VH Audio AirSine

While i haven't seen or used one of these, it looks like Chris is really doing his homework and trying to offer the best products that he can.

One of the biggest problems that i had with his "Flavour 4" cabling was the fact that it was so rigid due to using such large strands in the individual conductors. This made the cabling highly resonant i.e. microphonic to a large degree along with being more unwieldy to work with. He and i discussed this quite a long time ago and it appears that he was taking notes. It looks like he's taken major steps to try and improve these aspects on this design and even gone several steps further with other improvements.

Kudo's to him for not only being open to constructive criticism, but for taking that feedback and using it to his / our advantage in coming up with better products. This is a perfect example of how business should be conducted and i hope that Chris is as successful as he deserves to be.

As a side note, Grant's link above currently won't allow you to do anything other than read those specific customer reviews of the Airsine. Until Chris can fix this and add a link back to their homepage, here's a direct link to VH Audio. From there, you can navigate wherever you want to go on their website. If you end up reading those reviews and can't figure out how to get off of that page, coming in through the link i've provided here will allow you to use the "back" button on your browser to return to their homepage. Sean
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Grant: I emailed Chris about the lack of a link last night and he took care of the problem this morning : ) Sean
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4yanx: I initially looked at the "raw" cabling that Chris uses as the base for his Flavour 4 power cords when he first came out with it. Some people were also using this by itself as speaker cabling. In the raw form, the cable is phenomenally microphonic i.e. ANY vibration fed into one end is transmitted from end to the other with a high level of intensity. As mentioned above, this has to do with the gauge of the individual stranding and the use of a dielectric ( Teflon ) that isn't very lossy or "self-damping" ). Trying to isolate one's gear from acoustic energy and then connecting a microphonic resonator to it obviously isn't a good thing in my book.

For sake of clarity though, Chris' Flavour 4 power cords would be somewhat more damped than what i experienced. That's because he's using other softer materials that completely envelope the core conductors that i was commenting on. As such, this not only lowers the intensity of any air-borne vibrations the cord would be exposed to, but it also physically damps vibrations that could be transferred into or from the cabling via direct contact against a floor and / or rack.

Those that are using the raw cabling to connect their amp to their speakers is another story. I've no doubt in my mind that the vibrations of the speaker cabinets are being fed back to the amp. Whether or not this is audible could end up in a major debate, but given what i've seen show up high dollar test equipment when looking at cable microphony, there probably is a measurable change in distortion byproducts. As such, if someone wants to use these as a speaker cable, they should take steps towards damping it if at all possible. Sean
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