17 May 08

Hi King

I've been burning in my cables and interconnects and have them connected up to my new speakers..... Both have had about 80hrs burn in time and have just started to seriously listen to the synergy between the cables and the rest of the system. So far so good, really notice the 'silence' offered by the shielding on the cables and the music rises beautifully from this background. The interconnects and coaxial are really good and get clean detailed reproduction. I was afraid of my system sounding too 'bright' but I should have had no fear.... The detail is great and 'the music sounds fantastic. The sound-stage is wide and separation of instruments and voices in wonderful. Good quality recordings come alive with the cables and interconnects. So really happy so far and expect things to get better as new speakers and cables + interconnects bed in. Will post on your website to offer recommendation, and also highlight the fantastic customer service you have offered me, which these days is a massive massive plus. — Thanks to you for that.
I'm in process now of upgrading my DAC and buying a new CD transport, so can't wait to hook this up to my system. I will look at using you cabling and interconnect on my second system.
Will keep eye on your website. I just hope that you are getting enough Australian customers, and will spread word of mouth of your great Aussie product as I try and support good Australian companies when they offer premium products i.e. I also buy from Gary Cawsey another great aussie product and customer service.

Best Wishes

Colin

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14 May 08

Hi King,

I've received the cable, thanks for the super fast delivery, those cables surely looks awesome, can't wait to try it out tonight.

WOW!!!!... can't believe how great the speaker cables are, and all these are before it even burn-in?

the first impression is the detail of the sound, the clarity and the stage. I simply can't believe it.

it also remove some of the forwardness of my amp, the music and vocal sounds more natural then previous.

I can't wait til the cables are burn-in.

I will come back for the white labels ;)

once again, thanks for making such a great cable at affordable price.


Cheers.
Daniel

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26 April 08

Where do I start. I received my white label interconnects 2 weeks ago and already own the TMC Gold speaker cables.

The Gold speaker cables transformed the sound of my system and I have already left feedback about them on this site so I won't go into them.

I have been meaning to get the white labels for some time and was at the point just before ordering them of buying another amp, due to my disatisfaction with the overall musical experience, in no way attributable to my other components.

I thought I had better try the interconnects for their relatively small outlay before buying another amp, and boy am I glad I did. These white labels have done the trick. I was a bit dubious as to whether they would make as big a difference as the Gold speaker cables: well they did and I can only call it a synergy.

My initial impression as compared to my previous interconnects was of the disappearance of any smearing or phase discontinuity in the sound. Everyting sounded cleaner with more air and atmosphere, and a tangible 3d quality to the imaging. The bass seems more defined and with better weight and the midrange up has a realism that is so natural.

The imaging is incredible with instruments and vocals appearing in their own space way outside the speaker boundaries and pleasantly leaving me with that, how can that be feeling. I now have great sense of depth in the recordings where previously the images were compressed into a very shallow stage as if the musicians were playing on a 1 metre deep stage.

I will be highly recommending these cables to my friends.

These cables have allowed my system to breathe and come to life.

Thanks for great products.
Darren Black.

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31 March 08

Name: John
Email: jbojack@charter.net
PowerAmp: McIntosh 1201 Monoblocks
PreAmp: McIntosh C-500
Phono: VPI extended aries
CDPlayer: Linn Ikemi
Speakers: Wilson Audio Maxx 2
Intconnects: Valhalla, Jena Dreamdancer
SpkrCab: TMC 20 foot runs, bi-wired
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Hi King,

My system has "evolved" since 2001 into the stratospheric performance range...But, I've never had a need or desire to change your speaker cables out to anything else. Wonderful sound....especially with very long runs from Amps necessitated by position of listening room furniture.

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29 March 08

Hi King,

I just want to let you know that I have actually received the Yellow Interconnect pair back since Thursday morning, and I have not yet taken the time to sit down to have a first listen until today this morning.

My first impressions on the Yellow are, to be honest, very promising with only (very) picky minor complaint.
But most of the time, I was simply astounded by how each and every instrument or layer, no matter what genre of music, has a soft, friendly, yet distinct presentation of how it sits in relative to its' surroundings. I believe that this is what I perceive as 'musical cleanliness' that I have not yet experienced before from just interconnect upgrade, considering that my previous and first ever owned interconnect uses cryogenically treated copper.

