Veritas Cables a new brand that I found

I just did an order for the Aperta SE speaker cables. They will go in my 2nd system to see how they compare with my JPS Superconductors. I will update once they arrive and I get some listening time on them.

I see the Aperta Special Edition now for $899

https://veritascables.com/products/aperta-se-speaker-cable

Also found a BNC cable that I don’t remember seeing before

https://veritascables.com/products/nexum-b-digital-cable

I was interested in the regular Aperta to replace my old JPS Labs Superconductor that is starting to fall apart. It comes highly recommended by some online audio friends. I emailed Veritas and they said the Aperta SE is being posted to the website in the next day or two. Since the price is not that different I might wait to get the top SE model instead.

@ denon1

I dont see Aperta SE offered on their menu, is this a discontinued version?

Also you mention that you returned the Argentum XLR because you found them noisy, I have never heard of a cable being considered noisy before. What is your preferance then in an XLR interconnect?

@samureyex i paid $799 for 1.6m Aperta SE. To me they are a reference cable comparable with cables that are in  $3-5k range and may be more. I am not affiliated with Veritas and always trying to be honest. You can check this thread were I notified that returned  Argentum XLR  because they  sounded a little hard and noisy with 105 hours on them. 
Not these speaker cables. 

@denon1 Having owned the Aperta with over 120 hrs on it. I wouldn’t change a thing about its sound except for the background noise. It is the only area I felt needed improvement. I did note it in my journey to 100 hour. Although I noted as more hrs are put in, the background kept getting quieter.

The increased resolution you hear I believe is partly thanks to the quieter noise. How much is the SE version?

My system has been broken for 2-3 months and I've been unable to provide any improvements after the 105 hrs mark.

@denon1 Thank you the update, I really appreciate the comparison and information.

@lak after 3 weeks of wait I got the Aperture SE speaker cables.
In compare with regular Apertas, besides using different mix of materials, the SE use better connectors - in my case all pure silver spades. With 5 hours on SE, to me and in my system, in compare with Apertas that have about 100 hours on them, the SE have blacker backgrounds with a little more resolution across all frequencies. 

But the important difference to me is that SE sound more refined and delicate. Having owned before shunyata sigmas, audience front rows, I would say the Aperta SE are in that category- reference cables.

Wanted to add an update about the Aeris power cables I've been using for a few weeks now. Still really impressed, I feel like they have opened up even more with use. They did sound excellent straight from the box though. 

A friend loaned me his Audience Studio One power cable as he is upgrading to a higher tier in the Audience line. I think Studio One is somewhere in the middle of the pack. Even so it sells for over $2k if I recall correctly. 

If I didn't know better I would have thought the Veritas Aeris was the more expensive of the two. Both are very well made though, and even appear to use the same high quality connectors. Soundwise I feel they are quite competitive. The Audience felt a little faster and perhaps slightly more detailed. The Veritas seemed more full bodied, with richer tonality and superior note weight. Two very nice cables that I can happily recommend, although the Aeris feels like a killer value in comparison. 

Obviously this was an imperfect test as I only had a single Audience compared to using the Veritas power cables throughout my system. I did try the Audience with different components though and while the results changed a bit depending on where it was placed, the general idea remained pretty similar. 

@t_ramey I've been using the Veritas Audax USB for a while now and really enjoy it. Excellent articulation and the always elusive musicality that we all want.

I did a comparison with a bunch of other quality cables, and I ended up liking the Audax more than a Crystal Cable Diamond, Clarus Crimson, and Audience Frontrow. At least in my system. The only one I found that was competitive with the Veritas was the Pink Faun Ultra. It was a tough fight between those two, hard to pick a winner based on sound. Taking price into consideration the Veritas Audax wins as far as I'm concerned.

It looks like they have some other USB cables also. I only know about the top model Audax and can't comment on the others. 

@charliee You might try contacting them through USAM as well as their website, and include your phone number. The reason I say this is I had not heard back from them regarding an email I sent (they usually get back to me the same day and/or hour) and I found out there was some type of a glitch on my computer service and their email would not go through.

