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KevG ![]() New Member ![]() Joined: 03 Apr 2014 Location: Lincolnshire Status: Offline Points: 2 |
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I'd first like to say thanks to Graham Slee for the loaner service and to Fatmangolf for facilitating the loan of a pair each of Lautus and Cusat RCA phono interconnects for me to audition.
I spent many hours auditioning all the equipment I own. Although that was many years ago now, I've remained happy with the sound. The speaker cable and interconnects I bought back then were similarly tested. They were made by a startup company whose name escapes me. Five years ago I bought some Spatia cables and was impressed with the difference they brought to my system. The cables they replaced and my present interconnects were made by a long defunct startup company whose name I’ve forgotten, but chosen like the system after a long time auditioning. It made good sense then to audition some more Graham Slee cables as prospective upgrade. I’ve added a tracklist below just to give an idea of what I was listening to.
I hooked up the amp and mono blocs with the Lautus cable, connecting the CD player with the Cusats. The difference was noticeable and always positive. I’d expected to hear bigger improvements listening to quiet arrangements like Cluster One and Weightless. The margins between my cables and GSP’s was small but not insignificant. Midrange was fuller and soundstage better defined. This was equally true with violin, piano and electronica. Bass was shorn of cotton wool and had a greater definition. It was here that I noticed the greatest difference. This was even more pronounced on Neil Young’s Ramada Inn, where the vocal remained very natural and wasn’t lost in the guitar overdrive. The many solo runs had a wonderful space around them. I’m not going to ramble on. I was very impressed by the Lautus/Cusat combination. I have some more cables to try before I settle on my final choice. My old interconnects didn’t embarrass me in the comparison but the positive attributes of the GSP cables were more than sufficient to make them a tough act to beat. Neil Cowley Trio/Spacebound Apes/Weightless Sam Lee/Ground of its Own/The Tan Yard Side Lambchop/FLOTUS/In Care of 8675309 Pink Floyd/The Division Bell/Cluster One Gillian Welch/Time (The Revelator)/Revelator Neil Young & Crazy Horse/Psychedelic Pill/Ramada Inn Nitin Sawney/Beyond Skin/Nadia Suede/Dog Man Star/The Wild Ones Robert Wyatt/EPS/Shipbuilding Nick Lowe/The Impossible Bird/Te Beast in Me Radiohead/A Moon Shaped Pool/Burn The Witch Gideon Kremer/JS Bach Sonatas & Partitas for violin solo Miles Davis/Kind of Blue/So What |
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Sugden AU51/Symetra mono blocs.
Sugden SDT1 CD player Harbeth Compact 7 speakers |
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CageyH ![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 30 Apr 2012 Location: Toulouse, Franc Status: Offline Points: 1603 |
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I really must try the Lautus sometime. It will be interesting to see how it compares with my home made Neotech NEI-1002 UP-OCC Silver based Interconnects.
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Kevin
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Fatmangolf ![]() Moderator Group ![]() ![]() Joined: 23 Dec 2009 Location: Middlesbrough Status: Offline Points: 8629 |
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Thanks for sharing this Kevin. |
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Jon
Open mind and ears whilst owning GSP Genera, Accession M, Accession MC, Elevator EXP, Solo ULDE, Proprius amps, Cusat50 cables, Lautus digital cable, Spatia cables and links, and a Majestic DAC. |
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lfc jon ![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 23 Jan 2018 Location: Devon Status: Offline Points: 3789 |
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Now I have replaced all interconnects with CuSat50s, The one thing that has impressed me the most is the sound stage, it's hard for me to put it into words the only way I can put it is, When I listen to a recording male or female when singing their voice just seemed to pop out at you and instruments you can hear where they are around the singer like you are there listening to the band live. I have not experienced this before. I'm so glad I spent the money on them. It's money well spent IMO and I don't think getting new speakers would have giving me that. IMO I think I would have had to spend well into a 4 figure sum to get that (so the CuSat50s have saved me money) and people say cables don't make a difference
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Reflex M, Solo (both with PSU-1) CuSat50, Lautus, Spatia & Spatia links cables. Ortofon Bronze.
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Fatmangolf ![]() Moderator Group ![]() ![]() Joined: 23 Dec 2009 Location: Middlesbrough Status: Offline Points: 8629 |
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Different instruments spread across the room, sounding real not exaggerated or shrill. Good cables that are neutral and open sounding let the rest of your equipment do its job better.
Edited by Fatmangolf - 28 Jul 2021 at 10:22pm |
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Jon
Open mind and ears whilst owning GSP Genera, Accession M, Accession MC, Elevator EXP, Solo ULDE, Proprius amps, Cusat50 cables, Lautus digital cable, Spatia cables and links, and a Majestic DAC. |
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lfc jon ![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 23 Jan 2018 Location: Devon Status: Offline Points: 3789 |
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Jon
That's words I'd used. It just opens the music up. Since I have been listening with these cables I have not been listen with headphones so I think this weekend that's on the cards to see what difference they make. Will report back later.
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Reflex M, Solo (both with PSU-1) CuSat50, Lautus, Spatia & Spatia links cables. Ortofon Bronze.
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Fatmangolf ![]() Moderator Group ![]() ![]() Joined: 23 Dec 2009 Location: Middlesbrough Status: Offline Points: 8629 |
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How are you getting on Jon?
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Jon
Open mind and ears whilst owning GSP Genera, Accession M, Accession MC, Elevator EXP, Solo ULDE, Proprius amps, Cusat50 cables, Lautus digital cable, Spatia cables and links, and a Majestic DAC. |
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