My equipment does produce an unfriendly aggression in the mids and highs production from time to time. But now with the Yellow cables - I truly love the effect of 'air pockets' around & between instruments that helps me differentiate levels of information, with less fatigue and stress. And interestingly enough, I notice the separation's ability MUCH better presented when listening at slightly lower volumes.

Best of all, I have already experienced the above benefits (or just starting I guess) out-of-the package without even spending any time burning in the cables.

If I have ever to be really picky, it would be the fact that the construction material can so stiff to the point where I have taken more time to organise space and positioning of my ancillaries (between my CD Player, DAC, and tube headphone amp).

Overall, my greatest thanks for you to produce such a fine product at a generous price.


Kind Regards,


Andrew W.
 

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22 Jan 08

Hi King

Jumper cables arrived today, and I have installed them on my NAD 352 (with Arcam 73 CDP, Castle Richmond 3i speakers) I’m listening to them now - nicely made cable and no problem to install following the instructions on the website. Initial reaction is this is a worthwhile tweak, I’m listening to some of the more difficult recordings I have and I think these jumpers have removed two nasty little cost compromises out of my amp. Overall the sound has been cleaned up; everything seems to be resolved more completely for instance cymbals are sounding more realistic, sound is less congested and everything seems to be hanging together more musically, soundstage seems deeper. :-)

A long weekend is coming up in Vic so I will be able to enjoy a good listen, I will post some feedback once I have had a listen for few weeks.

Thanks for the prompt service all in all I am very impressed with both the service and the product, I will need some interconnects later in the year so you will be at the top of my list.

Thanks James

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15 Jan 08

King, just wanted to let you know that after 20 hours, I feel like
these are among the best cables in any price range! So natural timbre!

Shay

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14 Jan 08

Dear King,

Started testing the cables right out of the box as you suggested
without any burning in.

The first things I notice are the good control of low and an overall
good focus of the speaker cables, and they seem fast.

The interconnects seem to emphasize mid range a little more than the
rest of the spectrum. This is not a critism however, as I personally
prefer this. Very relaxed, enjoyable sounding,

By the way, I am not sure if this is a psychological thing because of
the stiff surroundings of the cables, but I feel like they are
exceptionally clean sounding.

I haven't evaluated the soundstage yet, I will give some time for
burn-in before.

Even after a few hours of burn-in, I feel like I will be impressed
with the cables. I will write you more details later.

Shay

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24 Dec 07

Hi King,

Just letting you know that my cables arrived safely, yesterday (Sunday)
thanks to Australia Post’s extra deliveries for Christmas.

Wow! They are stiff! I was expecting them to be stiff, but not quite as
stiff as they are. However, that was not a problem, as I decided that I
was going to take as much time as required to get them in place correctly.

After about an hour and a half, I had my system replumbed and ready to
go again. Early into the exercise, I realized that it is more like a plumbing
job, than a cabling exercise, carefully moulding the copper pipes into shape.

I have to be honest and say that having ordered my new cables, I was a little
worried that they may not be as good as what I had, as my system was really
singing, or so I thought. However, I thought that with the 45 day money back
guarantee, I couldn’t go wrong.

Well, straight out of the bag, I think they are performing better than my old
Chord cable and interconnects, and after about 12 hours or so of use, they
are continuing to improve. This is in conjunction with the fact that I am also
running in a new pair of monoblocs.

Initial thoughts are:

Great detail

Very neutral

No background noise (this is not new for me, as I didn’t have any before)

Very musical (you are so correct about not turning on, or you’ll be late)

Hope you have a very Merry Christmas, and that 2008 is a great year for you.

Regards,
Chris.

PS. You can probably hear my music and see my smile from Adelaide!!

(Yes, I can hear his music when I turn mine down a touch....but I can imagine the smile  :-).....King

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Hi King.

White interconnects - Excellent. The installation / some 5-10 minutes / NO PROBLEM. This cable isn´t stiff. Bent cable keeps position.

Sound is very comfortable for me. I´m very satisfied.

I´d like to buy Yellow interconnects + Gold speaker cables.

Thanks Jiri

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16 Nov 07

Hi,

I'm absolutely impressed!! The cables arrived today. I wait longer for the inland shipments!? This is gonna be a musical or "totally musical" weekend. I let you know my first impressions as soon as possible.......