@charliee They have always been really fast with replies, sometimes within the hour but not always.

I notice the new "contact us" page has a line about how they are still fine tuning the settings for the new site. That line wasn't there when I initially checked yesterday. So probably some migration issues which I imagine are normal when changing to a new web host or whatever. 

I would shoot over another email today and see if that works better. 

Anybody got an update on the Veritas usb cables in their system. I’ve had a Stealth cable for quite a while at 1m length and could use a longer cable so looking at alternatives.

@ v-fi

Are they slow on email response? I sent one yesterday, no reply yet, I know it's only one day but it would be nice to find a cable builder/business thats responsive. I I havnt found one yet, including all the small builders mentioned by the OP.

@charliee Wow I did not realize their site launched already. They made it sound like it would be towards the end of the week. Looks good, simple and clean. 

For what it's worth they did tell me that they would honor the old pricing on some stuff I was thinking about purchasing. Even if I don't decide until later. So if you already reached out with questions or anything I bet you are in the same boat.

If not it couldn't hurt to shoot them an email anyway to explain the situation. They seem pretty focused on good service I doubt they would be strict about it. Really nice people to deal with.

Same with Pete at Triode, great guy and you can't go wrong either way. I will keep buying from these smaller brands rather than give money to the huge faceless companies like Audio quest. 

Well bummer. I was looking at getting Veritas Argentum X balanced cables for my Aric Audio Motherlode XL which will arrive several months from now. All the AMart ads are gone. So now its web site shopping and the prices went up. My first choice was Triode Wire Labs as I have his speaker cables, until I started looking at this thread. With the discount gone the prices are now pretty close together, with TWL being the more expensive. Well maybe somone will send back a pair of Argentom XLR’s that will show up as demo’s. : >)

@bill_k Thank you! I was racking my brain trying to figure out the acronym and felt pretty dumb there. I just call my Bryston BIT-15 a "power conditioner" so I was only one letter off but still couldn't get there.

I spoke with the folks at Veritas about getting extra cables for a second system I have. They mentioned that the new website is finally launching soon ("any day now") and that I should be able to make a purchase directly from there before the end of the week. They also said the introductory prices are about to end, but they managed to adjust some of the pricing so it either stays the same or increases by less than what was originally predicted on Audiomart. 

Everything I have tried so far is beyond impressive so I don't really mind the sale prices being phased out. They did give me like 6 months warning so I can't complain.

PLC likely refers to a Power Line Conditioner.

@grk The Aeris is pretty thick and somewhat stiff. I've owned worse though. I put the Aeris roughly on par with the Audioquest Blizzard and Monsoon if anyone is familiar with those power cables. They work fine in my setup but I could see having a problem depending on the system layout.

I do notice that generally the more I pay for a cable the more thick and inflexible it is likely to be. Most cables that feel like the Aeris cost twice as much. I know I shouldn't measure quality by this metric but it is tempting.

Can I ask what is a PLC? I am not familiar with that term in my audio vocabulary. 

@denon1 Please let us know the differences or improvements you hear when you receive your Aperta SE speaker cables vs your Aperta speaker cables.

If you order the Aeris or Praesto in a shorter length (3') make sure it will fit your components. It is quite stiff!  I just received a 3' Aeris and I had to really twist hard on it to fit into the iec plug into my tuner/streamer. The ground pin and female plugs are on opposite positions, whereas the ground positions on both my PLC and tuner are on top. I have seen at least one cable company that asks how you want the cable ends positioned.

@denon1 Need more listening time but so far so good with regards to both tone and resolution. In my experience a lot of cables can do a good job with one or the other but it can be hard for them to nail both, 

Of the power cables I was using before, my favorite was probably a Cerious Cables Graphene from about 10 years ago. Really nice cable, fantastic tonality, resolution not bad either. I feel like the Aeris cables match the Cerious strengths and improve on the weaknesses. But I will know more as I get more time spent listening. 

