purity of sound, spatiality, warmness, details, precision, bass clarity...

none i've seen at this moment.

I bought several months ago the S-Video cable from bettercables.com and was really, really impressed by the quality of this product. In fact, as a daily reader of dvdfile.com I was sure it was something great, but it pushed the overall quality of the picture over what I expected.

Months, later I was wondering how to improve the audio part of my system, cose I felt it sound "flat", the details were hidden in a "smooth mass of sound"... I decided to go back to bettercables.com and read their opinion regarding the use of Toslink, and their advice to use a digital audio coax to link the player and the amp instead... BUT, my DVD player didn't have the RCA output connector... What a mess..., so i decided to replace the DVD player and bought a Micromega Minium DVD Player (french brand, a slighltly higher class than Sony 7700, with both video and audio sections of high-level (24 bits audio, 96 Hz natural, 10 bits video).... and bought THE Ultra Digital Coax from bettercables.com....

my system had a rebirth, my entire collection of CD's and DVD's had a rebirth, my girlfriend took a little time to appreciate the difference, but now that's a done thing and... I'm the happiest guy in my neighboroad...

I have just one little problem now... I want to change my Amp... (just kidding...)

Similar Products Used:

none

("Ultra") WARM, PHAT, excellent detail, killer bottom-end, beautiful soundstage

None, but haven't compared to mega-expensive digital coax

(Reviewing 2m length of "Ultra" version.) Did a recent cable shootout of my own in my mid-level audiophile HT system (Rotel preamp, 20-bit Burr-Brown DAC/AC3, Pioneer DVD, B&K amps, Paradigm speakers, Energy subwoofer.) The video cable sucked; the Monster wasn't great, but it did roll-off the high-end, helpful if you have a bright system; the XLO ER-6 was pretty nice, but the "Ultra" blew me away! Had that impact of, "Gee - sounds like I got new components or a new system!" Everything sounded so much better, and so much more "there"; very musical. DVD movies sound immaculate and highly detailed (provided the rest of your system can support revealing detail.)
Can't recommend highly enough. Forget the cheaper cable - spend the extra $10 and get the "Ultra" - definitely worth it. Brad is a great, friendly guy to deal with, as well.

Similar Products Used:

Video cable, Monster IDL 100, XLO/VDO ER-6, Canare Digiflex (LV-61S)