Thanks,

Dalibor Kasac
 

Croatia

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7 Nov 07

My music just sounds right now. I won't get into superlative descriptives. It has all been said before about these cables.
I didn't believe I would hear as big a difference as I have but I was secretly hoping, and am really happy with the result.
In a perfect world you would get a set of these speaker cables with every sound system sold. There signal honesty should be the minimum compulsory for all to enjoy who love music.
I had been disappointed with the sound of my system up until purchasing these cables and wondered why my gear never sounded the way it should. These cables have given my system synergy so that now I know I'm getting the sound I paid for.

Thanks for making great cables at real world prices.
Yours sincerely,
Darren Black.
 

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7 Nov 07

Hi King,
Awesome is all I can say.
Your ears know when the sound is right.
Thanks I now have the magic in my system that I knew it was capable of.
In actual fact i think the cables are higher res than my source equipment.
Hope you hang around for a while as one day I would like to get your interconnects as well.
Yours sincerely,
Darren Black.

PowerAmp: Nad C272
PreAmp: Nad C162
Phono:
CDPlayer: Cyrus CD6s
Speakers: Modified Magneplanar 1.6qrs
Intconnects: Tara Labs Spectrum 2A, Prism 500
SpkrCab: TMC Gold Reference single run
 

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6 Nov 07

G'day King,

Cables arrived last night, ... plugged 'em in and started grinning.

Have to go now ... I have 3,547 CDs to work my way through.

regards

Bruce B

P.S. .. I'll be back when I get my turntable wired up for balanced output.
 

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3 Oct 07

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16 Spet 07

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16 Sept 07

Great customer service, but more importantly, super products. Have both RCA and XLR and love 'em. Super-accurate, and super-quiet, and at a very competitive price.

Todd S

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30 Aug 07

Just want to let you know that i just bought two stereo pairs of TMC white

0,5 m. from your shop through another person who placed an order for us both. I really enjoy the cables and it won't be the last time I buy from you. Didn't buy the jumpers though. But I probably will later on.

Søren, Denmark

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28 Aug 07

King, mate,

Your cables are awesome!

They form some very interesting sculptures behind my equipment rack.

Ever so grateful that you make cables one can afford!

Yours

Rainer

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28 Aug 07

Thank you very much.

BTW – I’m ordering these cables based on a trusted friend’s advice who said that your Yellow Label annihilated some Cardas Golden Reference in a head to head comparison.  “Especially in the mids”  were his words.

Best,

Steve

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25 Aug 07

I dont know why the reviews for these cables on this site have been few and far between recently (Note from King: he is trying to post a review of TMC at the audioreview....) as they remain an outstanding 'price no object' option. They are neutral (very revealing of source variations) and extremely quiet (ie no hiss) . Accordingly they are capable of making a hi fi sound more like an ensemble...they let the detail through with an outstanding 3d quality and spaciousness crucial to more closely replicating live music. I have recently switched my entire cabling system to TMC from a much more expensive audioquest/acoustic zen combination and as per earlier audio industry reviewers of TMC I have settled on this as it provides the most satisfying presentation I have ever experienced from my sytem . Audiophoolery is of course a subjective pursuit but the parameters that generally matter to the music lover and the audiophile are nailed by a tmc system. Youre welcome to check out my review on the Gold speaker cabling and the new tmc blue 75ohm dedicated digital cable in the Gold review section. I am not affiliated with TMC....I dont write reviews that are not part of my professional life because of time pressure.... this is written because a small company is providing an outstanding product at an excellent price which is devoid of the usual advertising mark up.

Strengths:
neutral, absolutely silent background,soundstaging masters

Weaknesses:
Not expensive enough

tebbs

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6 AUG 07

Hi King,

The 'black over red' cables looked good on your website.  The 'black over gold' looks even more fabulous (Note from King: 'black over gold jacket will be the new dress for our Gold Label Reference Speaker Cable from now...new photos coming soon...)...too bad they tend to be mostly hidden when installed.  Nice to know that I am one of the first few to have these new colored ones.

I will be happy to provide my thoughts and experiences with these cables once these have been fully burned in, and to tell all my music friends about it.  My entire system is now fitted with the TMCs that I had ordered last week.

Upon installation, the treble was very solid and clear, with a virtually black background.  But there was almost no bass and the midrange was average sounding .  After 5 hours, the bass has now appeared with weight and authority, and is well balanced with the rest of the sound.  Similar too with the midrange.

