no comprimise cable system that was designed to better what I have!

system dependency may vary for the Zero gold-Omega Gold and the Nordost Odin cables, on some systems, the Zero gold and Omega Gold is better, and On some systems The Nordost Odin is better, so the order of #4 or #5 will go back and fourth!, cheers.

I have the Tara Labs Zero Gold and Omega Gold that had an 18 year run as best available, no other audio item in History of audio has ever had a run such as this!, now, The order of pecking for my cable is as follows, The Tara labs Grandmaster Evolution as#1, The Tara Labs Evolution Zero and Evolution Omega as #2, The wireworld Reference Eclipse 7 cable system as #3, The Tara labs Zero Gold and Omega Gold as #4, then The Nordost Odin cable system as #5, I am proud to have a cable in the top five world class cables!

@audiolabyrinth. Which one do you have right now?

well fellow members, as it turns out the Review did NOT come in the october issue of Stereophile of the New Tara labs Evolution Zero and Evolution Omega cables, However, It will be in November, no later than December 2014!!, I only passed along what Stereophile had told me, I suppose when the review came out it must of got changed the last minute, since recommended componets come out in this issue, cheers.

I totally agree with Melbguy1 regarding power and its importance to music. I am not sure I agree its higher than room treatments but certainly it is important. Right now the foundation of my electrical system is the PS Audio P3 AC Regenerator. Added that to my system improved the sound dramatically in every regard. Next I would love to run some dedicated lines and optimize my grounding.

And Audiolab I have not purchased the outlets yet. Just too busy right now but I will get around to it.

Melbguy1, what is equipotential grounding?, what is virtual grounding?, I know many different gounding schemes, just not the big facy words, my idea of the perfect circuit is illegal here, a dedicated ground for each outlet period, I have done this before, It is in my opinion, the very best that can be done for SQ, cheers.

melbguy1, that is what I have been told, 100 hrs for a cooked furutech GTX-D to settle in the system, after much research, I do not believe I will go with Rhodium, I do not believe a forward presatation is in the real!, cheers.

Tboooe, I still have not purchased my outlets either, I am though!, yes, I have heard many good things about the ps audio power regenerators, I know an exteme amount about electrical dedicated lines and grounding, so, tell me, what are you going to do to optimize your grounding?

I totally agree with Melbguy1 regarding power and its importance to music. I am not sure I agree its higher than room treatments but certainly it is important. Right now the foundation of my electrical system is the PS Audio P3 AC Regenerator. Added that to my system improved the sound dramatically in every regard. Next I would love to run some dedicated lines and optimize my grounding.

And Audiolab I have not purchased the outlets yet. Just too busy right now but I will get around to it.

Melbguy1, any feed back on the furutech GTX-D Gold you care to share yet?, do you believe it needs more time?

Tboooe, did you order and recieve any furutech GTX-D recepticles?

Misternice, have you recieved you new outlets yet?

Hi Tboooe, I often wondered about that myself, my only explaination would be that the burn-in disc has a wider frequency response in all directions of the sound, where most music is limited, an example of this is that most rock music only goes down to 40hz, that is the bass guitar and kick drum on a drum set.

Alright I played the Tara burn in track for over 75 hours. And yes they made an improvement to my system. Improvements were mainly in decay of notes and more detail in the midrange.

Can someone pls explain to me why a burn in track can make changes to a system?

@audiolabyrinth. I'm never upset with you kieth. My cables keep me in a happy place.

If I made a mistake, and the review does not come out in stereophile untill november, so be it, however, it's stereophile themselfs that told me the review would be in the october issue, maybe you should look more closly into the magazine?, The good news is, tara labs themselfs told me the review is coming in stereophile, so, just wait and check it out, I'm sure it will not be long!, and another thing here is you need to learn respect on how you talk to someone, and the fact I do not know you is even worse!

A'lab, What kind of tale are you spinning? I have the October Stereophile in front of me and I don't see anything close to what you say. Maybe I have the JV printing for non-believers??

calvinj, you do not need to get frustrated, The two with Ism on board is a good cable, however, There is NOTHING that High- Fidelity cables makes that even come close to the performance of the legendary Zero Gold interconnects and Omega Gold speaker cables, cobalt power cord that I am listening to at this very moment, It is the most natural sound on MY system I have EVER heard in my life, bar none!, and YES, I have listened to the high-fidelity cables, just another flavor of the month with NO significant meaning behind them!, Imagine, Tara Labs also has two new models of cables above mine, I suggest you read Michael freamer's review of the new second from the top Tara Labs Evolution Zero interconnects and Matching Evolution Omega speaker cables coming in the october issue of Stereophile magazine, Guess the conclusion of the review?