Natural sound with a lot of tiny details, crisp and clear. Decent, tight bass.

Fragile. No color code.

This is a review of the PSS Sextet interconnect, balanced version. As some of previous reviewers stated one has to have a lot (!!) of patience when dealing with PSS owner. Finally I’ve got two pairs of the above interconnects. One (1m) is connecting my modified Marantz player with Sidewinder solid-state pre-amp, the other (2.5m) – the pre-amp with solid-state 50W monoblocks. First I should state that my equipment is not very sensitive to cable changes. It is due to the fully balanced design of the whole system from the very beginning (except that there is only one CD in the drive) up to the speaker posts on the monoblocks. Outputs have low impedance and can drive any cables with ease. It also enables cable impedance matching at the input of the next stage, effectively canceling signal reflections and additionally dumping RF and EMI noise. My previous interconnects were made by myself using Neutrik XLR connectors, Cordial Top Performance microphone cable and quality solder containing silver. That said I must admit that I’m not disappointed with the new interconnects. At first, with zero burn-in time, the sound became very detailed, not bright or harsh but a little bit exaggerated. There was no much change in the low region at first. Than in two or three days the sound changed. It is still very detailed, but now quite smooth. Soundstage seems a little wider, although it is not a very significant change. What changed most is soundstage depth and, especially, very precise instrument and voice positioning. It is much more precise and stable than before. There is also more palpable sound aura, recognizable when listening to good recordings made in natural environment. Improvement in bass region is not big, although I would say it is now deeper than with my homemade interconnects. There are two drawbacks I can think of. First both runs in each pair are identical. There is no color code or anything else to tell left from right. Second, since the cables are thin and fragile, there should be some strain release mechanism at the connectors. My gear: Marantz CD6000OSE (LCAudio upgraded) LCAudio Sidewinder Balanced, class A pre-amp LCAudio ZAPSolute 50mk4, class A monoblocks ATC SCM7 minimonitors Nordost Gold + LCAudio Teflar speaker cables (bi-wire) I give 4 stars for Value Rating as I have to compare $560+ to aprox. $40 I paid for their predec

this will cover the pss products as a system, as i now own and am using the pss quartet interconnects, the pss sextet speaker wire, the pss silver bridge to connect the high & low binding posts on my monitor audio silver 5's, and the pss silver plated copper 14 awg power cord. my final verdict - there is simply nothing better on the market, at any price. At least nothing that I have heard (and I have heard a lot) is better. Wow, who would have thought that silver was so smooth? these are very synergistic with the rest of my system, which I built to be extremely acurate and detail oriented. the only problem is this tended toward bright sound that induced listening fatigue, especially at high volumes. the pss products have elimitated that completely. brass instruments no longer dominate the music when they enter and violins no longer sound like they are being played with steel strings. the only drawback (if you can call it that) is that on a regular basis I have to yell across the room to be heard by my wife (or she has to yell at me) - then i realize that i have been listening at very high volume and did not realize it. part of what contributes to this is the lack of compression the wires exhibit. so, I turn up the volume during the soft passages (because they are softer than I am used to), but then the loud passages are louder than I am used to also, so the volume, especially on music that starts softly & ends loudly will be much louder during peaks and crescendo's. but, again, the sound is so smooth & non-edgy that i never notice it until i either turn it off or try to talk to someone while the music is playing. plus, I paid less for the entire silver wire system from PSS (2 pair of interconnects, 12 foot pair of speaker wire, silver bridge, and power cord) than I would have paid for a single pair of 1 meter silver interconnects from Audioquest (Audioquest Diamond - $950) so, I am one happy camper - music now sounds like it was made by real flesh and blood musicians, not digitized plastic copies of musicians. and isn't that what it is really all about. One example of how my musicl listening has been transformed (after adding the PSS wire & the MSB Link) - on one of my favorite cd's, Emil Gilels performing the 2 Brahms Piano Concerto's w/ Eugen Jochum conducting on Deutche Gramophon, I always thought the recording was just a bit clangorous, particularly the piano, which didn't sound all that well recorded. Now, the orchestra is more full blooded and the piano sounds only a bit clangorous in a very few places. But, I can now clearly hear that Gilels DOES NOT HIT A LOT OF THE NOTES COMPLETELY ON KEY!!! Its not the recording, ITS HIS PLAYING!! It is this sort of insight into a historical performance by one of the great piano players of this century that makes the exependitures on my system all worth it. Anyway, pure silver sound makes some absolutely stunning cables. Check them out at www.puresilversound.com

