Introducing WyWires...

werd · « **Reply #120 on:** 8 Jul 2010, 12:11 am »

Hi Alex

How do your rca cables compare to the Nordost Odin?. I havent heard those so i am curious to your thoughts on the comparison?

wywires · « **Reply #121 on:** 8 Jul 2010, 12:21 am »

Quote from: werd on 8 Jul 2010, 12:11 am

Hi Alex

How do your rca cables compare to the Nordost Odin?. I havent heard those so i am curious to your thoughts on the comparison?

Are you joking? At $18K, I'm not about to find out unless somebody wants to loan me a pair. I did do a comparison to the Tara Labs Zero in a VERY expensive system (Magico M5's) and I was not feeling envious. Can't comment too much as the session only lasted about 90 minutes.

werd · « **Reply #122 on:** 8 Jul 2010, 12:28 am »

Quote from: wywires on 8 Jul 2010, 12:21 am

Are you joking? At $18K, I'm not about to find out unless somebody wants to loan me a pair. I did do a comparison to the Tara Labs Zero in a VERY expensive system (Magico M5's) and I was not feeling envious. Can't comment too much as the session only lasted about 90 minutes.

...... ok. Are they that much? holy smokes !!!

wywires · « **Reply #123 on:** 8 Jul 2010, 12:29 am »

I believe that is for a one meter RCA pair.

werd · « **Reply #124 on:** 8 Jul 2010, 12:31 am »

I owned a 2 meter bal Nordost quatrofil, they were nice but my Empircal audio holophonics were nicer imo.
These Wywires are in a different ballbark though...

Phil A · « **Reply #125 on:** 8 Jul 2010, 01:33 am »

Quote from: werd on 8 Jul 2010, 12:28 am

...... ok. Are they that much? holy smokes !!!

Not the only pricey interconnects - http://www.transparentcable.com/products/pdf/prices/retail_prices_04-2009.pdf

Many moons ago I helped my friend with an install and the guy had a two channel system (Thiel 7.2s, Levinson electronics, etc) and had somewhere between $30-40,000 at retail the then top of the line Transparent cables, power cords, etc.

Nick77 · « **Reply #126 on:** 8 Jul 2010, 02:00 am »

I asked Alex about a digital cable and he said power cables were his next project. If his interconnects are any indication, i bet he makes a mean power cord.

bacobits1 · « **Reply #127 on:** 8 Jul 2010, 06:27 pm »

I had the interconnects on my
audiodharma CABLE COOKER for 24 hours. I had sent this to Alex earlier.

Alex,
I almost gave you a phone call because I was so taken by these changes.
We all said these cables transformed our systems.

After 24 hours cooking the interconnects everything improved a couple
more notches. I'm being very conservative here.
All the great adjectives we used in our descriptions have increased.
Things seemed to calm down further, very much the music is flowing
effortlessly and smoother. The equipment just disappears. Voices got
wetter, palpable, real !! Still very airy sounding and again showing
well, the venue perspective and real placement these recordings were
made in. The Pathos does do that. The cables compliment it perfect. Bass
detail and voice "emotion" I think changed the most. Not quantity bass
just detailed. Fat strings on stand up bass slapping the fretless neck.
It all there, and everything sounds correct. Let me add, I don't listen
louder than 85-87db loudness. It is "can't sit still" good. Also, the
Raysonic 128 is a great player.

Specifics from the albums I have mentioned:

Diana Krall- From this Moment On, PRAT, depth, voice tone perfect.
Dynamic swings very real. Lots of emotion. Very good recording.

Essential Toto- Africa, Superb! Goose bumps! Slam. I couldn't believe
it, this is a great recording to begin with. More, just more of
everything done right. It's killer!

Paul Brown-Up Front, Finger snaps, voice, tone detail again all there.

Bette Midler sings Rosemary Clooney- Emotion, PRAT, can't sit still. Big
Band excellent.

A lot of music I listen to has big band or Orchestra in the mix. This
come across very real in size and scope on all of the Cd's.

