the background is very quiet

a little bit thin

highly detailed, the mid-range is a liile bit thin. At HKD 660 ( ~US$ 82) for a 3 m spk cable, the performace is good.

my version is flatline gold mk II, this cable is at closure sale at the wholesaler ( Excel hi-fi) in HK.

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AQ Type 4, ortofon 6n type 300 , taralabs prism

Look?

Unmusical, scratchy, thin, colored, you name it...

System:
Arcam 8 bi-amp system
MSB DAC
ML Aerius i
Interconnects: all Nordost Black Knight
ML Aerius i

I bought those out of curiosity and based on Arcam recommendations. After a lengthy comparison with other wires such as Monster and Kimber, I found these cables an absolute joke. Used as interconnects (Black Knight) they are great, no doubt about it. But as speaker wires, it's a big looser in my system. I have not found anything attractive in this cable and I tried. Very thin sounding, compressed, and scratchy. So obvious with music, so obvious with voices. I doubt this cable is much better than a 16gauge Home Depot.

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Monster Z2, Kimber 4VS, 4TC, Audioquest Indigo

This is the BEST cable I ever tried at this price. The improvement over my previous cables is really big. The soundstage, depth, treble and midrange improve tremediously. The main characteristc of this cable is 'airy'. Previous cables that I used were Audioquest Type 4, QED Qudo and Audioquest Indigo MK2 Plus. Highly recommended.

I got to try these with Kimber Cable (6.00) vs (3.00) for the Nordost. I loved what the nordost did with dynamics, especially voices. I wish it was as detailed
as the Kimber but a new CD player will fix that I believe. In the end I was really happy with these, still have some Kimber envy, but that will pass. Dont know quite how to describe this but they felt "quicker" than the kimber. There arent many cables that have the "wow", look at them hi techie thingies either.

For the money you get a great speaker cable, and as you put better equipment in
the loop, you can forget about the cable and enjoy the music. Or at least untill
next christmas. :-)

Mark

And because I dont have a five star system 4 speaker boxes will have to do

Rotel 870-bx
Dynaco Pa-3
Old Denon Cd player mabee CD6 :-)
Custom Speakers

I am using the Nordost cable with Tannoy Mercury M3s and vintage McIntosh tube amplification and I am very pleased with its performance.Detail and pin-point imaging accuracy is impressive.
Highly recommended

Incredible midrange. Vocals seems much clearer. Treble is more powerful.

The lower bass may be a bit weaker.

A improvement to my system, I had to turn the treble control down to compensate. Miss the power in the lower bass area. Vocals really came alive! Now I am convinced that the cables make a differance!

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Ordinary cheap copper cable, bought at the el. store.

Good build

I've had this cable little over a year now and must say I am satisfied with them so far. I have the bi-wire version which seems to be well built. as for the sound... I really haven't put my cables thru any testing that is credible. But I can say I don't think my system is lacking in sound reproduction. Sorry, best I could do right now.


I rate this product a 4 because the could be cheaper


enjoy the music

Detailed, a big upgrade from what I had.

None I'm aware of yet.

This was the best audio upgrade I've had to date. I went from Tara Labs Prism Klara to the Nordost Flatine and the difference was incredible. Although very detailed the Tara Labs stranded cable seemed harsh and edgy. The Nordost cable maintains (if not increases) that detail and is much softer and more fluid. I am impressed at what this 'entry level' audiophile cable did for my 'entry level' system. My equipment is as follows:

Marantz SR7000
Paradigm Titans
Sony 550 DVD player

Bright, fast, incredible detail. Overall nicely balanced sound.

Perhaps a bit less low end than Kimber PBJ

My system is an Arcam Alpha 8R integrated amp, a Denon DCM-370 CD changer and Acoustic Energy Aegis One speakers. When I first added the new amp I was disappointed because I had expected miraculous sound and it wasn't anything special. So I started to tweak. Added Nordost Black Knight interconnects (which to my ear sound better than the Nordost Solar Wind) and my system came alive. Then I decided to see what new speaker cable might do. The addition of the flatline gold cables have really made things take off. This system is now a great system. My final tweak might be an Arcam CD player, but for now the Denon will do. Overall, I am phenomenally pleased with my Nordost investments!

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Monster

Great cable. Bass are more precise now in my system and trebles are cleaner.
I did a direct comparison, having my left front speaker wired with Nordost Flatline Gold and my right front speaker with my old 8 AWG cable. I used the balance control all the way to the left and then all the way to the right several times to test the difference. I changed the music I was listening several times too. The result was that, for every kind of music my left speaker sounded much better than my right speaker, so I realized that Nordost Flatline Gold speaker wire make a big difference.