Yes, I know (as do so many audio forum trolls) that you can wire up a system for $10 with supplied freebie cables and power cords and hardware store zip cord, and it will work. And overall, I thought, actually a better partner to the more-lively-than-lush Lyra Delos cartridge because of that. The Impact SE was virtually every bit as detailed as the Kimber, but with a richer tonal balance, easily audible in enhanced instrumental/vocal textures, hall sound decay, etc. The Impact SE DIN/XLR is sold factory direct at $209 CAN, which is currently about $157 USD. We can supply our 5pin DIN to XLR phono cables with the configuration of option 4) which matches your requirements." They have both low inductance and low capacitance. "Our Impact SE phono cables provide absolutely killer price/performance. I was actually thinking about his Statement silver phono cable as a likely candidate, but he responded instead with… I had checked around a few websites, and then emailed Steve Huang on a hunch. I have a pair of Denon DL-103s for trials, but to A/B a second arm through the AQVOX, I needed a second suitable cable-at a reasonable cost. With my Origin Live Illustrious tonearm, I was quite happy with the Kimber TAK-Ag, a fairly pricy braided silver conductor cable widely considered among the best when I acquired it-and it surely still is. However, my AQVOX phono stage is fussy-it requires an XLR balanced cable with specific termination, shielding, and cable geometry issues. I was upgrading my mono cartridge (to the astounding Miyajima Zero, it turned out) and was thinking of replacing the modified Rega RB 250 arm (Incognito wired cartridge-to-RCAs, Expressimo brass counterweight and end stub). Now, my Nottingham Spacedeck turntable is set up for two arms. Google "Canadians are nice" and you get 19,000 hits. As it turned out, my electrician was able to appropriate an existing 20A line at very small expense instead, but I kept Steve's card. I had recently moved house, and was thinking of running a dedicated line for the system, so I was curious about cryo-treating 50' of 12 AWG Romex (yes, he does this). His room featured both a diverse product line and details of the technologies he employs, particularly the Ohno Continuous Cast (OCC) copper and silver conductors, and deep cryogenic treatment. I'd met Steve just once, at RMAF a few years back. Now a year later, with other review commitments and life complications in the interim now out of the way, I've finally taken him up on the challenge. But wire up an entire system for $1000? Really? No way! I'm an old-school audio cheapskate, and had just remarked on how well one of Steve's very affordable phono cables had performed in my system, especially given the current audiophile market where $1000/meter is apparently the default entry level for any "decent" cable in high end audio. This was back in May of last year, and I was on the phone with Steven Huang of Audio Sensibility Cables, based in Toronto, Canada. "I can cable an entire audiophile system for $1000"
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