So far, I only have the power cords, but will go all TWL when I have new speakers and other gear. What I experienced when I installed the power cords was an immediate increase in volume in my system; I had to turn the volume down to my standard listening levels. Also there was a greater vividness and color and punch. Nothing too aggressive; actually I hate aggressive audio, just more "there there". My old cords (can't really remember what they are, they made have been the ones that came with the Copeland equipment) was nice and smooth, a bit more laid back, if not dull compared to the TWL. I can't wait to be all TWL.
Hey Joe,
Thanks! What you are hearing is not an increase in volume, but a decrease in overall noise in your system... When things get quieter, it appears that the volume or gain is increasing... Cool!
This was also experienced on my Speaker Cables by reviewer Joel Chevasus from 6moons, when he compared my speaker cables to a VERY EXPENSIVE (6-7 times MORE EXPENSIVE) pair.
His direct quote... "But the American Speaker Cable also added a lot of weight to piano recordings together with a superb richness of tone. On Chick Corea's last outing Solo Piano Portraits, the sound had more impact and authority in the lowest octaves. Across the full period I passed with the Lawrence Audio Double Bass and TWL American speaker cables, I took a lot of pleasure from hearing many solo piano recordings. Another big difference between the High Fidelity Cable speaker wires and TWL American speaker cable regardless of speaker used
were the different SPL they produced. The High Fidelity Cables tended to lower the volume whilst
the TWL speaker cables sounded a bit louder than average. There was a significant difference in sound efficiency between the two. I measured a bit more than a 5dB offset at about 3.5 meters from the speakers. I also observed some particular synergies using the speaker wire with the matching power cords which led to a slight improvement in overall resolution and depth. The choice of interconnects in my opinion was more a question of fine tuning according to one’s own system whereby completing a full TWL loom might lead in different directions. It will depend on interactions and expectations. As far as I was concerned, I achieved complete satisfaction using the TWL interconnects between the amp and preamp and my Grimm TPM interconnects between source and preamp."
Adding TWL speaker cables & interconnects has a cumulative effect (Sound quality improves)...
Enjoy,
Pete