All of this is common with what others have said about the cables.  However, what is surprising is that I am noticing all these on my ancient 18-year old, harsh sounding budget speakers.  When I finally upgrade to a decent pair of speakers in a few months time, the cables would have been well cooked by then...I can only imagine how good they will sound :)

Thanks again and best regards,

Ramesh

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23Jul07

Name: Tuck Lim
PowerAmp: HK Citation 7.1 / NAD T973
PreAmp: NAD T163
Phono: Rega P1
CDPlayer: Yamaha CDR HD-1500
Speakers: Polk Audio Lsi-15
Intconnects: TMC Yellow Label
SpkrCab: TMC Gold Label
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Hi King,

Fantastic cables. They are high quality cables that look and sound good! The cables have given my system the imaging and soundstage that I never knew existed. I'm now hearing instruments and sound that I'd never heard before in my favourite cd's. I'm totally enjoying my music now and I will not hesitate to recommend the TMC cables to anyone looking for good quality cables.

Tuck

Perth, Australia

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10Jul07

Hi King,

Received Cables today thank you.

Had a quick listen hooking up "White" from a DVD player to Denon integrated

and wow, much clarity on CD. Will hook all up to Elektra system over the week-end

where they were purchased for.

I will let you know my thoughts after a good listen in due course. (May need

to buy another cable for the secondary Denon system) Damn

Thanks for the prompt service!

Peter

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21Mar07

Hi King

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28Jan07

I'll be keeping your cables. I've had them plugged in for the last 2 weeks and went back to my old cables. I ultimately preffered the sound of yours. They sound sweeter and less fatiguing that's for sure.

Regards,

Paul.

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15Jan07

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8Jan07

King

I will be taking a set of balanced leads to my brother in-law next weekend to try on his system. You never know. Still can’t believe the difference in top, mid and base TMC balanced cables have made to my listening system. When I save a bit more you will get another call for my home ent system.

Cheers

Rob

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8Jan07

Happy New Year to you too. Straight away I noticed a smoother but slightly more detailed sound with them. There was a certain part of a certain track that I always found a piercing with my old cables and the new ones have at least partially cured that, that was my intial test. I'm going to give my system a more serious listen to this week with the new cables and i'll let you know the overall conclusions. So far so good with the cables, thank you.

Regards,

Paul.

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8Jan07

King

What can I say but THANK YOU. Just connected the leads and can not believe the difference they have made. FANTASTIC!!

So I have placed another order for another set of the same. (XLR/XLR Truly Balanced Interconnects)

Once again thanks

Regards

Rob

Perth

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19Dec06

Hi King,

This is to confirm that I recd the cables today. The delay is from Custom's side in Bangalore. Actually it has arrived Bangalore FGN PO from Mumbai on 13th itself.

Since my office is close to my residence, I couldn't wait till evening for trying the cable. During lunch time, went home & just hooked up the int connects & played for 5-10 minutes. I could make out the immediate difference in sound quality. What diff you ask? "your cables are not just cables they are MUSIC CABLE". I'm yet to hookup the speaker wire & jumpers & 've to carry out burning in for some time for the critical listening. Though ICs are stiff, I didn't find absolutely any problem in connecting them.

Probably in another 2-3 days I'll give you the feedback. I may feel like upgrading my whole electronics :-). I'll post my excellent opinion & recommend your cables to all audiophiles.

I'll revert back to you soon. As I had mentioned, kindly work on power cords also.

King, thanks for all your support & understanding.

Sudarshan

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21Dec06

G'day mate,

I received the shipment yesterday, and have the Music Cables installed now (Holy Stiffness Batman! lol). They sound awesome, and I will be back in the future for more of your cables as I continue to refine my setup.

Happy Holidays and New Year,

Scott Rhodes
 

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10Dec06

Well King you did say I would hear the difference ‘right out of the box’ and I did – however not necessarily for the better, with my initial impression being that the base was out of control. Having read reviews by various customers I persisted and ‘burnt’ in the cables over a period of 25+ hours before really listening to them.

After two weeks with the TMC’s connected, my partner and I decided to change back to our original setup to see how we would be affected. The plan being to listen to them for one week before changing back to the TMC’s for a final week and drawing our conclusions.

After just three days we were back to the TMC’s with my partner, whom has never understood my need to spend large amounts of money of HiFi, admitting they did sound better. The very next day I walked in on my partner, in our lounge, in full flight, conducting Beethoven’s 8th Symphony ‘Ode To Joy’, totally caught up in the performance and totally oblivious to my presents, as a smile crept across my face.