@v-fi  thank you for the update. I also ordered Aeris power cord and Aperta special edition speaker cables, since I like what I hear with my regular Apertas. Can you elaborate on Aeris tone and resolution please.

I spent a few hours on Saturday and much of the day Sunday, off and on listening to my system with the new Aeris cables added. I used them with an Auralic Aries G2.2 streamer, a Lampizator Golden Gate 2 DAC, and a Primaluna EVO 300 hybrid integrated driving Dynaudio Confidence 20 speakers in a smaller, semi-treated room. I'm using the Veritas Argentum R interconnects, their Audax USB, and now Aeris power cables which replaced a mixture of older but more expensive power cables from a few different brands that all cost in the $500 to $1,000 range at some point in the last decade or two.

The main thing I noticed was an improvement in dynamics. I don't know that I've ever heard such low end extension and solidity out of my Dynaudios. Very impressive. After a while I also realized that the entire presentation had a more natural flow to it. Not like details were smoothed over but more just a sense of ease to the whole thing, probably related to the dynamics but it seems like more than that.

This is all brand new, straight out of the box, so I expect things to only get better from here. I was on the fence for a moment, thinking maybe I should have gone with the top level Praesto cables instead. But so far I love what I hear from the Aeris and am very satisfied with my choice.

@darrinm Haven't had as much time as I would like to report any definitive opinions at this point. So far very impressed with initial listening, we'll see how it goes this weekend since I should have more time. 

Hi v-fi

I am curious if you have any initial feedback on the Aeris power cables. Please let us know. Thanks!

I received the 3 Aeris power cables which I ordered last week. Just got them installed in the system yesterday so I can't really talk about the sound yet.

So far, what I can say is that the appearance and build quality is off the charts. I've paid way more for power cables that don't look anywhere near this nice. Seriously, the pictures don't really do them justice, these are beautiful cables! If I didn't know anything about the brand or pricing I would have guessed these as being in the $1k+ range, no question. 

Here's hoping the performance matches the appearance.

lak - Thank you for passing on the information you received.

Thanks @lak , that is helpful and the type of information that is good to see. A product description can ultimately only get you so far, but more info. is always a plus in my book.

@sfpeloton 

@maxima95

If the information below does not answer your questions then I suggest you email them directly as I did. I am not a spokesman for them and I don't want to pass on any incorrect information. I hope the information below is helpful.

Prior to my purchase I emailed Verita Cables and inquired about their Aperta speaker cables. This is the response I received from them:

"We are willing to go into some detail but there are also certain aspects of the design that we do a little different, so would prefer not to divulge every single thing. Hopefully you understand. 
We use Ultra Pure Ohno Continuous Cast (sometimes called UP OCC) wiring which is claimed to be 7N purity. It is debatable whether or not the technology exists to properly differentiate anything beyond 5N, and certainly the difference between 6N and 7N is extremely difficult to verify. At that point other aspects of the design are more important anyway. There are only three suppliers in the world capable of manufacturing UP OCC wiring, we have tried all of them and settled on the option we felt sounds best in our configuration. 
We feel that with silver cables, the connectors become more critical in terms of influencing the sound. Again we tried options from all the major players and found that price didn’t necessarily correlate with performance. For example the top of the line WBT silver RCA connectors cost about as much as our entire finished Argentum R cable, but in our testing actually sounded worse. Not to say they aren’t beautifully crafted or couldn’t sound amazing in the right application, but in our design it was not a good match". 

Agree with maxima95.

Veritas looks interesting and I like the idea of supporting a small cable maker selling direct to consumers at reasonable prices, but I also like to do a little research and know what I am getting. I looked at their website and online ads and feel they are a missed opportunity to educate potential buyers about the details of the products. I hope they can update the website with more detail soon. 

Lak – Are the Aperta speaker cables copper, silver-plated copper or something else?

Are the connectors silver-plated copper, rhodium-plated copper or something else?

I ask because I prefer to know what I am buying and have found that different metals sound - well - different.  For example, I have not liked the sound of rhodium in connectors.

Any information would be appreciated.

