Excellent Clarity and Imaging Charachteristics

On a whim I bought some of these at an auction . . . what a surprise . . . some of the best cables I have tried. Highly recommended.

Very neutral, clean and dynamic cables . . . provided excellent imaging . . . I'm selling my Cardas!

Similar Products Used:

Cardas, Tara Labs

The sound is wonderful. It is smooth, detailed, dynamic, tight bass, 3-d imaging. Well built with locking RCA's.

Stiff and balky.

A little softer sounding than the White Label. Designed for longer runs from preamp to amp. Might be preferred to the White Label in systems on the bright side.

These interconnects are real bargains. The tonal accuracy and 3-D imaging are not accidental; these people know what they are doing. The interconnects let the music shine through unlike all other interconnects I have heard(other than the White Label). They don't appear to have any sonic weaknesses. Right now they are being sold through auctions such as audiogon.com for very low prices to get the product and word out. The prices bid for them keeps going up. I strongly suggest trying a pair before spending big bucks on inferior interconnects. You don't know what you are missing, these are a real treat that cost very little. One of those rare discoveries that makes audio a fun and rewarding hobby.


My equipment:

Musical Fidelity X-Ray CD player
Musical fidelity P100 preamp
Meyersound HD-1 active studio monitors
2 Hsu Reseach 1220HO subwoofers w/500 watt amp
P.S. Power Plants & Lab Cables

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D.H. Labs, Alpha Core, Harmonic Technologies Pro Silway II

very natural,lively,detailed.transparent& sweet

very stiff

Bought a TMC yellow label interconnect 1.5m rca without trying from audiogon, I can't believe that this cable could make so similar to my used 2 year Audionote AN-VZ & XLO signature 1.1, Amazing cable on a cheapness price,enthusiastically recommended!!!!! Components:Theta Gen-Va,Theta Data III,Classe Omega preamp, Classe Omega amp,B&W N.802, Audionote AN-VZ interconnect, Transparent Ultra XL interconnect, Audionote AN-SPZ spkr cable

Similar Products Used:

Audionote AN-VZ ,XLO Signature 1.1

Dead Silence

Way too stiff, at time almost prohibitive

Well I upgraded after reading all your guys' comments. I have little to add. These are simply the best cables for the money overall. The most remarkable thing is the dead silence in the background. The only weakness (if this is one and simply annoying) is that they are soooo stiff that in tight areas they are almost unusable. I found the TMC sales staff to be quite helpful before the actual purchase. Oddly enough they stopped answering emails after the purchase...hopefully just too busy making cables!

Similar Products Used:

Tara Labs Prism 55i, Monster 400IC

Every musical aspect

none

These cables are absolutely wonderfull. They are warm, fast, detailed, direct, with full, and transparent midrange. By the way, the bass is as good as it gets. No "Burn in" period required. They sound great right out of the box. I replaced a pair of very expensive silver interconnects on my tube amp with these cables; I have no regrets.

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In a class by itself

The sound...all of it!!!

I can't by more at my local audio store...mail order from Australia only. Keeps the prices down, but you have to wait a little longer.

WOW.

I thought about making that single word my review. It does sum-up this cable perfectly. I can honestly say that I've never been blown-away by a cable before, and I've tried a bunch, but that is exactly what this cable did to me. From the minute I installed these quite attractive looking interconnects in place of my long-time favorites, AudioQuest Diamond, and sat back to give a listen I couldn't wipe the smile off of my face. Unbelievable. I had just replaced $3,000 (when I bought them new) worth of cable with approximately $250 (including shipping) worth of cable and I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Now I don't want this review to turn into a diatribe about how these cables are such a bargain for the price, because they are so much more than that.

If you go to TMC's web site (WWW.The-Music-Cable.com) you will see that the construction of this cable is a little different than any other...at least that I know of. Like many other cables the main signal conductor is copper (no, NOT silver), but that is where the similarity to other cables out there ends. Instead of trying to reduce skin effect (the most obviously audible result of bad - and some good and very expensive - cable designs) by using multiple gauges of wire and/or various weaving techniques, TMC has taken a more simple, and, I think, more ingenious approach. In the core of this very well insulated cable runs a single solid strand of aluminum wire. Now anyone with even a basic knowledge of electricity knows that aluminum is a very poor electrical conductor, so why use it in an audio cable if passing an electrical signal is its raison d'etre? Because this aluminum has been coated with a very thin layer of copper, and it is the copper that acts as the conductor. This arrangement has the advantage of virtually eliminating skin effect, and that is quite evident once you start listening.

And listen I have. Huge, open, deep, and transparent soundstage, very clean midrange and highs, extended and controlled low-end, and great separation between instruments (this cable is a jazz-lovers dream). Of course there are other cables out there that can provide you with these attributes, but not with the degree of musicality that the TMC's deliver. I've heard cables that make me feel like I'm part of the recording, but I've always felt as though the instruments didn't sound quite real. As though Miles was playing through an amplifier in the studio…live, but still artificial. With the TMC cables all of that changed. Listening to Relaxin' I closed my eyes and could almost smell the brass and feel the spit. Now that's music! I think I've finally found the "plus sign" to make my audio system greater than the sum of its components. Like I said before, WOW!

Associated Components:
Sony SACD-1 SACD/CD Player
Krell KR-C Preamplifier
Bryston 10B Crossover
Bryston 7B ST Amplifiers
AudioQuest Dragon Loudspeaker Cables (2 pairs for true bi-wire)
Magnepan 3.6R Loudspeakers
Sunfire Signature Subwoofers (4)

Similar Products Used:

AudioQuest, Synergistic Research, Kimber, Straight Wire, and a few others.