In my zeal to discuss MB cables and how they sounded in my system I seem to have opened a hornet's nest as I posted my findings in my system blog. The problem was that many MB owners who were lurking in the wings all expressed great comments in my blog however the "Hyperbole Police" lead by my partner Ron Resnick along with some doubters have raised questions about these cables. Rather than discussing them in my system blog I thought I would start a thread here asking for comments from existing MB owners as to what differences they heard in their systems after installing MB cables
My experience with the cable has caused me to interject some hyperbole but honestly one has to hear the cables in their system to appreciate the changes and of course as they say YMMV and all that other stuff
For my ears the change in my bass response was an immediate and noticeable change. My amps are 32 wpc class A SET and although the bass previously was very good it wasn't in the big leagues. When this cable went in both Leif and I looked at one another as we both had the same WTF moment. There is also top end detail on these cables as well that I just have never heard before as well. The change however is full spectrum as the micro detail fills in all the empty space.
For my ears the dynamic range, the decay, the resonance, ambient sound and timber were better than I have ever heard in my system as when I compare it to what I have used before
Finally these cables IMO are about as neutral as any cable I have ever heard. They add nothing and when listening there is nothing jumping out at you saying "listen to what I can do here"
The fact that I had to lower the gain on my preamp from levels that I was previously accustomed to listening suggested to me that this is a better cable but also what I removed was restricted and rolled off at the top and bottom end. These cables are also more extended than any I have previously used.
As JackD201 said so wisely it is difficult to enter a cable thread thumping one's chest without a "show me it's so" comment
For this reason I thought it would be better to start this thread and have members comment accordingly. BTW, I have no desires to get into a measurements debate or DBT or whatever. There is another audio forum locally that seems hell bent on doing those things so I am going to suggest ABX and DBT all be dealt with there if there are those so inclined to do such
So what are other users hearing or am I going to face the hyperbole police alone
My experience with the cable has caused me to interject some hyperbole but honestly one has to hear the cables in their system to appreciate the changes and of course as they say YMMV and all that other stuff
For my ears the change in my bass response was an immediate and noticeable change. My amps are 32 wpc class A SET and although the bass previously was very good it wasn't in the big leagues. When this cable went in both Leif and I looked at one another as we both had the same WTF moment. There is also top end detail on these cables as well that I just have never heard before as well. The change however is full spectrum as the micro detail fills in all the empty space.
For my ears the dynamic range, the decay, the resonance, ambient sound and timber were better than I have ever heard in my system as when I compare it to what I have used before
Finally these cables IMO are about as neutral as any cable I have ever heard. They add nothing and when listening there is nothing jumping out at you saying "listen to what I can do here"
The fact that I had to lower the gain on my preamp from levels that I was previously accustomed to listening suggested to me that this is a better cable but also what I removed was restricted and rolled off at the top and bottom end. These cables are also more extended than any I have previously used.
As JackD201 said so wisely it is difficult to enter a cable thread thumping one's chest without a "show me it's so" comment
For this reason I thought it would be better to start this thread and have members comment accordingly. BTW, I have no desires to get into a measurements debate or DBT or whatever. There is another audio forum locally that seems hell bent on doing those things so I am going to suggest ABX and DBT all be dealt with there if there are those so inclined to do such
So what are other users hearing or am I going to face the hyperbole police alone