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Jafox, hello, I'm pleased for you that you are satisfied with your sound.That is a happy place and you should stay there if you can. As i mentioned in my post,"I think this direction is only for a small group of dedicated audio addicts. ". I think... 
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Calvinj, Yes, custom audio is next level stuff. I think this direction is only for a small group of dedicated audio addicts. Most folks just plug stuff in and listen to music. I love playing with my system. Being creative, using my lifetime of exp... 
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I agree, it takes some good fortune to find designers/builders with all the right qualities. As well as a lot of work, research, and trying a lotta items and auditioning peoples work for the "fortune" to happen.The guy's I work with all have a dri... 
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Calvinj, Thanks for the question. I gave up on name brand equipment long ago when I realized they must use cheap parts to meet a price point. Also, I discovered I could get way better equipment for way less money.All my equipment is custom built, ... 
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CalvinJ, happy you got to hear that HFC combo. I SO much want to hear the HF power cables with my HF cables and HFC-UR Magnetic power conditioner. Hard to imagine how it could sound better than it does now but it always seems to with a new HF piec... 
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Tbg, Thanks for the reply.I too am continually amazed by Ricks Audio brainchild,The HFC line.During our regular scheduled weekend listening party, I/we were again amazed. Incredible how my old audiophile friends and I, after 35 years of working an... 
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400 hours on the Ultimate Reference Speaker cables and more surprises. The most surprising improvements this week are the Bass,the soundstage and the air around instruments and vocals. All three were aspects of the sound were already phenomenal wi... 
High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz
Tbg, You said a few weeks back the your UR speaker cables were "shockingly superior" after a month of break in.Was that shocking superior to the Ultimates? or shockingly superior to everything you've heard?If you care to share you wisdom and exper... 
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Snook2, My first Ultimate to Ultimate Reference comparison here wasexchanging MY U digital from CD to integrated amp. I was using Ultimate Speaker Cables at the time. Also one of Ricks power filters(UR-Magnetic Waveguide Power Conditioner) which i... 
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Tonereef, Nice post on head-fi, Thanks. The Ultimate Reference aretruly superior and will delight you even more as the get hundreds of hours on them.Good listening!Dave 
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Entheuasiam- strong excitement about something : a strong feeling of active interest in something that you like.Sweet music is playing thru my Ultimate Reference speaker cables 24/7 and I'm really enjoying music more all the time. They have about ... 
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Tbg, that's wonderful news!! …….I want some. Funny What HF products do.Most product comparisons end in an "aha" moment where one is way better than the other. Improvements in High Fidelity stuff bringsdisbelief, amazement and awe because HF design... 
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UR cables are singing sweetly in my system with 48 hrs of playtime.My Ultimate Reference Speaker cables are already surprisingly superiorto the Ultimates in two days. since the UR takes 600 - 1000hrs to really show what they can do, I have confide... 
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Hurray!- Haza!- Whoopee! I just heard that my long and anxiously awaited HF-Ultimate Reference Speaker Cables are to ship Monday!!!I've been wanting them for at least the last 5 or 6 pages.When I went from Ultimate to UR on my digital cable, it wa... 
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Tbg, Thanks for your post. Shockingly Superior. Excellent 2 word description of the difference between HF Ultimate and Ultimate Reference.An audiophile visited yesterday. One who has been to every US audio show many times. They said the best syste...