June 2007

I purchased a set of Antares Helix Interconnects to replace a set of MIT Shotgun S1's that were being utilized between the Benchmark DAC1 and the ML 380 pre-amp.

Simply stated the Antares have unveiled simply everything that the system and source can produce. Simply breath taking for a large portion of what I listen to.

I have been shaken on occasion, left shaking on many more occasions by what is being presented and I have also been left wondering every time I listen how can I spend more time with my system than I do currently!?

My sincere thanks go out to Mr.Gabriel and all at Shunyata for providing such amazing products to devoted lovers of music like myself!

I really look forward to a set of the Orion speaker cables finding a home in my system!
 
Kindest regards,
 
Marcel (Pete) St.Pierre, R.E.T., PMP
U & O Field Engineer - Piping

Hello again Matt,
 
I finally got me a pair of Andromeda and another pair of Antares (xlr), AND CAN MY SYSTEM PLAY NOW??!! I didn´t think it was possible to get THIS good sound by just connect "a few cables"!!! I´m stunned!!!!
 
The Aries is a VERY good cable, but changing to Antares almost made my chin fall to the floor!!!

If we had a Nobel Prize in cablemaking I think Caelin would get it... :-)

BEST REGARDS
Stefan, Sweden

I had the Orion speaker cables roasting on the cable cooker until Saturday morning, and I took 'em out and put them in the system. Was busy all day Saturday, so I just let them play in the system until Sunday afternoon.  They're probably not all the way broken-in, but they should be close.

At this point, all I can really offer is.........Holy Shit!!!!!!!!!!!!  What I'm hearing is completely and totally impossible for a cable of any kind to do in and of itself. Unfuckingbelieveable. I fondly remember those same exact thoughts when I first put in the Andromeda's. And now it's happened again. I hear more inner detail than I've ever heard before. The difference (in that particular area) is very similar to a good SET compared to a cheap transistor amp. Know what I mean? And you know that the inner-detail, harmonic "fabric" type thing is way high on my list of priorities. I hear better dynamics (especially macro-wise), and it sounds like I've added a third 10-inch woofer to each of the Coincidents. But it's all good -- more and better, not more and sloppier. If these things improve any more with more play time, I'm gonna need a brand new box of Depends. 

Bill Cowen

April 2004

Dear Grant,

I trialed a pair of the Andromeda's over the weekend, kindly provided by your Hong Kong dealer, Audio Supplies.

The Andromeda's were certainly very impressive and gave me the improved soundstage and clarity of image that I am looking to achieve. If I were to summarise their presentation compared to my current cables I would use five words: delicacy, precision, airyness, smoothness and finesse and so certainly ENJOYMENT!!

Regards

Ian

April 2004

After only 70 hours of break in time I can honestly tell you that this is the most neutral interconnect I've had in my system. The Aries easily outperformed my reference Kimber Select 1030 interconnects. The Aries just got out of the way and let the music come through. Every micro and macro detail was presented just like the sound engineers intended. The soundstage and depth presented by these cables is spectacular. Thank you, Shunyata!

Juan Rivera

April 2004

The Phoenix cables I received recently noticeably bested my Kimber Monocle cables. It is the first time I have heard such a distinction between cables. These Phoenix are significantly better, or my new Talon Hawks are just that much more revealing of differences.

Jeff O

As for cables... I spent about 20 minutes with Galen's demo pair of Phoenix and was completely blown away. They walk all over the Transparent Super and Ultra that are in the same price range. More amazingly, though, they walked all over the Reference XL SS that I thought was unbeatable. So far this is the best "value" in cables that I've been able to find. It's nice to see a no BS company that charges a fair price for an excellent product.

I've asked my dealer to order an 8ft pair of Andromeda for me and I can't wait to get them. Please pass my sincerest thanks on to everyone at Shunyata for developing, manufacturing, and distributing a superior product at a fair price. Thanks again for your help.

Andrew

BIG, BOLD, BEAUTIFUL, Mr. Gabriel has done it again! The Andromeda speaker cable with Ag spades (after 200 hrs break-in) became the most Luscious, Spacious, Musically Correct Cable I've EVER heard. Trust me, I've listened to many high-end cables. If you are seriously looking for "The Best" you have it in the Andromeda. Please note that the Aries interconnect (balanced) quickly replaced my Valhallas last year. If you need futher input please contact me.

