(10-Nov-2015, 12:45)GuillaumeB Wrote:(10-Nov-2015, 12:41)Confused Wrote: CAD had a similar device on demo at Oxford Audio last Saturday. When I say similar, it was in fact very different. This is a simple black box, made of metal and is filled with electronics (I'm not sure what), not with soil, minerals etc. This was a one off prototype unit, which if I recall correctly, will retail for about £1400. The similarity is the claim that it can reduce unwanted RFI interference etc. Something to look out for in the future.
Very interesting...
Bit off-topic but did you get to hear the new ChordMusic cables?
Guillaume
Indeed I did. However, it was a case of running through three cables at ever increasing price levels, play one track, swap cable, play same track, repeat. All this in an unfamiliar system, but a system that does share similarities with the one I have at home, this was Aurednder W20, D800, KEF reference 3. In same ways rather different to the Blades +D800, in other respects not. All slightly confusing, so I certainly cannot draw any conclusions from what I heard. One thing though, I did start to think that the system sounded best with the Chord Signature USB, the cheapest they demoed at about £400, as it took a touch of brightness / harshness out of the highs. In these circumstances, I could easily have been kidding myself, and this was with just one track, with another piece of music the result may have been very different. Another conclusion was that the system sounded much better with the Sarum speaker cables vs the Chord Epic Reference. Curiously, I listened to both of these speaker cables with a D400 and KEF Blades a while back, and to be honest could not tell any difference. I think the only conclusion is that a proper test over time, with a large selection of source material is needed to form a sensible conclusion.
The other interesting thing on demo was the CAD CAT music player. This is an interesting beast. Cynics will dismiss this as an overpriced modified computer. However, in the ever changing world of music streaming this machine does offer a very high degree of flexibility, futureproofing and does looks very thoroughly put together. This is even more off topic, but worth a mention I think. I'll post a new thread on this one when I have a bit more time.