I've been using the Veritas Connexa Ethernet cable for about a week now—it’s the final link in my chain of Ethernet cables feeding into my Mac Mini M2/Streamer running Audirvana Studio. Initially, I was thrilled by the immediate improvements: enhanced clarity and sharper transients. However, as the initial excitement faded, my critical listening revealed a slight issue. The upper mids sounded a bit aggressive, which prevented me from relaxing and enjoying the music.

Today, I experimented with different placements of the Connexa in my setup. I eventually returned it to its original position (just before the Streamer) and replaced the CAT8 Ethernet cable which uses Telegartner “lookalike” metal connectors (likely Chinese-made)—that feeds my Silent Angel Bonn N8 switch with another CAT8 cable equipped with standard plastic connectors.

The result? The sound is now wonderfully balanced and musical, with remarkable clarity. I’m very happy with this purchase and will certainly be keeping an eye on Veritas-they know what they're doing.

@tubeguy80 Very interesting to hear that Veritas will have a special edition version of the Aperta speaker cable. I'll have to look into this development. I really like my Aperta speaker cables.

The other day I asked about speaker cables and if there might be something higher up than the Aperta. They told me there is a new special edition version Aperta coming soon. I don't know if that already was discussed here yet. I plan on waiting for it since I want the top model. I might also get the standard Aperta for a smaller bedroom system that I've been working on.

Veritas also told me their new website is close to being ready. That's when prices are going to increase a little for most item. The new pricing has always been on their Audiomart listings so not a surprise. It's not enough to make me rush into purchasing something now though. It still seems fair for the value we get. 

@samureyex Good point, I did that and they got back to me fast with a helpful answer.

@denon1 I had a similar conversation. Seems like they still love their Praesto design but feel like Aeris is probably a better value for most mortals like me. It's rare that I have a company basically talk me out of spending more money with them. I appreciate the honesty. Went with 3 sets of Aeris for my streamer, DAC, and integrated, looking forward to the experience. 

@v-fi 

I recently spoke with Veritas and they said  that unless my system is very hi end  - they recommend going with Aeris power cords. The difference in sound will be very minimal. Plus Aeris is matching the look of Alpertas speaker cables and Ics.

@v-fi The clear and obvious decision is to contact Veritas and hear their recommendation. They have been pretty spot-on in the words they use to describe the sound. 

After exploring the Veritas products in my system, a friend decided to give the Aeris power cables a try for a small but high-quality setup he’s putting together in a dedicated listening room. The Aeris sits in the middle of their range, below the Praesto, so I was curious to see if they could offer the same level of performance. I haven’t tried the Praesto yet but I’ve heard great things from others and have been planning to pick up a few myself.

He also had a set of demo Shunyata Gamma power cables, which are often praised for their performance at a $500 price point. We had the opportunity to compare them directly in his system which includes an Esoteric N-05XD streaming DAC, Esoteric F-05 integrated amplifier, and TAD Compact Reference speakers.

In terms of build quality, the Veritas cables are clearly superior. The Shunyatas come across as solid but basic budget options—adequate for the price, but nothing extraordinary. In contrast, the Veritas cables are thicker, heavier, and feel like a far more premium product.

As for sound, the comparison was pretty one-sided. I was honestly surprised that the Gamma cables performed better than their appearance suggested. However the Aeris cables were much richer in tone, offering better low-end impact, extended bass, greater clarity, and a wider soundstage. They outperformed the Shunyatas in almost every way. I’m not sure which Shunyata cables would need to be used to match or surpass the Aeris, but I’d guess it would be a few levels higher and come at a significantly higher cost.

The Aeris performance really impressed me, and now I’m trying to decide whether to go with them or stick with my original plan to get the Praesto. I like the idea of getting the top model but I think I like the appearance of the Aeris better, and I’m not sure you really lose a ton of performance anyway.

@nwres Interesting, I'm currently using ethernet cables that are very similar in appearance and price to the LINKUP CAT8, which is called AMPCOM CAT8. My guesstimation is that it's the same cable as the LINKUP albeit rebranded with a different color.

