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I have done thousends of tests with cables in about 16 years of time. In the past I have done many tests with Siltech as well. In the last years sometimes clients have some of competitors. It is easy to compete. I am from the Netherlands. In the past demos from Slissstech were poor. I have owend the XA 30.5, 60.5, 100.5 and now I have the X-250.5. This year I will buy the new 350.8. I have done many tests with Pass as well. Audioquest is for loudspeakercables on of the best. Because you need a small and realistic dimension of instruments and voices. Also in blacks they are one of the best. I use Purist Audio powercables which are in tests by far the best for Pass Labs amps. Siltech is not good enough, you would be a fool to buy them!! |
Silver is a very important part for the absolute sound. The person who does Transparent in my country had to admit that it gives a lot more air around voices and instruments. He has been here a few times for listening. Transparent only uses copper. Transparent has a nice sound, but....air around voices and instruments sets music to a higher level. Same about the extra decay, makes the stage wider and deeper. I compared many MIT cabels with Audioquest in the last year. Same thing!! Instruments and voices come also more apparent and more touchable with silver. |
I helped the distributer who did Crystal cable ealier for selling there cables. They are not in the same league as Audioquest and Purist Audio. They can only dream about this level! |
Compare and test cabels with your own stuff and ears!! |
The biggest problem in audio is that there are a lot more average cables than exeptional good cables. Personally I hate these products. Why? Because at the end they will give many people a lower end result of there set. Every different brand have there own qualities/properties. When you are not aware of those, you do not understand what it will bring into your set. Differences in how the image will be is huge. Same about resolution, speed, depth and even decay. When people send me a list of what they use, often I see the mistake peope make. Because of the thousend of tests I did in 16 years of time I know how the overwhole image will become. When you are not aware of the properties of your amp, source and cables. You do not know what kind of properties/qualities you need. |
First of all you need to use music you know well. ( and like) These numbers ( about 5) you use all the time to compare. These numbers need to be different.
I have a photographic memory in sound, most people do not have. So you need to make it as simple as possible.
Test one single part ( cable) at a time. Then it is more easy to understand what it does. After that you bring in the second part. ( and so on) |
You need to learn what every single part does. Because this will improve your personal skills to understand it better.
At the end you can create a better endresult for yourself. |
Omsed is right about the facts that there are enough well known cable brands who give you less details.
The most irritating thing for me is those brands who make instruments and voices bigger than in real.
I learned how small instruments and voices are at the small concert room of one of my best friends. he had a concert room with a Steinway wing for about 65 people.
Brands like MIT and NBS make the stage and also instruments and voices bigger than they are in real. For me it is difficult to understand why you would buy this. I have sold them both for over 6 years of time. When people like a stage to be bigger in real I am the last who is going to say you are not allowed to find this good. |
The brand I sell are: Audioquest, Kimber and Purist. I think that Purist Audio makes the best powercables by far in the world. Purist has all the different parts you need for the absolute sound in one cable. That makes it convincing.
Compare powercables from Purist with MIT and NBS ( which I sold both for over 6 years of time) and they will be crushed. |
Powercables even make more difference than interconnects. I started in 2002 with blindtests for clients. What I did was using a source/amp of 2000 e with a powercable of 2500e and a source/amp from 5000 e with a powercable of 100 e. It is much easier to get a higher endresult with a 2000e source with a 2500e powercable. People were amazed that they picked the one with the expensive powercable. |
What I did was comparing andd amps of about 2000 and 5000 euro. I compared them in blind tests. A rather cheap source/amp worth of about 2000 euro with a powercable of 2500 euro. I compared it with a source/amp with our most sold powercable of 100 euro. I wanted to see what people prefer, which one is better? Almost every person choose for the cheaper source/amp with the expensive powercable. Most of them thought they would prefer the am/source of 5000 euro with the powercable of 100 euro. What I wanted to achieve is how important a powercable can be. |
Good Powercabels are very effective. |
New cabels are difficult to Judge when you have just a few days!! |
I tested many Siltech cables, they are inferior to Audioquest. I am from the Netherlands, Slisssstech ( how we call it in our country) is made overhere. At shows here in Holland I Always made them look like fools. Why? Because people who give a poor demo and use words what does not matter. Will be put down to the world by me. I am very demanding. When a demo is not good, I will tell them in details why it is not good.