My System:

Acurus ACD-11 CD Player (mediocre cd player, but an excellent transport)
Bryston B60 integrated amp (great buy - only Plinius is better in anything close to this price range for solid state)
MSB Link III (perhaps the best piece of audio gear I own - certainly the best performance for the $$)
Monitor Audio ASW 210 Subwoofer
Monitor Audio Silver 5i Speakers (Heavily modified w/ Deflex Panels & Tekna Sonics for vibration elimination - Solo Coil & Infinicap Signatures in the Crossover - and rewired internally w/ 99.99% pure silver wire to all drivers).
Speaker wire: PSS Sextets (Triple Braided pure silver wire).
Interconnects: PSS Quartets (Quadruple Braided pure silver wire).
Digital Interconnect: EVS Digital Cable (pure copper in an air dielectric w/ a copper shield).
Vibrapods under all components and the speakers.

Transparency, Price, soundstage, quality

Can't stop listen to it

Originally I purchased a pair of speaker cables with silver jumpers. It sounds great, then I tried Biwiring, ( used two cables on same channel to feed same speaker Hi and Lo as instructed at WWW.Puresilversound.com ), WOW ! what a difference, I got better detail and soundstage, give it a try, now I'm ordering a second pair of speaker cables and returned the jumpers

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MIT Terminator 2 Biwire

Midrange transparency, Bass impact, detail detail detail, PRICE!

None yet

I have to say at first I was sceptical about the price, come on $less tahn $400 for pure silver speaker cables? Well I went to their site and read the part about what it cost to make silver speaker cables and why Kimber (dealers)charge $2200 for 8 ft, it made sense so I bit. I have to say it was a great purchase. I have been through many speaker cables (interconnects too). I am one of those fools who keep seearching. My latest cables, and best to date, were the Cardas Quadlink 5. They had great detail, imaging, tranparency, but only "good" bass.

I have long been a beliver in silver interconnects (currently Silver Audio silver bullet 4.0's, but I want to try pure silver sounds quartet's). So I was looking to save money for a pair of pure silver (not silver plated copper) speaker cables. Then a friend told me abt their web site www.puresilversound.com and I called and talked to Frank the owner. He was very helpful and honest, he said if I had $1,100 to try Silver Audio's symphony 32 since I was already familiar with their products. I said I wouldn't spend that kind of money if I can help it. So I order a pair of Sextet cables. The rest is history. They sound great right away, but truely "bloomed" after about 24 hours of burn in.

Three things really sold me. The high range clarity and detail is phenomenal. The cymbals on Dave brubecks HDCD "time out" remaster are the most realistic I have ever heard. The vocals and hall ambience in Dave's True Story "Sex Without Bodies" (especially track 5) were incredible, I could actually hear the church it was recorded in. Lastly the bass and detail on Christian McBrides CD "gettin to it" was real. I could hear his fingers pluck the strings, hear the wood of the bass and the natural decay of the notes, wow!

Equipment:

Classe .3 CDP
Sonic Frontiers Line 1
Classe C200
Mirage MRM-1

Viva la Canada! All this canadian stuff sounds great and costs little (relatively)

I give these cable a 5 for sound and 6 for value (oops only 5 available) so a 5.5!

