An asideĪnd yes, they really are that different. In that instance, I preferred the Purist wires and used them extensively with those speakers and electronics. These two looms, if you’ll pardon the analogy, were very like the stereotypical difference between a tube amplifier and a solid-state amplifier. I found those cables to be hugely full, with deep tonal color, and a non-fatiguing, slightly-sweet treble presentation that was pretty much at right-angles to the more neutral/linear presentation of the WyWires Silver series cable loom I had been using up to that point. Some time back, Jim had sent me a loom of their Praesto Revision cables (from the Corvus line, primarily, with some Aqueous Aureous power cords), which I discussed here as part of my exploration of the Vitus Audio gear. He’s been pointing out potential fits ever since. It was Doug that started me off down this particular rabbit hole he sold me a pair of Contrivas a couple of years ago and I’ve been using them as an anchor to build a “reference system” around. I’d had some experience with the Purist cables in that system previously, recommended as they were by Doug White, owner of The Voice That Is, an audio dealer outside of Philadelphia. The new cables were destined for a try out in my “Reference System #1”, which is usually a combination of Vitus Audio Reference electronics with a pair of Contriva Diacera SE loudspeakers from TIDAL. But every so often Purist flips the bit on a new architecture, which will feature a host of updates and improvements when that happens, every cable in the each of the product lines will get revisioned and advance to the new architecture. The latest iteration, which they’re calling the Luminist Revision replaces their last, which they called Praesto Revision. Each product family has its own name (Dominus, Aqueous Aureous, Vesta and so on) that includes power cords, speaker cables, interconnects and more. And yes, that’s pretty much how Jim approaches it. The cables in question were from their newest “architecture”. My credulity can only go so far.Īdmissions like these are pretty much an invitation for abuse. Which is pretty much what happened when Purist Audio Design‘s chief Jim Aud sent me some exotic cables. It’s very rare that a cable actually alters the tone or timbre of the system’s sound, either - though, that has happened, and it’s why I stay away from “exotic metals” (where ‘exotic’ = “anything other than copper”). ![]() No cable I have ever had suddenly transformed an amplifier into an SET amp (in a good way) or changed a single-driver speaker into one with a integrated subwoofer. Now, before you get all hot under the collar, the changes were almost always for the worse - that is, most cable introductions were not revolutionizing the size or scope of my sound stage or allowing me to suddenly place new elements into it. More specifically, that I could quite fundamentally change the presentation of my entire audio system with the introduction of a key cable or power cord. On a dark and stormy night.Īt some point in the not-quite distant past, it became clear to me that my cables were not, in point of fact, characterless. Preferably with a sunglasses, while backlit and speaking through a voice changer. I feel like I need to be wearing a hat and a trench coat while I write this.
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