neutral, absolutely silent background,soundstaging masters

Not expensive enough

I dont know why the reviews for these cables on this site have been few and far between recently as they remain an outstanding 'price no object' option. They are neutral (very revealing of source variations) and extremely quiet (ie no hiss) . Accordingly they are capable of making a hi fi sound more like an ensemble...they let the detail through with an outstanding 3d quality and spaciousness crucial to more closely replicating live music. I have recently switched my entire cabling system to TMC from a much more expensive audioquest/acoustic zen combination and as per earlier audio industry reviewers of TMC I have settled on this as it provides the most satisfying presentation I have ever experienced from my sytem . Audiophoolery is of course a subjective pursuit but the parameters that generally matter to the music lover and the audiophile are nailed by a tmc system. Youre welcome to check out my review on the Gold speaker cabling and the new tmc blue 75ohm dedicated digital cable in the Gold review section. I am not affiliated with TMC....I dont write reviews that are not part of my professional life because of time pressure.... this is written because a small company is providing an outstanding product at an excellent price which is devoid of the usual advertising mark up.

Customer Service

outstanding...45 day money back guarantee says it all.

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Absolutely dead silent backgound, 3d imaging without loss of any significant detail, amazingly accurate in relaying component changes...this all adds up to realism

None...

Introduced to these originally through Supratek and Im not sure why there are not many more recent reviews of these cables here as they remain an outstanding cost no object option ...neutral quiet and soundstaging masters. If you like your music in 3d then a cabling system built on the yellow ics is a must try...built on the same technology of a much much more expensive line of cabling they make the kind of differences that must audiofools I know of desire. Guaranteed to make visitors stop in their tracks and comment on your "stereo". More details follows in my Gold reference speaker cabling review re the benefits of an entire TMC system but I would not classify these as a cheap option (in aussie dollars they are not exactly for the faint hearted) but the benefit of many misspent hours/years around the audiofool circuit (and many more at home expensive comparisons) have not seen them bettered.

Customer Service

King is outstanding...and 45 day money back speaks volumes

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Acoustic Zen, Nordost,Audioquest, Wireworld..all at least as exy and all with excellnt attributes

ballanced sweet sounding

stiff

have plugged thease babey to my my system.. well what can I say I love em :) havenn't tryed many others, but I did try AQ king cobra they just didden't to the trick for me.. with tmw yellow my system is sounding ballanced and beautiful

my setup:

speaker: b&w 801 s23
pre amp: lcaudio sidewinder 2
amp: luxman m6000
cdplayer: sony x707es

Great natural & open 3D soundfield at a great price.

Stiff but bendable

Please see my review for the TMC Gold speaker cable as the same attributes apply for these. The yellow is the slightly warmer and relaxed version of the TMC white IC.
Used together in a system (Gold, yellow, white) the TMC cables provide a very natural open sound with enough detail & inner resolution to satisfy the audiophile in me. These are truely a music lovers cable. I highly recommend the TMC cables, an absolute audio bargain. But the yellow is probably not the cable for someone who wants an extremely detailed sound.
Used with my new budget setup:

Van Alstine 550exr amp
Sony SCD333es cdp
Von Schweikert VR4JR speakers

Customer Service

Great

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Shielding, quality, detail

None

Within five seconds of listening to my Wendy Rule CD with these connectors, Ive gone wow. The clarity and detail was just amazing. After reading many newsgroups from people saying that interconnects make no difference to sound quality I purchased these cables mostly for piece of mind, but was totally knocked over by the sound difference as I am now hearing details in music tracks that I havn't noticed before. The shielding does make the cables stiff but they can be easily shaped before fitting and caused no problems, they have instructions on their web site if anybody concerned with this.

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Just used cables local HiFi dealer made up for me.

Shielding, performance and price.

Locking RCAs tend to come loose. Would be willing to pay extra for better choice.

I have been meaning to write this review for weeks now, but these cables just kept getting better and better. I originaly just wanted to change the 7m PAD Colossus I was using betweem my preamp and tube mono blocs, they were a little too long, but mostly I had gotten tired of the silver sound with limited bass. So in my search for a good all copper replacement, I saw a add for the TMC cables and decided to check them out. Based only on the reviews, and the use of a solid copper tube for the shield, I took the plunge and ordered a complete set. I got the cables about a week later, and placed them in the HT system which is allways on so they could burn in as fast as posible before putting them in the High end system. After about 100 hours I moved them one by one to the other system. First the White lables for the tuner to the preamp, then from the Sony SACD player to the preamp. These both made a tremendous difference over the Monster M1000i that they replaced, especially with the SACD, which I felt would be hard to improve. The bass got solid and deeper, the midrange sounded even more natural and analog like, and I couldn't wait to hear what the 5.5m run to the monos would sound like. I decided I would do them the next day, for a few reasons, to give my expensive PAD water cables a little more time to show its best with the changes I made upstream, but also because I realized that these TMC cables are not ment to be rushed in anyway as all finer things never are. Just as they take their own time to burn in sonicly, they need time and patience to be installed phsically. I was a bit afraid to bend them at first, but after I tried it they just shaped right into place and stayed where you placed them. No saging, drooping, tangling, just nice loops and curves.No need to bunch them up next to the power cords to make them tidy, they just stand on their own period. Well the next day I rolled out the 5.5m, and gently routed them between the Preamp and the monos, turned the system on and as I waited for things to warm up with the preamp still muted, I noticed a silence I had never heard before. Not a blacker back ground, or lower noise floor that you are not really sure what caused, but a dead silence from the system, with your ears right up to the tweeter, like the systm is not even on. I had to double check. Even with the mute off, nothing playing, It was dead silent. Before, with all other cables you could always hear a high level hisss coming from the tweeters up close. The copper tubing really blocks out ALL interferance. That alone did it for me,I knew a cable this quiet had to sound great, and I certainly wasn't disapointed. The Yellow lables sounded great from top to bottom, I had all the highs the silver cables gave, with rich deep bass that it was missing. The sound stage expanded with a warmth it never had before. These cables have it all at a down to earth price. I can truely say my search is over, I don't see myself changing cables again. Even if they should take second place to any other rediculously priced water hose, these copper pipes ARE the ultimate in shielding.

