“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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PowerChord Testimonial, January 2005
“I got the cables today. It’s packed so well. Thanks a lot. I guess you might be tired of reading all the feedback/comments. But I have to tell you Audience cables are really nice. I mixed and matched with other good cables I got, and I found out the best result was to use all Audience together. Probably that’s so called synergy. I listen mainly to Fusion/Jazz and Rock stuff. I particularly like the bass, and cymbals with AU24/powerChord, not to mention all other good things many people have said. Now I enjoy my system and music much better than before.”
Che-Wei Hsu — Jan 05
CES 2005 (Consumer Electronics Show) January 6-9, 2005 Las Vegas, NV
Richard Smith (left) and John McDonald receive outstanding product awards;
Positive Feedback Writer’s Choice Awards for 2004 for Au24 Cables and Auric Illuminator. Read about the Positive Feedback Writer’s Choice Awards and other awards received by these outstanding products: Au24 Cable Reviews & Awards and Auric Illuminator Reviews & Awards.
PFO Writer’s Choice Award 2004 for Auric Illuminator
“When we as audiophile are willing to spend hundreds, if not thousand of dollars to improve our rigs by what many times translates into a miniscule progress toward the end goal of audio nirvana, the Auric Illuminator is a rockin bargain! No audiophiles should be without a kit.”
Jeff Parks -Writers Choice Awards — Dec ’04
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PFO Writers’ Choice Award 2004 for Au24 Cables
“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 Print Version
6 Moons Reviews for PowerChord, 2004
“Most competent after-market power cords will clean up the sound, usually by lowering the noise floor. Despite that general but important improvement, some cords then take a step backwards by imposing some measure of tonal degradation. Few of the cords I’ve tried seem to inject a life-like force to the music. Fewer than that improve timing and flow. Fewer still will broaden your musical horizons by rewarding you with depth of stage, all the while giving you insights on performer technique by allowing your gear to better resolve low level and inner detail in a musical, organic manner. The powerChords on my CD player and amp delivered the goods. Highly recommended for audition”.
Stephæn Harrell – Dec ’04 Read Full Review
“… the Audience Conductors and powerChords delivered the musical punch line every time. They even beat out my reference interconnects and power cables. The Audience power cables offer accuracy and musicality beyond their really simple appearance and affordable price.”
Mike Healy – Feb ’04 Read Full Review
Positive Feedback Review of Auric Illuminator
“I have tried the Auric Illuminator on about a dozen other CDs so far, and the improvement is instantly obvious. You don’t have to strain to hear it. I was especially surprised at the improvement in the bass, but I suppose it is due to an overall improvement in dynamics, and the bass just improves to a level equal to that of the other ranges. By the way, Auric Illuminator still works wonders on DVDs. After viewing a DVD untreated, I used the Auric Illuminator and watched again. Not only was the audio clearer and more focused, but the video was positively glorious. All the colors were saturated and stood out beautifully. Highly recommended.”
Ed Morawski — Nov ’04 Read Full Review
New Illuminator Review by 6Moons.com August 2004
“Now for the $64,000 question: Is the new Illuminator better than the original? You better believe it. Whether classical, pop or jazz, every disc I applied the AI treatment to displayed easily audible improvements. The discs treated with the new AI displayed greater overall resolution, quieter backgrounds, smoother, less brittle highs and most significantly, an overriding sense of relaxed ease with a more natural flow to music playback. Less effort was required to relax into music or to follow individual strands, be it a rock, symphonic or small-scale chamber recording.”
Paul Candy — Aug ’04 Read Full Review
6Moons Review of Auric Illuminator August ’04
“The 6moons Blue Moon Award is
bestowed only on components or
music releases of rare excellence.
For ”Outstanding Price/Performance Ratio” in the optical disc resolution enhancement category.”
Blue Moon Award — Aug ’04
On Sound and Music Review of Au24 Cables, August 2004
“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 Print Version