Audience Au24 "e" Loudspeaker Cables
"We usually associate an increase in detail or resolution with some unwanted side effect, such as dryness, thinness, brightness, or some other negative “-ness” that is a definite compromise. Get more of “this”, but less of “that”. With the new “e” cable, there is more of the “this”, but no less of the “that”. There is an increase of smoothness, detail and resolution all across the frequency range without any sense, even a subtle one, that any compromise has been made. But make no mistake, for a small increase in cost the higher level of musical enjoyment is substantial."
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"It was as a speaker cable that the Au24 really shown.” Brian
Damkroger actually preferred the Au24 to his reference Valhalla
in terms of tonal balance, imaging, resolution of inner detail,
and sound staging."
Stereophile : Recommended Components
Vol.25 No.8 -- Apr 04
"The Au24 ic sits midway between the other two with a
dead neutral tonal balance... the Au24s filled in slightly
better the notes' bloom and resonance following the initial
transients."
Brian Damkroger -- Feb 04
"I
spent a lot of time going back and forth between the Au24
and my reference Valhalla, and ended up preferring the Au24."
Brian Damkroger -- Aug 02 
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"I could say this ten different ways and possibly still
not effectively communicate this cable's large improvement
over any other speaker cable I have heard."
Jerry Seigel -- May 06
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"When a product only stirs my attention to the musical
message, that's a rare and purchase-worthy accomplishment."
Stephæn Harrell -- Jun 04
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"In carefully considering the architectural and equipment
specifications of my new studio/demonstration room, I chose
only the best. Audience Cables and Adept Response Power Conditioner
deliver the kind of reproduction quality that our high resolution
recordings demand."
Mark Waldrep, Ph.D. -- Aug 06
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“Overall the character of the cables is unchanged. Catchwords
remain; musical, melodious, liquid, quiet without being dull
or lifeless, airy and detailed without dissecting to the bone. Conclusion:
If there is one part of the audio industry where superlatives
like thicker, bigger, more expensive and heavier are at a
premium, it’s in the cable world. John McDonald and
his team break through this trend with the Audience powerChords
and the Au24 interconnects & speaker cables and do this
in an impressive way that is very attractive for the
true music lover. Visually ‘minimalistic’and elegant.
But what is much more important; in an auditive sense, beautifully
balanced, liquid and above all musical."
Jan de Jeu -- Feb 03
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"The Audience Au24 and powerChord cables share a family
resemblance -- they balance tonality extremely well, have
superb detail (again, in balance; neither too much nor too
little of it), and they’re smooth. Not colored-smooth,
but just-right-smooth."
Wes Phillips -- Apr 04
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"Inserting the Audience Au24 S/PDIF digital cable between
my transport and upsampler, it is as if I have found the musical
mother lode. The nuances and balance the Au24 communicates
are so immediately apparent and welcomed that I am just in
awe of this cable right now. I have never noted a greater
step toward musicality with any other digital cable at any
price."
Greg Weaver - Aug 04
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"They are among the best
cables at any price... given an honest chance (as honest as
they are in their signal delivery), you very well may find
yourself regarding them as cables that put a smile on your
face and joy before your ears."
Jim Merod -- Feb 04
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"I have used Audience au24 cables as my reference cables
for over three years. They are so good I just haven’t
thought about them."
Jack Roberts -- Apr 07 Read Full Review
"I have used many brands of cable over the past three
decades, including, but not limited to; Monster (the entire
gamut of their products), Fulton, Polk, Cardas, JPS, D.H.
Labs, Kimber, MIT, Audio Quest, Straight Wire, Herron Audio,
Transparent, Gortz Alpha-Core, Silver Audio, Silver Circle
Audio, Analysis Plus, Harmonic Technology, and now, the Audience
Au24's. While I am able to note the differences every cable
makes when inserted into my system, the Au24 marks the most
fundamentally musical shift in performance I have yet to experience.
In addition, that transformation has been universal in my
experiments across equipment with price tags ranging from
$200 to $8000. Don't let these skinny little blue cables escape
your attention. These are world-class cables that, given the
price tags of some of their portentous peers, represent an
excellent value as well."
Greg Weaver -- Writers' Choice Awards -- Dec 04
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"Backgrounds are quieter, especially on older analog
recordings. Micro dynamic events are rendered with superior
detail and in more realistic scale, and thereby take on a
greater musical significance, most likely attributable to
the enhanced sense of the "darker" background. There
is a general sense of ease and organic-ness to the overall
presentation; it is akin to the sound of good analog in that
respect. Whether that is due to an overall coherence the cable
offers, or perhaps a very good impedance match, I can't say.
But, it offers a more nuanced presentation, much closer to
live music than I have had with ANY other cable I've auditioned;
and believe me, I've played with more than a few."
Greg Weaver -- May 05
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"I find that the system as
a whole with Au24 interconnects and speaker cable running
from one end to the other now sounds more natural than it
did with Valhalla. I am significantly less aware of "The
System" and its sonic virtues, and more aware of musicians
and music".
Robert Neill -- Oct 02
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"Everything that passes through the Au24s comes
out sounding pleasing - not sweet, not pretty, pleasing, and
where appropriate, even elegant... I found I was now listening
to my reference Valhallas as if they were the newcomers up
for review".
Robert Neill -- Oct 02
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"Can you tell that I like this stuff? My customers certainly
do. But don’t trust me -- I’m only one set of
ears. Find a dealer and take some Audience cables home for
a try."
Bill Brooks -- Jan 06
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"Its sound is fast, open and transparent.
The Au24 S/PDIF cable proved to be something of a sonic enigma
-- its signature was only identifiable in relation to the
other cables. On its own, it offers a large portion of every
positive attribute and no discernible sins. Most notably,
compared to the I2Digital cable, the Au24 portrays density
along with the speed and openness. Images are full and weighty;
in video terms, I would say that the picture is more color-saturated.
All of the detail is there, but the perspective is different
-- the music is portrayed in a more tangible way."
Marc Mickelson -- Dec 04
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“The Audience Au24 interconnects
and speaker cables are commendably neutral and natural, and
they help you forget about chasing the pot o’ gold at
the end of the audiophile rainbow. These are attributes
that the best cable should embody. I expected a cable
so tiny to limit dynamics, but nothing like this happened
– even with amplifiers up to 250wpc. Also, spouses
and decorators are going to find a small-diameter cable like
this a lot more domestically acceptable than a music hose
or other visually distracting cables.”
Doug
Blackburn -- Mar 03
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"Since they do not call attention to themselves, trying
to describe the sound of the Audience cables is difficult.
They simply do a very good job of conveying the music. There
are many products on the market today that claim to do this
but fail to deliver. Audience products perform as advertised.
If your goal is to achieve a sonic signature that is balanced from
top to bottom with that elusive truth-of-timbre, then
the Audience line belongs on your short list".
Henry Wilkenson -- Jul 01
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"The SA-11S1's terrific CD sound tempted me to compare
it to my CD references--a Theta Generation VIII DAC driven
by a Mark Levinson No.31.5 transport via the excellent Audience
Au24 AES/EBU interconnect."
Robert
Harley -- Feb/Mar 05
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