Clean quality sound for 78 bucks.

Not shielded

I tried StraitWire Sanota and Symphony, waist of money. Exchanged for PBJ's and walla! Sound improves. How? More detail and wider soundstage. Its that simple.

they are just more natural than cheaper cables. the acoustic guitar in tom petty's wildflowers just sounded more natural on 1st listen when I added them to my cd player

After I upgraded my speaker cables from monster to Kimber
I noticed a huge difference in the highs & I loved it.So then I tried the pbj for my cd player & heard an improvement over monster. Next I put pbj's between my power amps & preamp (again instead of monster) & certainly heard an improvement. I don't have the most expensive set up or anything but I'm constantly trying to upgrade as I go along.
I know there are way better cables but in my entry level audio system (it's getting there) & with what I have to spend at the moment these cable's were a nice improvement over the popular monsters. Thicker isn't always better..I was a bit nervous to try these thin little cables over the thick monsters but in every case I found they suited my ear a little better.

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used on cambridge audio d500 cd player & used to connect marantz ma700 amps. I also use kimbers 8tc speaker wire to magnepan mmg's

Tried this wire after reading reviews and advertising..Found cheap, but short, gold, teflon, from MCM outperformed it....at seven $........After my pbj's fell apart, and I soldered them together again, I gave them to my son for his cassette player, to pioneer reciever patch. They work OK there.

PBJ has very little capacitance. The lack of a shield/dialectric combo (as found in most interconnects) is why. ItÕs also the reason why PBJ is bright. The wire itself is the reason why the sound is a bit hard. Van Den Hul makes an 18 gauge silver-clad mono-crystal wire that (when braided in a similar but slightly less tight braid as the PBJ) will eaisly outperform PBJ. All interconnects are system dependant. PBJ will not work well with most inexpensive transistor gear as it tends to exaggerate the treble grain of cheap solid state. It can work reasonably well with tube gear. I wish Van Den Hul would make a PBJ equivalent. That would be a real giant killer.

I have tried various interconnect cables in my system (MIT, AudioQuest, Monster Cable, just to name a few), but regardless of price, PBJ outperformed the others. It does seem to have relatively high capacitance, which could result in hum. For example, PBJ are not good for use as phono cables with a moving magnet cartridge. They also tend to have lean bass and slightly compressed dynamics if the preamp and poweramp are not mated well. However, in terms of transparency, ability to produce clean transients and midrange neutrality, I have not heard better (I haven't tried Kimber's more expensive ones).

I had a three meter length of this cable but could not tell what it added or subtracted from my system because it picked up hum. It is not sheilded and anyone who has a system susceptible to RFI should use only a shielded cable, not PBJ. If you do not have a RFI problem, the cable may be satisfactory.

I cannot understand why so many audiophiles like the PBJ. It's midrange is lean, its highs are a bit bright and ragged, its bass is too weak. Sure, it is not a bad sounding interconnect and is good value. However, so much better cables are around for just a bit more. The WireWorld Atlantis for example has much better mids and highs. The MIT Terminator 3 and 2 are also better in terms of soundstange size and are more compatible with affordable components that already sound lean and bright.

I've had various interconnect cables in my short audio career, but I can honestly say that for the money, nothing comes close to the PBJ's. I got a 1M pair for $50 (which is an EXCELLENT prince), but I would have been willing to pay much more than that after listening to them. Before this, I had a pair of Audioquest turqouise, but the PBJ's blew the shielding right off off those cables. I was a bit skeptical of a nonshielded cable, but there was no residual hum to warrant the shielding. I've heard that then nonshielded PBJ's actually sound much better than the shielded... All in all an excellent cable!!!

very soothing treble and mid, quick transient, boom-free bass, good rhythm, ,music can be played really loud, reasonable price.other interconnects owned:monster interlink 400, nordost magic 1, kimber pbj
equipments:nad 510 cd, nad 310 amp, monitor audio ma202 loudspeaker
speaker cables owned:audioquest crystal 2, audioquest type 4, qed qudos, cable talk 3, monster xpnw, monster xphpnw, vandenhul cs122, cyrus solid core, nordost 2 flat.

I compared the PBJ sith some "stock" cable--hey, at least it was clean stock--and a JENA Labs Gemini. Through headphones only (I was looking for details, and it was easier to do the switching this way) I came up with an equation: stock:PBJ=PBJ:JENA. The top notes of the piano sounded more rounded, and trumpets had more weight as I went through this equation, and if you assume that the JENA's higher quality and quantity of copper (not to mention the cool connectors) was more 'truthful', then the "tinkly" sound at the top of the piano becomes annoying. On the other hand, the PBJ is good at making details--in fact, they seem to be creating them, plus a little airy sound, in the recording. So I would not trade them out of the system--they're going into the VCR--the 'brightness' won't affect the blockbuster movies, and the design is decent--pretty good compared to $300 cables. ratings:stock,1--PBJ,3--JENA,4.5--some ridiculously expensive cable I haven't heard yet,5.