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Guide to Cables, Power Products, Accessories, & Music STEREO • MUSIC Guide to cables, power products, accessories, & music sponsored by NEXT pagE go to: Contents | From the Editor | on the Horizon | Feature Articles | Cables & Interconnects | Power Conditioners & Cords | Accessories | Music Contents Premier sponsoR Power Cable and Conditioner Interconnect and Power Features Reviews Cord Reviews Accessories Music • From the Editor tHIS SECtIoN SPoNSoRED BY • On the Horizon: Great New Cables • Stillpoints Feet tHIS SECtIoN SPoNSoRED BY tHIS SECtIoN SPoNSoRED BY tHIS SECtIoN SPoNSoRED BY And Accessories • Moon Audio iPod Cable Coming Your Way • How to Choose Cables and Interconnects • What to Listen For in • Transparent The Link and • 13 Power Cords Compared • Ten Best New CDs of 2011 Cables and Wave • Audience Au24 AC Cord • Ten Best Reissues on CD Interconnects • Cable Research Labs • Synergistic Power Cell 10 SE • Ten Best New Vinyl Releases • Cable and Bronze • Shunyata Talos and Triton • Ten Best Reissues on Vinyl Interconnect Glossary • Analysis Plus Big Silver • Quantum QB 6 AC • Resurrecting Musical Treasures • Editors' Choice Oval Conditioner and Nordost • New and Upcoming Reissues Awards: Cable and • AudioQuest Diamond USB Sort Kones • Download Round-Up Interconnect • Cardas Clear and Clear • Editors' Choice Beyond Awards: Power • Shunyata Anaconda Conditioners • Audience AU24e • Editors' Choice • Crystal Cables Standard Awards: Accessories Diamond • AudioQuest Wildwood • MIT Oracle MA-X Click on one of the links above to jump to that section, feature or review. 3 Guide to Cables, Power Products, Accessories, & Music www.theabsolutesound.com previous page NeXT page go to: Contents | From the Editor | on the Horizon | Feature Articles | Cables & Interconnects | Power Conditioners & Cords | Accessories | Music STEREO • MUSIC GUIDE to cables, Power proDuCtS, accessories, & MuSIC publisher. 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Harry pearson Harris, Jacob Heilbrunn, alerts, click here Jason Kennedy, sherri lehman, ted libbey, david mcGee, Kirk address letters to the editor: midtskog, bill milkowski, the absolute sound, derk richardson, chris 8868 research blvd., austin, tX 78758 or thomas, Jeff wilson [email protected] or [email protected] ©2011 nextscreen, LLC 4 Guide to cables, power products, accessories, & music www.theabsolutesound.com pREvIOUS pagE NEXT pagE go to: Contents | From the Editor | on the Horizon | Feature Articles | Cables & Interconnects | Power Conditioners & Cords | Accessories | Music FROM THE Editor elcome to our latest free buyer’s Guide, brought to you by The Absolute Sound and Hi-Fi Plus. this buyer’s Guide is devoted to the all-important but often underestimated category of cables, Winterconnects, and power conditioners. this Guide also includes the very best music we’ve reviewed in the past year, along with some feature articles on what goes on behind the scenes in making a great-sounding music release. In this issue you’ll find a wide range of reviews, all the cables. Although I’ve listened to literally hundreds of different This experience drives home three important points. way from affordable entry-level cables, interconnects, cables and interconnects in my own system, a recent simple First, replacing stock interconnects, speaker cables, and and power cords to elaborate state-of-the-art products. demonstration hit home just how important cables are in power cords can render a significant improvement in system Don’t be overwhelmed by the vast array of choices; finding realizing a system’s musical potential. The demonstration performance. Second, even entry-level cables and power just the right cable for your system and budget is easier was in Transparent Audio’s listening room, and the system cords are a huge upgrade over stock units. Third, even a than you might think. A good place to start is the series of included entry-level Rotel electronics and B&W 685 modest system can benefit from specialty cables. feature articles that kick off this Buyer’s Guide—“Cable and loudspeakers ($650 per pair). We first listened with stock Although most of you already know the value of quality Interconnect Glossary” defines all the jargon associated with interconnects and speaker cables, and then replaced those cables and interconnects, if you haven’t replaced your power cables, “How to Choose Cables and Interconnects” guides with Transparent’s The Link interconnects ($85 per meter pair) cords