I have always said and still say to this day that vinyl is superior to CD, but believe CD will always win in the end because of its mobility and ease of care in comparison to vinyl. Vinyl however delivers so much more, a three dimensional, rich, fuller sound and I make the same comparison between TMC cables and my original setup.

‘The Moon’ (Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova – THE SWELL SEASON) sounds so honest with an edge, a rawness that is much more engaging. The resonance of the cello in ‘Wish you were here’ – remix (Bliss – QUIET LETTERS) moves right through me and ‘We Come 1’ (Faithless – OUTROSPECTIVE) takes your heartbeat through the roof.

I’m sure some people will not hear, or should I say ‘feel’, the difference but it’s there and it’s worth every cent. We have over time gotten used to a sterile, clinical sound and as some would say ‘can no longer hear the music’. The music TMC allows though is both believable and engaging, so much so that listeners may well find themselves dancing or, God forbid it, singing along with the music, for all they are worth.

My final words – I will not be returning them – anyone need two sets of second hand interconnect and a pair speaker cables?


Thanks, Steve Wilson (Sydney Australia)


Cables (original set up):
• Van del Hul M.C D 102 MK III Hybrid interconnect
• Nodost Flatline Gold MkII, bi-wireable speaker cables

Components:
• Musical Fidelity Nu-Vista Super 3D CD player
• Musical Fidelity Tri-Vista 300 Integrated amplifier
• Sonus Faber Grand Piano Domus floor standing loud speakers


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12Nov06

Dear King

I guess that the cables have burned in about 30 hours. I would like to express my impressions with you before my ear-brain forgets my original sound.

I connected 1 mt TMC XLR/XLR digital green from Accustic Arts transport to Kora Hermes 24/192 DAC and 1 meters of TMC White Label RCA/RCA interconnect from DAC to A Consulting Silver Rock passive transformer pre. A pair of 2,5 meters long TMC Yellow Label RCA interconnects are plugged in to pre through Audio Note Quest Silver monoblocks.

A pair of TMC Gold Label Reference loudspeaker cable is connected from power amps to mid and treble units of Avantgarde Unos separately and a tail is connected from mid unit to bass unit. In other terms bass is connected via midrange bridge due to bass cable was short to connect from amplifier directly. I am expecting another pair of 100 cms long cable to make a direct three wire connection from amplifier to bass/mid/treble units as I used to.

I have been using my own design of digital and interconnect cables at my system which are I believe state of art design. Two pairs of them took almost a year to complete. They are air dielectric, triple shielded, combination of 2 strand of 0,1 and 2 strand of 0,01 mm (thinner than human air) 0,9999 purity of Swiss silver, very difficult to construct and impossible to solder without using a crimp. Besides, all the cabling are AC polarized shielded and runs together with active shielding unit of Synergistic Research. All cables are lying in sand filled thick tube to eliminate ringing effect and mechanical distortions. Very simple version one of that cable is communicated at the link below; http://www.nonamehifi.com/ForumEN/ForumDetails.php?CatID=7&ID=175

These cables outperformed so many good brands several times so eventually stabilized at my own system.

My loudspeaker cables are Stealth Hybrid MTL gold/silver/copper multi strands custom designed three wires for my set-up. They are very natural sounding, full bodied but a not so much open, a bit dark and less airy compared to Stealth Ultimate Ribbons. I preferred them to UR due to their neutrality.

I connected TMC gold labels to my system as described above and started listening.

What were immediately appearing were the quietness, relaxation and inertia of the sound.  It was similar to the effect of adding a good AC filter to mains signal. I have to admit that I never witnessed that any cable added such quietness to system before. In my hi-end history, AC filters, room treatments, separate earth (grounding), vibration absorbers etc brought such improvement but never cables so far !!

Layering of soundstage, width and depth are increased, small details at sound become more evident and distinctive. Placements of elements of a trio an orchestra became much evident and lifelike.

I wonder if that quietness is mainly or partly the result of the perfect shielding method that you are using.

Besides above, mid bass and lower mids become fully rich, tight and open. Lower octaves of every string-brass instruments or vocals become much richer, natural and fully bodied. Upper and lower octaves of bass were tight, rich and effortless.