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Soundstage width, frequency bandwidth and very good noise rejection.lear and spacious sound.

Mids and highs lack smoothness and details can be slightly smeared. Bass is tightened but details in the lower frequencies are sometimes lost. Stiffness can be challenging in tight spots behind equipment.

For the price this is a good interconnect but you will have to go elsewhere and pay a little to a lot more to get very high performance. These TMC's do compete with some interconnects up to $500 range although are bested by others in this price range as well. I hooked them up between my CD/pre (TMC White) and tubepre/tube amp (TMC Yellow). They do certain things well namely soundstaging and lowering the noise floor.They produce a nice black background. They provide a spacious and clear sound with good dynamics and good bandwidth. Where they don't shine is in the area of soundstage depth (only average), they seem slightly aggressive in the midrange and highs, lacking smoothness and this results in a loss of detail. Bass frequencies are tightened up but only slightly. Overall I would say that they provide a very good price performance ratio. The cables are very stiff and the locking RCA connectors are not of the best quality. My System: EAD Ultadisc 2000 Sonic Frontiers Line 1 Canary Audio CA-706 (4X EL34) Audio Note AN/EL CPC Top Gun CPC Model 11 Wireworld Aurora III+ Van Den Hul Inspiration Hybrid Speaker cables TMC White and Yellow IC's

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top to bottom coherence, great timbre, VERY musical.

OK, the locking connectors on the ICs are a little weak. I had one damaged in shipment, but King is great, and sent a replacement on my word alone. Speaker cable spades are a little lame too. I know this keeps cost down, but I'd be willing to spend extra for something better. NOT a reason not to get them though!!

I've been promising King I'd get to this, so here it is. Since first trying out TMC cables on a whim about a year ago, I have outfitted my entire system with them... and haven't worried about wire since! Cables make a difference, don't let anyone tell you otherwise. The trick is finding a cable that fits your system without costing twice your front end. I tried TMC purely by word of mouth and the reviews posted here. Simply put, I don't think you can do better for 2-3x the price! I listen to primarily jazz, so acoustic presentation, truth of timbre, and clarlity are vital. I get all of this with TMC. I had some very pricey Cardas (and others) that TMC either equalled or bettered! Mids are fantastic, bass is taught and firm... bass notes are just that, and not a collection of low end thumps. Voices (and guitar and piano) are wonderfully presented... check out some Jeff Buckley or Bill Evans and you will so notice a difference. The yellow lable is my preferred choice... both for amp-pre and for source components. It takes awhile to break in, but gives a sonically whole presentation of all the many kinds of music I listen to. The white lable are also terrific, and I use them on my tuner, and am hoping to get a phono cable made from one. Bottom line -- they're too cheap not to try, and when you do, you'll be ever so glad you did! My system includes: Vandersteen 3A Signatures Quicksilver V-4 monoblocks with KT-90s Heart CD 6000 Eurolab Premier with Morch DP-6 and Benz

Great High end Great Soundstage Great Image

Dangerously rigid

I am using this same review for the Gold, Yellow, White and XLR cables. I bought them all at the same time so that is the best I can do. Previously I used Monster cable 10Gage speaker cable and Audioquest Coral interconnects. I had read all the hype about interconnects and speaker cable, but never fully bought into it. I decided to go with TMC because of all the positive feedback on Audioreview and because their cables are fairly reasonably priced. Before you buy these cables go to Audiogon.com and look at the auction prices. They are usually less than the price on there web page. It takes about a week to receive your order. Not bad for coming from Australia. Right out of the box I noticed the imaging and sound stage had improved. It was like using a completely different set of speakers. I had no idea cables could make this much difference in sound placement. The high end is much more prevalent. The symbols were clearer and more defined. I noticed things I had never heard before. Initially the bass response was diminished. I was a little disappointed, but had heard that these cables take time to break in, so I left everything in place. After about two weeks of watching TV, DVDs, and listened to all kinds of music, I noticed a change. All the sudden the bass was back. These cables sound great. They made a huge improvement in my system. I had read all the reviews and expected these cables to be stiff, but not this stiff. I couldn’t put the back on my rack, it just doesn’t fit. Worse than that, they damaged my DVD player. With the locking RCAs you have to be careful. They stay connected! I moved my DVD player around trying to get the back on my rack and it stopped working. Now I have to jiggle the back of the player to get sound. Be careful! I used the Yellow Cables for my CD player the XLRs between my amp and pre-amp and the Whites for digital and obviously the Gold for the speakers. I may change this some day, but for now I am very happy with the sound. My system: Sunfire Theater Grand II Sunfire Cinema Grand Infinity Prelude PFR front speakers Infinity Prelude MTS Center speaker Energy Surrounds Pioneer Elite PD-F27 CD player JVC XV-D723GD DVD player

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Nothing that compares

very neutral from top to bottom, tonal balance very good, tight bass, fast..

not to strong bass, splashy treble (disturbing me sure)-- this weaknesses avoid me to buy this cable

I Just borrowed this interconnect along side with TMC loudspeaker cable .. little weakneses.. but it disturbing me..

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harmonic tech pro-silwayII, audioquest lapis, cardas microtwins, cardas golden hexlink