Black Cat Cable's/Coppertone wires are amazing good!


I had recently borrowed from Mike Kay (Audio Archon), who is a retailer of Black Cat Cables, a full loom of the entry level Coppertone IC's and speaker wire.  The Coppertone IC's retail for $200 a pair and a ten foot run of the speaker wire costs $350.  Damn reasonable, indeed.  The materials and quality of build is as good as any cable I have had in my house for review, regardless of cost.  If you want all the details regarding the theory behind these wires you can go to the Black Cat Cable website and read the four superlative reviews on the Coppertone model.

The first aspect that strike me was the beauty of this cable at producing beautiful timbres and colors in the tonality of different instruments.  Next, was a vanishing noise floor that allowed the smallest micro-details to be clearly heard. The Coppertone loom was very balanced throughout all frequencies with an excellent airy top end and a taut/accurate bottom end. Sound-staging was excellent in height/width/depth and layering/placement of individual instruments was precise in this acoustic space.

Finally, the Coppertone cables took my whole system's ability to render a sense of relaxation/ease without out losing any speed, micro-dynamics, or punch was at a higher level then compared to my reference cables.  I have always had a very high level of liquidity in my system.  However, these wires are not just "silky" in their overall presentation, but allowed me to relax into the music and connect with it in an emotional manner that was quite delightful.

Please remember the Coppertone cables are not just good for the money, but are reference level performers that compete with cables that are dramatically more expensive. 



  

 
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The reason I said I would go with Coppertone if starting over is that the first Black Cat cables I bought from Chris was the Redlevel Couer speaker cables, which was his entry level speaker cable at the time.  Those cables are still in a system that gets played every day and I have no desire to swap them out. 

I do have 3202 speaker cables that I use in my other system.  Honestly I don't hear a lot of difference between the 3202 and the Couers, which I'm guessing are similar in construction to Coppertones.


The Stereo Times website list of "MOST WANTED COMPONENTS OF THE DECADE" just went up this morning.  The Coppertone IC's and speaker wires are on it for the reasons that are stated in the description section of the list.
I received my Coppertone IC yesterday and I’ve only listened for a couple of hours but they’re really good! I played Bill Evans -Waltz for Debby and heard coughing and murmuring in the background that I hadn’t heard before. 
Cymbals sound lifelike the bass is more articulate albeit slightly leaner, perhaps more accurate compared to my previous transparent IC. I agree with above mentioned impressions namely: airy top end, micro details, tonal richness, taut bass. It’s a great cable and easily sounds much more than what it costs. 
Question: how long did it take for full break in? 
@chipdelacalzada I am not sure if Chris thinks his cables need break in...and if so how much. IME, the cables sound great out of the box and don’t seem to improve much as time goes by.