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Maple Audio Works - Testimonials
I went to a guys place to review a power conditioning unit from Yugoslavia
for fun (no money here). Also brought over my Natural ics, some Tranquility
speaker cables and my Linear power cable. He had a home made Foreplay tube
system (both pre and monoblock amps) and some DIY speakers as well as older
MIT cables. Transport was an Arcam Alpha 8 cdp running digital out into a
modded ART DI/O DAC.
and Tranq cables
brought in more focus and better bass but after removing all the Maple
cables in steps we found that re-introducing the power cable made the
largest difference. Now his system isn't the most resolving one out there
but funny how a simple power cable made all the difference - actually made
the hair on my arm stand up with the increased bass response! A $300 pc made
more of a difference than a $1400 power conditioner!
Ron Davis (rgdavis@telusplanet.net)
I picked us a pair of whisper at Classic in Edmonton, and am I impressed! A
steal for the price. They simply blew away the cables I brought in to judge
them against, and at half the price! I think everone who hears them in my
system will want some. Not just a small difference either, but a major one.
Great stuff! Hope to talk to you again...
Dennis Gerik (dgerik@telusplanet.net)
Vermilion, Alberta
In regards to the PowerWise AC cables:
All I have to say is WOW it helped so much. My wife noticed right away and I
didn't even tell, she just said, "What did you do to the system?" I got
caught doing the upgrade :)~. Can they make the power cables with out the
female end on them?
Tim McDowell (tim_mc@shaw.ca)
"I've been involved in quality audio components for the last 25 years or so.
I had a tough time believing that interconnects, speaker wires, and power
cords made much of a difference in a system...wire is wire right? Through
experimentation with a wide variety of interconnect and speaker wire brands
it became obvious that there was a very real audible difference from one
wire to the next. I was satisfied with my system set-up using Transparent
and Synergistic cabling although I suspected there were better cables out
there, but I wasn't interested in spending thousands of dollars for what I
thought would be a minor improvement. I had the unique opportunity to try
Maple Audio's interconnects in my system, and was absolutely floored with
what I heard. The Ambiance was ideal in my system, the improvements I heard
were not subtle at all; my system went from enjoyable/revealing to truly
musical! ! The change was similar to changing source components or your
preamplifier, so much for wire being wire. The high end was very smooth and
warm (much like switching from a solid state preamp to a tubed unit), with
tight, authoritative bass. Hard to believe that an interconnect can affect
the sense of space and timing, my listening sessions became quite
interactive (lots of toe-tappin' going on). After several days with the
Ambiance I didn't want to take them out of my system and was prepared to
bite the bullet, cost be damned. Turns out the interconnect cost about half
of what I thought it would, so I bought Ambiance cables to use between my
Lehmann phono stage and BAT preamplifier, as well as between my YBA CD
player and preamp. Like any quality component it takes some time for
break-in before you hear their full potential and the true character is
revealed. If you want to spend more feel free, but I'd suggest you listen to
Maple Audio in your system before you take out a mortgage buying some of the
more highly-touted esoteric cables."
Jeff Logan (jeff.logan@voyageurtech.com)
My experience with Maple Audio Works speaker cables and power cords has been
a very rewarding one. I was on the market for some new speakers until I
purchased their Ambiance Speaker cable. Immediately the sound had become
more defined, calm with a marked improvement in sound stage and imaging.
Soon after realizing the sonic improvement from the speaker cables I
purchased their power cords for all connected equipment. Again I was amazed
the sound became much quieter and transparent. My projection TV and DVD
player have both become clearer. The whole system has improved. My system
is: Acoustat electrostatic speakers, Hafler XL-600 amp Carver CT-7 pre amp,
Nacamichi CDC-4 compact disc player, Hitachi projection TV and DVD player,
Monsterpower HTS2500 line conditioner. I am soon upgrading to their Ambiance
interconnects for the power amp and compact disk player.
Don L. (donl@powersurfr.com)
I recently purchased a pr. of Ambiance interconnects and am very pleased.
Please get the testimonials going so I can submit a review. By the way, Omer
is a great guy at OZ Enterprises. He loves your cables and sells them with
great passion. Let us know when the Transcendence line is available. Thanks
for a great product at a reasonable price.
Sherod (Shermeng1210@cs.com)
Comment from Frank of
FSAUDIOWEB...." I have auditioned many fine
interconnects and speaker cables in my personal listening system. I have not
heard any cable that sounds better than the Maple Audio Works cables. The
clarity, dynamics, and smoothness is everything that I would expect from a
world class cable. At the price "an audio bargain".
Just thought I'd drop you a line and tell you how much I like the beautiful
Ambience interconnects you sent. Sooner or later, nOrh will ship the pair of
monoblocks I ordered from them - when they do, I'm going to need another 2
sets of interconnects. I could go with 1/2 meter lengths. I'm using the
meter pair to connect my old Technics to the Cambridge D500SE. The Cambridge
is something of a disappointment. My old (7 years ago purchased used) JVC CD
carousel is much better. So much for hype. If you have any advice about best
performance/dollar CD players to go with your great interconnects, I'd be
much obliged.
Philip Levy (levylaw@adelphia.net)
Recording Studio Testimonial
Thank you for helping us with cables. We
have spent countless hours,$ and Kms trying to get things right. It's
three steps forward 2 steps back. We often change our tequniques to find
we were right in the first place only to find our mass-produced garbage
gear was adding or subtracting from our sound. Teresa and Kids are away
'til morning so I was able to experiment further with signal:
Apex460 mic through Joemeek preamp,digital
signal from preamp to interface and back to headphones.
My goodness it's incredible!!!!
I have always had to back away from Mic
because using the proximity effect seems to produce very dirty bottom
end and distorted, hissy "S". With the addition of your cable, the
dynamics and clarity have increased dramatically. It is like comparing a
$20 Mic to a $2000 Mic. We were about ready to dump the mic and preamp
for something different..again.
We now have digital accuracy and analog
warmth.
Thanks
Joe (capulate@sympatico.ca)
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