and invested in a good AC conditioner, you’re in for a you through the cable-selection process, and “What to Listen and The Wave speaker cable ($200 per 8' pair). The system pleasant surprise. Clean AC power is the foundation on which For in Cables and Interconnects” explains the specific sonic suddenly became much more musically communicative and the rest of your system should be built. A good AC system will qualities between good and poor cables. engaging. I was in for a second surprise; we replaced the render blacker backgrounds, greater resolution of detail, a If your system is hooked up with generic cables, hardware- stock power cords with Transparent’s High-Performance more spacious soundstage, and smoother textures. store “speaker wire,” and stock black power cords, your Powerlink ($125 each) and the system took another step up Good listening. system is performing far below its potential. Any audio system in sound quality. robert Harley can immediately sound better by improving the quality of the Click here to turn the page. 5 Guide to cables, power products, accessories, & music www.theabsolutesound.com pREvIOUS pagE NEXT pagE go to: Contents | From the Editor | on the Horizon | Feature Articles | Cables & Interconnects | Power Conditioners & Cords | Accessories | Music On the Horizon tHIS SECtIoN SPonsored by 6 Guide to cables, power products, accessories, & music www.theabsolutesound.com pREvIOUS pagE NEXT pagE go to: Contents | From the Editor | on the Horizon | Feature Articles | Cables & Interconnects | Power Conditioners & Cords | Accessories | Music oN tHE HoRIZoN great New Cables and accessories Coming Your Way Neil gader Analysis-Plus Solo Crystal Oval-In Interconnect and Oval 8 Speaker Wire Analysis-Plus’ radically improved Solo Crystal Oval-In interconnect utilizes a new dielectric composition to improve speed and resolution. These interconnects are a perfect complement to either A-P’s Silver Oval or Big Silver Oval speaker cables. Constructed of the same material (silver over a stabilizing strand of oxygen-free copper) as the Silver Oval, braided into A-P’s Alpha Design Labs iD-30P Series iDock Cable patented hollow oval geometry, the interconnects are wrapped with an open braided shield Alpha Design Labs uses Furutech’s Pure Transmission Technology to create high-value, for ultra-quiet, noise-free performance. These interconnects maintain the high-frequency innovative designs that everyone can afford. In the age of personal, portable electronics components of the source. Available single-ended with locking RCA connectors or balanced with everyone carries his music with him to connect to iDocks, headphone amps, home audio Neutrik XLR connectors. and even car systems. And there’s no better sounding (or hip-looking) cables than the ADL price: Interconnect, $550/1m pr. iD-30P series that comes in three versions to make every important connection you need. They feature silver-plated (Alpha) OCC conductors (28AWG) for minimal transmission loss The newly developed Solo Crystal Oval 8 speaker cable are the ideal match with the Solo and 24k gold-plated USB A-type or 3.5mm stereo connectors, straight or angled. The cable Crystal Oval-In interconnects or the more exotic Silver Crystal Oval-In. Oval 8 sports four 11- achieves top-grade noise isolation using double-layer shielding—aluminum foil and tinned gauge continuous cast copper (solo crystal copper) conductors used in a proprietary braided copper—in a RoHS-compliant sheath. The main conductors are treated with Furutech’s hollow oval geometry. It is available in internal bi-wire or shotgun (two wires per connector) (Alpha) Process—a deep cryogenic and demagnetizing treatment. The result is a wideband, configurations. When the two wires are combined in the shotgun mode, it is equivalent to a colorful, and engaging sound that will appeal to audiophiles and music lovers alike. robust 8-gauge conductor. price: In three versions, 0.15m and 1m lengths, $78–107. adl-av.com price: $2010/8’ pr. analysis-plus.com 8 Guide to cables, power products, accessories, & music www.theabsolutesound.com pREvIOUS pagE NEXT pagE go to: Contents | From the Editor | on the Horizon | Feature Articles | Cables & Interconnects | Power Conditioners & Cords | Accessories | Music oN tHE HoRIZoN Audience Au24e Phono Cable Audience has conducted considerable research into the electrical characteristics of phono cables and has concluded that given the different internal electrical characteristics
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