I have been one of those Òcables don't, or shouldn't make any audible differenceÓ audiophiles. I still think that a cable can't and shouldn't add to the sound. In other words your choice of cable should not act like a tone control. What I didn't realize was how much a bad cable (notice I did not say inexpensive) subtracts from the source. With the Silver Sonic T-14's you simply hear more of what your source is trying to deliver. In my case there was more depth in the sound stage, a better (tighter and more controled) bass, smoother and detailed (but still musical and not analytical) highs. These cables are very musical adding to the performance of your system. Will they fix any flaws in your system? No, probably not, unless those flaws revolve around your choice of cables. A great buy. I might just have to buy some of their interconnects now.
My system:
Amp:Rega Mira
Turntable: Rega Plannar 3
Cart: Rega elys
Speakers: Linn Kan 2
CD: Magnavox CDB
Tuner: NAD 4150
Tape: Akai GXC-570D

I too was not sold on the difference in speaker wires but do like what I hear from my system now with a factory bi-wire set of T-14s with bananas all around.
When I started to upgrade/replace my entire system last fall, I started with a Denon receiver. I find it "neutral" and not "brite" as others claim all the japanese HT receivers to be. Six months of research and design and one month of construction got me a nice DIY 2-way using Peerless CSC 7" and soft dome Morel MDT-30s in a small footprint, ported floorstander. Picture a Meadowlark "Kestwaters". Initial wire was 12ga Megacable in soldered locking bananas & crimped spades to bridged bi-wire post. Solid bass, VERY nice mids & vocals (1st order, crossed low, time aligned, phase cohearant) but limited top end on electric guitar solos and cymbals. I assumed it was the too polite Morel and began to think maybe I was a metal dome kinda guy.

Wanting something more, I picked up a used bi-wire set of Kimber 4PRs barewires. Noticed maybe some improvement on clarity but nothing more on top as expected and completely disappointment on low end. It just went away. Obviously, this is Kimber's entry level wire and all it gave me was the Kimber looks and name. Sold 'em for what I had in 'em and went back to the 12ga Megascables.

So much for background but thought it was important for those of use that either don't believe or can only streatch our budgets up to the T-14s. I guess by price alone, I'd put these in the "entry level" class but the sound I have now, is way beyond.

As stated above, I have a 8ft pair of factory bi-wires terminated with factory bananas all around. Picked 'em up used for $130 so figured it was hard to get hurt if I didn't like them. At the first listen, they are impressive. My bass came back like I had with the Megacables. This creates some other problems but they are room and position issues now. The mids retain the clarity but appear to have a slight bit more edge. My top end is now where I want it. I have "brilliance" without being "sharp" (had a piezo in the old towers) or overly "brite". I do have an "edge" or "bite" now on the electric lead guitar riffs that I didn't have before. If I thought that my Morels needed to wake up, the Silver Sonics have done so. They are now consistant with my expected design goals.

Now with some seat time, the brilliance is fatiguing. However, my livingroom is starkly furnished, has bare hardwood floors, bare walls and large windows on two walls without any drapes. (OK, I'm divorced) At least my system now sounds like what I would expect them to sound like in such a live room. With the speakers now up to their expected level of performance, I can do the room properly. That is a benefit of being single!

Overall, I'd rate them as followes:
Cable quality/construction - 5 (excellent)
Banana plug quality - 3 (average)
Build quality - 4 (very good)
Flexability - 2 (below average/normal)
Low end - 5 (excellent & suprising!)
Mids - 4 (very good, no better/no worse)
highs - 5 (excellent/briliant)
Satisfaction - 5 (plan to keep these!)
Value - 5 (affordable high performance)
Grin Factor - 5

Barring the common bananas and the kinda stiff cable, they are a solid 4.5 and I recommend them to anyone that likes bass with a bite.

I never believed that a cable wire could make any difference in the audio sound, It Just didn’t make sense to me at start. But since My audio system is near complete I wanted to see if I could take it to a higher level. I was wrong; DH lab has made a remarkable improvement on my audio system. More Air, Tighter bass, simply more musical and it doesn’t take more than a moment to hear the difference. The sound gets better every day during break in. After listening to the difference I ran to get the BL-1 inter connectors, which made an even more improvement on my system. I don’t know if these are the best cables out there but I am sure pleased by their performance. I noticed that my amplifier heats up more probably due to the easier flow of the audio signal coming from the pre-amp and leaving to my speakers. For the money D.H Lab rules.

This cable even improves the sound of my 7 years old speaker. I did not believe that cable can make the difference. Believe me I always thought that all these reviews about good performance cable was BS but I give it a shot anyway especially for $4/foot. Everything is crystal clear with tighter bass after replacing my Monster cable with the T-14. I'm still waiting for my new set of speakers coming soon and that's the reason I updated my cable. It needs 25 hours of breaking-in period; however, it sounds good right off the box. Very well built and looking cable. Five stars for performance and value.

Equipment:Angstrom 100
Acurus A150
Rotel RB-956AX
B&W 600 series speaker system
Toshiba SD-2109 DVD player
Cables include PSS Quartet, DH Labs BL-1 and T-14,
Kimber PBJ and 4TC, Audioquest, and Canare digital cable.