Bass, mid bass, midrange authority and purity of TMC Golds are awesome.

They carry out the listening pleasure to another level.

As a general description,  from my point of view,  TMCs can be described as honest, authoritive, non-coloured, non-artificial but a bit cold and a bit mechanical sounding cables. Their characteristics are closer to German kind of sound compared to English, Scandinavian or French sounds (in terms of electronics) or closer to Wilson Audio Speakers compared to Italian made Sonus Faber speakers.

If I have to criticize them, the only thing I have to say is the little-bit roll of at upper frequencies. Treble area of TMC golds are may be the only short come. I am not sure this will be in lesser degree after the completion of burning process. I wish interconnects would also contain one or two strands of 0,01 mm thinnest silver which should eliminate that short come. (Note from King: the musical performance will improve with about 50 hours of burn in…full $$ back guarantee…. J )

When I replaced the TMC XLR/XLR digital green one with new blue one, sound became more open and richer. Treble section shortcoming is partly eliminated.  I will compare both of digitals and let you know about my experiment in detail. (Note from King again: TMC has been secretly evaluating the performance of our NEW 75 ohms STIFF cabling for digital use. We have sent Mr. Atalay a single run of our XLR/XLR made with our new 75 ohms cable, to obtain an independent customer’s valuation under digital application. The blue XLR/XLR digital mentioned above is our NEW 75 ohms XLR/XLR cable. TMC 75 ohms cablings (XLR/XLR and RCA/RCA) will be available soon (early 2007) for all digital applications.)

I hope above report was honest, useful and understandable for you. Please let me know if any point is not clean.

I will use all TMC cables at my system eventually instead of my own cables but before hand, I will take and recommend them to friends who will be interested in.

Best regards..

Özhan Atalay

Turkey

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22 Oct 06

Name: Skoust

Email: skoust at vip.cybercity.dk

PowerAmp: Audia Flight 100

PreAmp: N/S

Phono: N/S

CDPlayer: Accuphace DP 65

Speakers: Vienna Acoustic Beethoven Concert Grand

Intconnects: TMC

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I can only say one thing about your cables: The best I have EVER heard! No matter the price! I'll soon be needing more, and there's NO doubt what I'll buy! I LOVE'EM!

Skoust.

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30 Sept 06

Hi

The cables arrived yesterday.

I put the yellows in last night. I played for a couple of hours then and again this morning.

I am trying not to listen critically until they have had a few more hours. I am aiming to give them at least twenty hours before trying to make a judgment.

However you cannot help but make mental notes.

Very good detail. Brushes on cymbals, guitar string plucks, close microphones all coming out very clearly.

The ever so slight glare that was there with my silver interconnects was tamed immediately.

Part of the reason I ordered your cables was something I read from the designer of my cd player recommending copper over silver for his products.

I know from past cables that burn in is important for some components. I have experienced turning the amp on one day and the whole system suddenly gelling.

Do you have any tips on cleaning contacts like speaker connections and RCA jacks?

I have seen one site that recommends pure grain alcohol followed by a swear of CAIGS ProGold.

I actually like the stiffness (as the actress said to the bishop).

The cables stand well clear of power cables. I see this as a good point.

Nice craftsmanship. Nice service.

Thanks.

I will write once I have sat down with my good ears on.

Regards

Robert

Australia.

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21 June 06

Hi King,

My friend asked me to try his TMC cables that he bought from you 
recently and I agreed reluctantly as I haven't heard of them even I 
live in Australia. I hooked up the 4 speaker cables first ( biwired 
AE-1 monitors ), they did look a bit odd sticking out everywhere as I 
didn't want to bend them because they are not mine.

I always thought Michael Fremer from Stereophile was a wanker when he 
could tell a good cartridge just by dropping it (gently) onto the 
leading grooves of a LP. That's exactly what happened to me because I 
could tell the difference when I dropped the stylus onto my LP after 
changing to TMC speaker cables, which preciously I could not tell 
even swapping around different cartridges ( Koetsu RWS, Shelter 501, 
Benz Micro etc., I am a committed vinylist). Also, I could tell the 
difference when brushing my stylus, sort of clearer.