These cables have done some things I have never heard in 30 years at
this hobby.

My highest compliments. I'd like to how you do it?

To be continued...
A bit exuberant? Yup!

Den N.

eclein · « **Reply #128 on:** 8 Jul 2010, 06:39 pm »

Yup...these babies bring out all the subtleties you never really heard before..upright bass is amazing as are any acoustic instruments.
Be pumped up!! Enjoy as we all are...it/they will suck you into the music and get your toes'a'tappin!!! Don't forget to eat!!LOL!!!

Gopher · « **Reply #129 on:** 8 Jul 2010, 07:01 pm »

Den,

Fascinating findings. I'm not too up on the theory behind cookers so I have to ask. Are your findings reporting the difference between fresh cables and properly burned in cables or is this the difference between cables with a ton of hours being 'enhanced' by running them through the burn in machine?

Sorry if the question is a bit elementary but I have no experience in that regard.

bacobits1 · « **Reply #130 on:** 8 Jul 2010, 07:14 pm »

This is what I'm finding on these particular WyWire Interconnects. They are new.
I have had them about 2 weeks. I burnt them in yesterday over today for 24 hours so my comments today were from the 24 hour cooking.
Brand new these cables are something, and further enhanced by the grooming I will call it. That is what I'm hearing.

D

cryoparts · « **Reply #131 on:** 9 Jul 2010, 01:28 am »

Quote from: Sonny on 12 Jun 2010, 05:19 pm

Pricey cables....I hope they sound amazing!

"Pricey" is a relative term. A really great bottle of scotch costs more than these IC's.

I'm researching these, and from what I can see, they seem to be well priced. I'll read the rest of the thread now, I haven't been on AC in a while.

Peace,

Lee

etcarroll · « **Reply #132 on:** 12 Jul 2010, 06:40 pm »

Alex -

I received the ICs today, but am about to leave on a vacation mid-week, so I really wont get to them till next week.

I'm going to connect them to begin the burn-in process at least.

Gene

eclein · « **Reply #133 on:** 12 Jul 2010, 06:44 pm »

Enjoy Gene!!!

Gopher · « **Reply #134 on:** 15 Jul 2010, 04:54 pm »

The excitement continues--just took delivery of a pair of Wywire speaker cables. I can now manually swap my source IC between my DAC and phono pre and have consistent Wywire throughout.

I'm looking forward to going home and getting things fired up!

eclein · « **Reply #135 on:** 15 Jul 2010, 11:27 pm »

Gopher-did you get those babies hooked up???

bacobits1 · « **Reply #136 on:** 16 Jul 2010, 12:09 am »

Fred, what do they sound like??
I'm dying to try them.

D

Gopher · « **Reply #137 on:** 16 Jul 2010, 12:38 am »

I'm not a patient person, lol. I actually came home from lunch to install them in the stereo and start letting some current run through them for after work. Since getting home I've listened to them for about 2.5 hours.

I'll cut and paste an email I sent to Alex 10 minutes ago:

"First impressions are very, very good. I've been listening specifically for a loss of harmonic density and lightening of the bass and have found the opposite to be true so far. There is a very notable increase in body with the Wywire and bass is even tighter and more textured. I still wouldn't say its more impactful, but its more defined.

There seems to also be a better musical flow so far. Just a greater liquidity of voices and instruments.

Thats all for now--I'd better log some hours/let them settle in, but I can tell you already. It will be hard going back to my DIY White Lightning Moonshines to compare the two."

eclein · « **Reply #138 on:** 16 Jul 2010, 12:52 am »

Thanks Fred...I think you'll find them impossible to replace, I couldn't listen to my previous cables for more then 10 minutes without having to switch back to the Wywires speaker cables.
I really don't think anything will ever dethrone these in my system- I'm very grateful to have them!!!

Nick77 · « **Reply #139 on:** 18 Jul 2010, 08:45 pm »

Fred i am jealous as heck, i cant take it any longer how are the speaker cables doing??
Just wondering if the Hot Sauce still holds top gun or if in your case the speaker cables have taken over?