Testimonials
"No comparison to normal/plain jane RCA's ...
that should go without saying but thought I'd say it anyway. Otherwise, the
silver wire was incredibly spacious and detailed sounding. Compared to standard
RCA's, it was like removing a thick woolen boundary between myself and the
music.. Considering what the
components cost (to the builder alone ... Soloz Audio's Reference wire is priced
very reasonably. ~Joel Harris on SA Reference Elite Interconnect
"Ok
guys, I just received the 701s back from Soloz
Audio which swapped out the stock cable for 12' of Cardas with dual leads into
the cups (stock is only one) with a high quality 1/4" termination (gold
plated Neutrik)...So
that you don't have to read back up the thread I'll outline the weakness in the
stock AKGs that caused me to rate them behind my Ultimate Ears Triple.fi 10
Pros by a good margin. Although I thought that my well broken in 701s had great
overall balance, they lacked the transparency and detail that I heard UEs and
my Vienna Acoustic speakers. Well, I can tell you right now that that's no
longer an issue. They've jumped to the top of my headphone pile.
Getting rid of the tube phono stage and replacing it with the Rowland's ultra
quiet phono stage is allowing me to listen deeper and deeper into the music.
With the new cabling on the 701s, the resolution is right up there with my VA
speakers.
Bass impact, slam and balance is incredible. I'm playing a GRP CD right now
(switching sources of course), "a twist of motown". The second cut is
"Pappa Was A Rollin' Stone" which has incredibly deep synth
supporting the electric bass. Not only is the line low, but it's full of
harmonic complexity and rich detail. Now, for the first time with the 701s, I'm
hearing all those rich details and two instruments. At the same time the vocals
and Chris Botti's trumpet obligatos pop right out of the mix, along with
swish-cymbal sound, percussion, wah guitar, flute, other synth sounds. Versus
my speakers, the only thing missing is the slam in my chest.
Imaging, such as it is with cans, has opened up, with sounds all around my
head. The AKGs were good at this before, but now they're really giving my a
spacial show, with almost nothing right in the center of my head and most of
the sound to my sides and out front.
I don't know what I'll do if they get better with burn-in. Frankly I'd be happy
if they don't improve anymore. I'm ordering a RIAA inverting attenuating card
to put between my universal player and the phono input, so that I can leave the
player on constantly and quickly get a couple of hundred hours on the phono
cards. I'll keep the cans plugged also and let you know what I hear a couple of
weeks from now. ~ Dave Stephens on AKG k701 Cardas cable upgrade
"I don't know if its been discussed elsewhere in this thread but I recently got the Soloz Audio 5 ft Cardas cable upgrade for my 595's and it did wonders for them....i dont want to sound like a shill for soloz but he has a unique product on his hands and if any of you are interested in making your 595's even better it is well worth the $85 bucks ($65 for the value cable)...after the recable the bass is deeper and tighter with less mush all around, air around instruments seems better and generally it made the existing qualities of the 595's nicer (forward presentation, holographic imaging, etc all enhanced)...in fact i also own sony sa5000's but after the recable i listen to the recabled 595's almost exclusively...cheers" ~bergman2 from Head-Fi on Sennheiser HD595 SA Cardas cable.
"I recently purchased the SA Cardas Series Sennheiser HD
595 cable. I see that bergman2 from
Head-Fi already commented on this cable upgrade, so I am just going to second
his comments, he is dead on, it an excellent improvement for a great price.
Also I just wanted to commend on the great service, Jacob was a great guy to
business with, he kept me up to date by email about when he thought my cable
would ship, which was real quick. I cannot recommend this cable upgrade enough,
or Soloz Audio. Thanks."
~Chris L on Sennheiser HD595 SA Cardas cable.
"I had the chance to A/B soloz's $80 silver reference with more expensive ($100 ) copper cables from audioquest and Linn.
The soloz cables were the fastest and most detailed of the lot. Also, the best looking." ~Eugene K on SA Reference Basic Interconnect.