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“In a world of incredible hype, they lived up to Audience's claim that they create a more convincing illusion of reality and improve soundstaging. My reference cables do that pretty darn well, but the Audience cables improve the system’s performance in those areas”.
Vade Forester -- Feb 09 Read Full Review


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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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"You owe it to yourself to hear what the Au24-e/powerChord-e system can deliver from your rig before you commit to any other cable products, at ANY price... You'll most likely find yourself hearing some of the most engaging music your system has ever created, while saving some money in the process. Most musically recommended."
Greg Weaver -- January 09 View Read Full Review


Steve HoffmanAudience has kindly sent me various products to audition. Their Au24 "e" audio interconnects are VERY neutral. Pleasing sound that tells the HONEST TRUTH about what your components really sound like while still being tuneful and musical. The "e" powerChord adds dynamics and the Adept Response Teflon power conditioner is great at cancelling noise while bringing out authoritative dynamics hidden in your playback system. The power conditioner is really amazing.  If I wasn’t already married, I’d marry it. Add the Au24 "e" speaker cable and you have a true neutral, musical presentation!

Steve Hoffman, recording engineer -- Dec 08






"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   Print Version



"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   Read Full Review



"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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"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   Read Full Review



"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
 


Mono & Stereo

“When system and all the component really start to evaporate, you know that you're on the right track. I can go on and on with the lists of music and references, but i wont. If you are serious enough about the music and reproduction AU24 speaker cables might be one of the most transparent, optimally balanced and affordable speaker cables on the market.”
Matej Isak -- August 08 View Read Full Review

Dagogo

"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  View 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   Read Full Review
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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   Read Full Review


"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   Print Version


"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   Read Full Review



"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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