Does the music sound different/better? you may ask. Yes, much better, 
almost unbelievable for product at this price range. Strings and 
brass are much cleaner, clearer and more real, whether they are solo 
or mass. I put on Bruckner #9 on Decca SXL and the massive brass 
section just came across very well layered, complex orchestral parts 
were superbly reproduced. Minimalistic music like Bach violin 
partitas on mono LP sounded much more like just one violin than 
previously. String quartets are the hardest music to sound good on hi-
fi systems as you want to listen to individual instruments yet you 
also want them to melt together, bad systems make them sound like 
shit. For the same reason I seldom listen to them even on my fairly 
good system, the TMC cables made Beethoven's late quartets sounded 
much more coherent and thus more enjoyable, less tiring. Well done!!

I sequentially replaced the pre to power amp cables and tone arm to 
pre amp cables with TMC (white) and the results were just 
accumulative. I would say the improvement is more obvious than 
changing from a Shelter 501 cartridge to a $3500 Koetsu. Or more 
obvious than changing from a cheapo rega tone arm to a SME V which is 
what I use now.

BTW even my dusty CD player sounded better without a 
TMC CD to preamp cable.

Sorry to be long winded and I will order a set from you as my friend 
took them back already. : (

Keep up with the good work. Go Aussie.


Cheers,

Terry

Melbourne

(Note from King: Terry ended up wiring his entire system with TMC's; and he is happy as Larry now!!)

(Thankyou kindly to his friend...whoever he is....!!)  :-)
 

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09 June 06

Hi King,

Yes of course I would be happy for you to post my email to your website. Your cable is a minor miracle and I feel you deserve positive recognition for not only your product but service also, especially at the realistic prices you charge.

Please consider seriously trying a power cord. They do make a definate difference and as I say would be happy to buy a pair on trial if you could fabricate them.

Lets know what you think,

Brian.

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09 June 06

Hi King,

The cables arrived safely this week. Thank you for the quick turnaround.

I would like to share my first impressions with you. Interestingly, the
first track I played was off a live recording and there is a short period of
silence once you hit play but before the music begins. I knew from the first
second that something was dramatically different and had to double check
that the music was on - the silence was so total that the sense of
anticipation was greatly increased.

Once the music started, right away the treble was tamed and again became
part of the fabric of music. Not hashy and highlighted but delicate and
articulate. The music became so much more tonally correct and believable.
Strings and horns once again sounded like real instruments with warmth and
pleasing timbre instead of metallic clones of the real thing. The mids lost
their hardness and voices once again breathed from the speakers rather than
barked at you.

The startling thing is how these feats were achieved while at the same time
producing more detail. I can only assume it is because of the dead black
background from which the music emerges. It is a cliche, I know, to say I
heard things not heard from my recordings before. But it is true. And not
subtle cues either that you must strain to hear, but rather the sound of
breathing, spit on a saxophone reed, creaking chairs in the recording
studio. The Wilsons are very revealing speakers and yet prior to installing
your cables, I had never heard these sounds from the recordings or perhaps
more correctly they had never registered with me before. They combine to
make the listening experience that much more believable. Listening to Joe
Henderson on solo saxophone is a stunning experience. I know the sound of
this instrument well, as I used to play it. Through the Wilsons, with the
TMC cable, you know that this is a brass instrument. Just the right balance
of bite and warmth. Similarly with the trumpet. Cymbals now sound like what
they are, not hashy, sibilant sources of distortion.

I have heard it said that if you don't like the sound of the Wilson Watt
Puppy 7 then blame something else in the chain, well I had'nt been happy
with the sound of mine, having tried Analysis Plus Golden Oval/Big Silver
Oval, Coincident TRS, Xindak, Crystal Cable, Zu Cable, JPS labs. Some of
these cables I've heard sound good in other systems especially the Analysis
Plus and Crystal but I think the silver content just tips the sound up over
the edge with the WP7.

Each brought something different to table while screwing up the sound
somewhere else. I can certainly understand those who malign the Wilson sound
as hard, bright and unforgiving as my setup has been all those in the past.
All I can say is Garbage In, Garbage Out. They are unforgiving speakers and
will punish you if you get the setup wrong, but get it right and the rewards
can be exhilarating.

A bit longwinded, I know, but i felt you deserved a full account of my
experience so far with your product. That they achieve what they do, and
what some of the competition has been unable to do even at multiples of the
TMC cables price, is a huge achievement and a testimony to your product.

Cheers,
Brian.

PS I run the CD player, balanced directly into the amp so my setup is
completely wired with TMC, not counting the Transparent umbilical of course.


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