I will be placing an order for the Connexa.

Before the Mirus I was using some Pangea Audio Premier SE Ethernet Cables and LINKUP CAT 8. Not junk but not the best. Now that the Mirus are burned in, I would need to put the old cables back in for a comparison. But I do feel that the Mirus has added to the clarity.

The same thing happened, I also opened a ticket. Anyway, thanks for the help I appreciate it. What kind of ethernet cables were you using before the Mirus? I have an Inakustik Cat7 and a Supra Cat8 and a buddy loaned me an AQ Vodka, I prefer my generic well well-shielded cable from Amazon as it sounds the most "analog" sounding for lack of a better term. 

I am on the fence now as @darrinm's description of the Mirus is exactly what I'm looking for, beauty even at the expense of resolution.

@chipcalzone Good call on the Connexa, seems like a top choice and should be a notch up from Mirus.  I was unable to respond to your IM directly. I needed to IM you on a separate communication. I put in a ticket to Agon thinking there was a system issue, and they responded that their new policy is that you cannot respond to an IM unless you have a credit card on file with Agon. And this is to thwart bad actors on the sales side. I have a PayPal account on file but that is not enough any more.

@nwres Thanks for replying to my direct message, I tried to respond but could not figure out how so I just messaged here instead. I'm currently leaning toward the Connexa Ethernet Cable which is what was recommended to me by Veritas based on my digital system chain.

@darrinm "instruments aren’t as well separated"

I know what you mean and I heard these too but slowly and surely it gets better.

The Apertas (along with Argentum X) also have quite substantial bass quantity as more hrs are put in.

Semi update. My BMC amp has run into an error. Expecting to fix it with a new module. Hope all things go well. For the time being I’m stuck around 115 hrs on the cables.

I have been listening to the Aperta speaker cables, Connexa and Mirus Ethernet cables for several weeks now and thought I would share my thoughts. The Mirus is extremely engaging. Everything sounds real. Great balance, detailed, smooth, and just musical. I do notice that the soundstage gets a little blurred and that instruments aren’t as individually separated as my reference Ethernet cable. The Connexa sound is big, clear and neutral. Great separation of instruments and deep soundstage. Can be a little bit too neutral at times and loose some of female and male voice warmth (which is personally important to me).  Overall a fantastic cable and ultimately prefer over the Mirus. The Mirus sounds beautiful like you are listening to a high end audio system but the Connexa can sound more like the live event. The Apertas went into the system and I haven’t looked back. They replaced some well regarded older Audience cables that now sell for $2K. Similar in sound but the Apertas are more open and engaging. I feel like I may have lost a touch of warmth and bass but maybe it’s just the Apertas much more open character. Overall all three cables are fantastic especially for the price. I have listened to a lot of cables in the $500 - $2,000 price range and these Veritas cables are as good and in most cases better than all of them. There are always trade offs and system synergies but I am very happy I gave them a try. 

@tubeguy80 I suggest you email Veritas and ask them. They have been very good about getting back to me with answers to my questions.

Just went for it and grabbed two sets of Argentum R interconnects for my main system. Now I am using Veritas Praesto power cables on all components, Connexa for network to my ZENith server, and soon to have the Argentum R going from DAC to pre and then from pre to power amp. 

I'm already set on the Aperta speaker cables based on the great feedback in this thread. Still need to figure out length and decide if I want spade connectors or banana type. 

That would only leave USB as the last non Veritas product in my system. Have been happy with my iFi Mercury USB for a while but I admit it is mroe of a budget cable compared to the rest of my system. Got it when I first switched to USB and was happy with it so I never really examined other options. Maybe time to do that soon.

My only real concern is that Veritas has multiple USB cable options and I don't really know what the difference is or which one might fit my system best. Anybody know the differences between them?

I had and compared the Magnus interconnects to the Argentum interconnects. While the Magnus sounded very good I preferred the Argentum. I do realize that your mileage might vary depending upon your system and personal preferences.

@mbolek thanks, appreciate your perspective as someone who knows way more than me about the building process.