My list of "investments" in order of purchase:

MIT 2 - 2.5 (stupid dealer talked me into them)
DHlabs T-14 - 3.5 ( not bad, good for the price)
Harmonic Tech Pro-11 Plus 3 ( ugh!)
Kimber 8 TC - 4 (great value)
Straightwire Maestro - 3.5 (disappointment for the price)
Audio quest midnight - 4 ( good sound, good value)
Cardas Quadlink 5 - 4.5 (purchased used, great cables)
Pure silver sound Sextet - 5 (hopefully I am done)

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MIT terminator 2, DH labs T-14, Harmonic Tech Pro-11 Plus, Kimber 8 TC, Straightwire Maestro, Audio quest midnight, and Cardas Quadlink 5.

Clear upper midrange, tuneful bass, quality construction, great value!

None that I can tell

I have PSS Sextets and PSS Quartets tying my system together. I've lived with these cables and interconnects for over two years now and I'm convinced there's no better cable out there for this price. There might not be a better cable for ANY price!

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A host of other cables wires and weird things

Imaging, Clarity, Smoothness. Very liquid natural sound and an unbeleavable value.

None

This is a review of the new Octet speaker wire terminated with cardas spades.

I have been looking to upgrade my current speaker wires, Cardas Twinlink, do to there smaller wire gauge. My system sounded very good, but I thought I could tweak a little more performance from it with a larger guage wire. I don't do anythink quickly. I get annoyed when I purchase something and I end up unhappy with it and I cannot afford to make a poor choice from a $ stand point. So for over a year I have been reading reviews, talking with varius dealers, surfing the net, and talking to friends and other audiophiles. I even emailed the manufacturers of both my amp and speakers. As most of you know, opinions on cables and thier price ranges are very broad. Plus I am not equiped to do blind A/B tests to compare them. Also my budget was very small. Ideally I wanted to stay in the $200 - $300 range, with an absolute max. of $500.

The Annalysis Plus Oval Nines kept appearing as the best value. As I was getting ready to order them, I recieved a catalog from mapleshade (excellent CD's) with there new wires and I stumpled onto the Audio Review site.

After reading many reviews on this site, (Thank you to those who took the time to write reviews), I decided to talk to Frank at Pure Silver Sound. After several emails with lots of questions, including how I could return them if unhappy, I decided to try them with the silver jumpers. Total price $461.

Incrediable! Absolutly incrediable difference in my system. The midrange and treble are life like, smooth and a joy to listen to, with no grain in the sound. Initially the bass seamed a bit lean, but the notes sounded more natural and tighter, especially kick drums. As they have broken in the bass response has continued to develope into an unbelievable full sound. The pleasure I have had listining to my system over the past few weeks is paramount to when I purchased it a few years ago and no I do not work with Frank or Pure Silver Sound, I am just extremely pleased.

I plan on upgrading my interconnects to pure silver sounds as soon as I can afford them and I certainly recomend you try these in your system. On top of it, Franks a pleasure to deal with. 5 Star rating.

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Original monster cable and Cardas twinlink.

Incredible transparency, tight, full bass. Great imaging.

None!

I finally broke down and finished out my system with silver speaker cables. I waited for Frank to come out with his Octet speaker cable. It looks cool, kind of similar to Kimber, only all silver like the 4 AG they used to make (at $125 a foot!). The sound is incredible. I recently baorrowed a set of Analysis Plus Silver Ovals, and the Octet were much better. They have a neutral top end and midrange, with excellent soundstaging and imaging. The bass is tight and full. I bought a pair of cables and a set of jumpers too (I couldn't afford the bi-wire option at this time). I can't imagine buying different cable anymore (unless I get a 2nd run). Talk about bang for the buck, a 8ft pair for $400 and change which probably sound similar to the $2000+ 4AG I see in the audioadvisor catalog.

My Equipment (pretty much done too)

Musical Fidelity X-RAY 24/96 CD Player
Musical Fidelity X-P100 Preamp
Musical Fidelity X-AS100 monoblocks
PSB Goldi speakers

Similar Products Used:

Kimber 4PR, 4TC, 8TC, Analysis Plus Oval 9, Analysis Plus Silver Oval, Nordost Blue Heaven, DH Labs T-14