These speaker cables are awesome! i used to own Kimber 4PR and the differences are definitely obvious. My T-14s are biwired and they made a profound change in my system. Every aspects of musicality are affected for good. The bass are much tighter and forceful, mids are uncolored and clear, highs are more airy and extended, instrument localization is also improved, and soundstage just widens up. I borrowed a friend's Kimber 8TC for comparison and admittedly, 8TC is slightly better than the T-14 but for me the sonic difference doesn't justify the price difference. If you're on a shoestring budget and wants to improve the sound of a modest system, definitely try the T-14 out. It's the wisest decision you'll ever make since when you bought that microsoft stocks in the 80s.

Outrageous bargain,virtually unbeatable cost to performance ratio. Clear, quick and transparent, very at ease in biwired configuration.

You'll be missing out it's real strengths going with single run.

I have to disagree with the fellow who called the highs grainy (when all the other reviews are 5 or 4 stars, could you trust someone who gives it a 1?). The cable IS very revealing, especially in combination with the BL-1 ICs or Kimber Silver Streak. If your equipment is grainy or too bright, that is exactly what you will hear with this. I've found the highs to be very transparent, beautifully pure, and smooth. Bass may see a little light on single runs, but it is tight and defined. A bi-wired run corrects this and sounds fantastic. Again, your equipment will be heard, for better or worse (it slightly forgiving).

Similar Products Used:

Most all Audioquest, Kimber through TC8, Nordost Flatline Gold and Blue Heaven, Wireworld, most all Monster Cable, MIT.

Cheap, average sounding speaker cable.

Weak bass.

In my opinion, T-14 is just above average speaker cable, it seems to thin off high and low frequency ranges. However, if it partners with BL-1 series2 which is revealing interconnect I think they work well together. Its characteristic also depends on which electronics is being tested on though. I am using RCD-991 as source, Acurus rl-11 pre, A200 amp driving Enegy C-6 speakers and finding these cables doing their jobs.

Just enjoy music and prefer not to spend alot of money on cables.

Similar Products Used:

Kimber 4VS, Kimber 4TC, MIT Terminator3.

cheap

anything you can name

Having read glowing reviews on this wonder, a friend sent me his 15' pair
to try, I listened for 1 full day, compared with my now sold midnight 3,
granted the Midnight is much more expensive, but I was expecting a pleasing sound, that would easily justify the modest cost. The main problem with the Silvers are the highs,
very very grainy, not bright at all, just grainy and just to much treble. On
to the mids, ok, now the bottom, compared to the midnight, there was no bottom, Rat Shack 99c a foot tore up the Silvers in the low end, bettered in the mids, but the highs were twice as bad as the Silvers, Overall, soundstage
and overall sound was small and very thin sounding, again only comparing to the midnight. My final opinion, even at
the easy price, even for a bi-wire pair
overpriced, look elseware, spring for a few more bucks and go with kimber 8TC,
or JPS Ultraconductor. Maybe I have been hard on theese , but that's my story, and am sticking to it. BTW sold
the Midnights, cause they are to damm
stiff and big.

Similar Products Used:

Audiotruth midnight 3

smooth bass & mids

cheap spades

In Deutsch.

Nach langem suchen, hören, überlegen, kalkulieren kam ich
zu dem Schluss mich für diese Kabel zu entscheiden.
Das Angebot an Kabeln ist gross und macht es einem nicht leicht die richtige Entscheidung zu treffen.
Hat man doch erst ne menge Geld für das neue Equipment
gelassen, so fällt es einem schwer dann zuletzt noch
250.- - 1000.- US für die Kabel zu investieren.
Beim Kauf des neuen Verstärkers, Boxen etc. klingt alles so schön ( meist teuereste Kabel dicke Verstärker etc. )
Viele Dinge die der Kunde im ersten Moment nicht bemerkt
da er sich nur auf seinen neuen Receiver oder Lautsprecher
etc. konzentriert.
Ist er nun in seinem truten Heim und hat das Equipment installiert stellt er fest das es doch hier und da am Klang fehlt.
Die Folge, unzufriedenheit trotz seiner guten Produkte.
Nun zur Sache
Die T-14`s sind sauber und hochwertig verarbeitet.
Der Hoch & Mittelton Bereich ist klar der Bass sehr angenehm. ( Gute Steigerung des Bass )
Ich denke vielen Leuten mit Monitor Lautsprechern ist durch
diese Kabel geholfen und spart die Anschaffung eines Subwoofers der, wenn man sich seinen Klang der Hochwertigen Mainspeaker nicht verderben will eine teuer Anschaffung ist.
Ich gebe 5 Sterne für den Klang, 5 Sterne für die Verarbeitung, 4 Sterne für die Terminierung ( Spades ).

ICH EMPFEHLE JEDEM GLEICH DIESE KABEL ZU ERWERBEN ALS ES MIT BILLIGEN ODER ALTEN KABELN ZU VERSUCHEN DA ES AM ENDE ALLES NUR NOCH TEURER MACHT.

Ein Dank nochmals an Jeff von DH-Labs der seine Arbeit, Beratung und gute Bedienung.( SEHR GUTER SERVICE )

Transparent sound

Somewhat thin sound without enough bass

I used the T-14 on my budget system of Technics CD player, NAD integrated amp and Tannoy speakers. They sound definitely better than cheap speaker wire, Monsters etc. They have that transparent silver sound. However, compare to Audioquest type 4 speaker cable that I use, T-14 doesn't have rich and tight bass and full sounding midrange. T-14 (compare to Type 4) sounds somewhat thin. That's why I decided to keep Audioquest Type 4 (I use bare wire termination: no termination).
If anybody know a better speaker cable than Audioquest Type 4 for the same price range (Type 4 is $2.50 per ft.), let me know.

Similar Products Used:

Audioquest Type 4