Read my point of few about Total sound. Many other brands who produce cabels are less complete. Slisstech misses the level in black. Sharpness in individual focus. Many other things. I have beaten many many Slisscables over the years at clients of mine.
The problem with brands like Kimber ( I still sell), Slisstech and MIT, is that they have done not enough research for better and new cables. The distance has become bigger than in the past.
I am a perfectionist, that means you Always want to win. I love the competition in audio. It gives you a big smile on your face all the time you win. Maybe it is hard way of doing my profession. I Always say: If you think you can give my client a higher endresult just prove it. Because hearing is believing. That makes it Always simple and clear. I like things to be open, honest and clear! |
What I always say: it is as it is!! The truth can be hard!! |
My comments can sound hard, but we are talking about many years of comparing. That is what I do. My focus is Always on the products which are the best at that moment. This can change during time. So am I committed to a brand? Only for a part. When another brand is better, this will be the new reference. That is why you need to be open for other brands.
Don't forget when I visit clients I hear many orther brands as well.
About Siltech I can say that many of my collegues as well don't like the Siltech people. Why? Because at shows they had big stories but there demos were often poor.
In the past I tested many many Siltech cables, I only liked there digital cables in the past. And I even owned one.
When you can compare a lot, ofcourse your opinion is different than customers there opinion is. They are more brand committed than I am.
I have met too many people who spend a lot of money on audio and did not have a great sound at all. This has irritated me a lot in the past. Because I saw the mistakes which were made. When other shops would have done better there work, this never should have happen.
I still think you can get a better result by using more different brands in your set. Also when you talk about brands in cables. Often you can add more different properties togheter. So you get a more complete and better balanced sound.
I have to say that we have a totally different kind of humor in the Netherlands. it is a lot harder than the humor in the US. It is more to the sarcastic side.
I am not here to make friends. I am here to give my personal opinion. No one has to agree with it.
I only hope people will think differently about audio. And that they all will get a higher endresult. I still send my clients to other shops all the time. Why? Because I want them to be sure the get the best for there money. And that is the thing that counts at the end.
When you can create a higher endresult, just show it. It is that simple. Audio needs to be more open and honest. Then other people can get a higher result.
There are many critics about the audio shows given in my country. And it is true that the level is often even poor. Distributers have to open up there view. I said it to many of them; Work togheter on shows. So you can show people a more realistic view of sound and a better level. When all distributers only work with equipment chosen by political reasons customers never will get a realistic view.
I prefer a more open and honest approach to all customers. I have said to journalists the same thing. I know a few and I know they often get stuff for free. This way the review never will be realistic.
That is why I said many times; it is not about me. It is about getting more quality for customers. |
Quality you can hear in every different room.
These days with roomacoustic systems the freedom to get a good result even in bad acoustic situations is a lot easier. |
Dear BVdiman,
I sell 3 brands; Audioquest, Kimber and Purist Audio. Often I sell 1 or 2 cables. It is only a part of a set. These cables are compared with others most of the time.
When I know what equipment a client owns and what he wants to change I bring in a cable which will fit into his demands. I work very precise.
My focus is on how I see what should be the blueprint of the absolute sound. I have already written this. I use these cables and brands to achieve this.
I sold Nordost for over 9 years of time. And sold a lot Valhalla in the past. Owned it for over 12 years of time. Nordost does not have all parts in one cables which I need for the absolute sound. That is why I sold it often with Kimber cables togheter in ther past. To make it more complete. Blacks and a small and intimate individual focus of instruments are the weakest points of Nordost. I can demo this very precise why it is not complete.
I use properties of cables to make a set more complete. The same as I use the properties of amps, sources, speakers and conditioners etc. That is a different approach.
I would never recommend to use cables from one brand. The synergie stories are one of the biggest bullshit stories in audio. It is not about what they say but about what you hear.
That is why the best and most convincing sound Always will win. And that makes audio a lot more easy. |
What I said many times: Purist makes the best powercables on this planet!! |
It Always depends on the brand you use. Better powercables give a different result when you compare different interconnects.
When you compare with the new Purist you bought, the same interconnects work differently then when you compare them with the older powercables. Many people forget this. |