bradhamprinting

So here is my report: It is F_CKING GREAT!!!! Nuff said? Okay, I know you want a 30-page report but here is the executive summary: When I first started with the cable, I cheated and listened before 25 hours, I immediately noticed a clarity and quiet background that I had never heard in my system. This was evident in my ability to hear low level sounds, to hear echoes I had not heard before, to hear more of the fade of a guitar string. It translated into better imaging than I had ever heard. Instruments were not just front to back or on one side or the other, but had their distinct places. They were less gelled. There was more air around the pieces. And the bass was deeper. Instruments that sounded thin now had body and character. After over 25 hours of playing time, I was floored, or, more accurately pinned in my seat. After fiddling with the turntable, I put one of the albums that I love and use to evaluate system changes, Joni Mitchell, Court and Spark. I have played it so much and my system has improved so greatly over the years, that I listen for relatively small changes. I do not expect after some 30 years of listening to this album that I will hear something dramatically different. But I did. And what I heard I did not expect. There was an additional tone from her voice a whole part of her vocals that I had never heard. It sounded like a woman's voice. Where did that come from? I thought, "Now, this is what live sounds like." Yes, I know intellectually that it doesn't equate to live but that is how the change struck me. I was nailed to my seat. I couldn't move. How could I have missed all of that sound? So I played another piece that I love and that I have had trouble noticing changes from -- as though I had max'd out what is on the album -- a DG recording of the second movement of Bach's Double Violin concerto in D Minor. Again, I was stunned. The violins had a richness and sweetness that I had never heard. I asked my wife if she noticed any change with the cable. She had not been listening except as background music and she thought my system sounded great before -- certainly good enough. She had noticed. She said the music sounded fuller. She is correct. The music is richer in the sense that it is more complete. It is not lush. The cable just puts through the music completely and effortlessly. The detail is there but instead of making it sterile, the cable fills in the music -- giving each note its part so the whole is the musical piece that I think was intended. Am I getting carried away? Maybe. But that is the thought I had as I listened. It was as though the small parts that hadn't been there completed the picture to give me a fuller aural ? and emotional ? experience. Based on what I have heard, I want to listen to all the recordings that I have played and loved over the years. The cable makes me feel as though I am hearing familiar pieces for the first time.

Richard

Long beta tester review of Constellation Series cables compared to FMS Zero. I want to thank you for the Constellation Series speaker cable. I have to confess, though, I have been listening. I immediately noticed a more quiet background and more low level detail. I could hear echoes I had not noticed, subtle changes -- more information -- as strings vibrated and an overall greater clarity in the music and words. The stage became larger and better layered, and the the instruments more precisely placed. This music seemed more effortless. On my next listening session, I noticed much deeper bass. In general, the tones of the instruments were fuller -- after listening through your cable, the sound I remembered through my Coincident CST-I speaker cable seemed thin. Guitars now have a punch, a twang, a realism that I have not had before. Piano has never sounded close to this good. Perhaps the most telling moment came when I put on an older re-release (non-audiophile) of two Gene Ammons albums. I had started to play this album twice before and each time stopped because the music was thin - an imitation of the instruments -- and was un-involving. I put it on, sat back and... wow oh wow oh wow. Where did that sax come from? And how about the piano? And the bass -- I didn't even notice it before. Everything came alive. So, with even less than 25 hours, I find the cables to be revealing music that I have not heard through my system -- in a significant way.

Richard

I received the Aries ICs from the West Coast later in the day this past Wednesday and have now tried this single pair out at home in various spots. As you know, I am more than tickled with all my power cords from Shunyata but was skeptical of the company's ability to compete with manufacturers with so much more experience. To my considerable surprise, this "budget" IC from Shunyata easily outgunned the Transparent Ultras. And not just a little bit. As they say, the differences are not subtle. Given the vast difference in price, these listening results were ear-opening. I've not ever before heard so great a difference at home between ICs. The Ultras have now been [permanently] relegated to the sound system in our study (an LS22 with the 7Bs). By comparison, the Aries conveys a much more defined bass; a far (FAR) more delicate lower treble; "lighter" upper treble; highly musical midrange; greater detail overall (I even have to say that on 2 of the first 3 discs I played, I heard things I'd NEVER heard thru the Ultras); the Aries also transmits a more sustained, i.e. musically natural decay -- even on CDs; there is more "air" between all musical lines, whether notes were from the same instrument [piano] or multiple instruments/voice. My impression is also one of considerable speed, too. Dynamic, from ppp to fff, also became fully noticeable with the Aries WOW. I love the Aries.

Joyce R.

This is Mike in Seattle. I have been using the new Shunyata Constellation Series speaker cable now for almost two weeks. Really think they are great... They blow the Transparent Ultra that I was using completely away. Thanks so much for helping me to find them.

Mike W.

Sensational products as well as incredible customer support. You don't realize how much musical info is missing until you try Shunyata products. Highly recommended!!

Tim W.