This system rivaled some of the more expensive setups at the show with very good dynamics, quickness, clarity, and solidity.
PURIST AUDIO GENESIS SERIES
One of the best value rooms in Munich featured Marten Django L loudspeakers at €6900/pair, Nagra electronics, and the surprisingly affordable Purist Audio Genesis Series cables including a $300 interconnect, $375 speaker cable, and $250 Vesta power cord. Not to worry, because there were a few new cable lines in Munich that sounded very good and did not exceed the cost of the rest of my system. Unfortunately, the new cable lines from Crystal Cable and Nordost are beyond my budget. The differences were not subtle, similar to what better electronics can do. The overall sound was more relaxed with better timbre. I became more aware of things like the fine details of the bowing on stringed instruments as well as secondary musical lines. In the comparison, it offered more dimensionality, air, and inner detail than the original. It includes considerable advances in design as well as termination. While the original still remains in the line, the Valhalla 2 is a shocking improvement, but at a cost of possibly 50% more. I have greatly admired the original Nordost Valhalla ever since replacing a well-regarded power cord on that Tri-Vista 21 DAC with Valhalla. In the Nordost room, I heard a jaw-dropping demo of its Valhalla 2 interconnect versus the original Valhalla. Hmmm.I wonder how they would work with my restored Quad ESLs?
PURIST AUDIO GENESIS PLUS
The Dreamline Plus is scheduled for release in June 2013. Gabi Rijnveld, an accomplished concert pianist and President of IAH-Crystal Cable-Siltech, described them as “a more affordable little sister of the Absolute Dream.” Instead of its sibling’s four twisted conductors, the Dreamline Plus sports two twisted conductors and is half-the-price, making Crystal’s exceptional all-monocrystal technology available to a wider audience. However, the big cable news here was the new Dreamline Plus. Crystal Cable’s Absolute Arabesque speakers, using Crystal Cable’s Absolute Dream “100% monocrystal conductors” for internal and crossover wiring and driven by Siltech’s outstanding SAGA electronics produced one of the most natural, refined, transparent, holographic, and engaging sounds at the show. The first room I visited was the Crystal Cable/Siltech room. However, while the sheer number of new cable premiers didn’t compare with those at CES (to see my CES cable report, click here), there were some significant new cable introductions in Munich at both the top end of the scale and at more modest prices. I had not intended to do a cable report at the Munich Show, having covered a lot of that ground at the recent 2013 CES. I continue to reaffirm to myself, and others, that cables are important components in helping to get the most out of your system, and can elevate a relatively good system to far greater heights. Indeed, at the recent CES I was stunned at the difference the articulation-and-impedance-control interfaces on the new MIT Oracle MA-X SHD interconnects and speaker cables made in soundstage definition, image depth, and musical timbre. All Genesis cables come packaged in a handsome soft case.Having heard the startling difference a Nordost Valhalla power cord made to my Musical Fidelity Tri-Vista 21 DAC several years ago, I have moved from being somewhat skeptical of high-priced speaker cables, interconnects, and power cords to being an evangelist for them. We're able to custom-build to fit your needs. Purist's custom 8mm spades these spades have a longer prong to better fit on binding postsĬonfiguration, please contact us.The Genesis Speaker Cables come standard with: These speaker cables come in a two (2) cable set.
We offer the Genesis line in three different configurations, with customization available upon request: The audiophile aims for the highest quality and best sound possible.
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