“Conclusion. The Audience Adept Response line conditioner is a beautiful machine to gaze upon and use. Unlike so many other line conditioners with substantial prices, the Audience does give one reason to feel that the hardware involved justifies the price charged.”
Martin DeWulf – #170 – Mar ’06
“Uniformly, those rooms with the Adept Response were some of the best sounding at the show.”
CES Show Report – #169 -Jan ’06
“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 Read Full Review
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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
“At $3800, the Audience adeptResponse is not inexpensive, but given its ability to improve the sound of everything connected to it, I feel that it is worth every penny. Audio gear is always about compromise. The Audience adeptResponse is the first and only component I have experienced that represents zero compromise.”
Fown-Ming Tien – Positive Feedback – Nov ’05 Read Full Review
“I have a fair amount of experience with high-performance AC power conditioners, but the Adept Response took me by surprise. Comparing my system’s sound with the components plugged into the Adept Response and straight into the wall, I heard a wide range of obvious, musically significant improvements.”
Robert Harley – Sep/Oct ’05 Print Version
“The Audience adeptResponse is perfect in every way. With its gorgeous silver cabinet, it gets a ‘10′ for looks. With enough outlets to power even the largest of systems, it gets a ‘10′ for practicality. And lastly, with its ability to improve the sound of every piece of gear that I plugged into it, it gets a ‘10′ for functionality.”
Fown-Ming Tien – Writers Choice Awards – ’05
“List an attribute you would expect to have from your power conditioner, and this one actually delivers.”
Greg Weaver – Writers Choice Awards – ’05
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“Treble with the Adept Response is superb, coaxing some of the finest highs I’ve heard out of a number of components. But, it’s the clean dynamic action that I’ve obtained with the Adept Response that to my way of thinking sets it apart from other AC line conditioning devices that I’ve used in the past.”
Martin DeWulf – #166 – Aug ’05
“Greater bass clarity, an increase in overall resolution and detail while improving the organic nature of instrumental texture left no doubt that the Audience Adept Response would remain a permanent fixture in my system.”
Greg Petan – Editors Choice Awards – Jun ’05
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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 Read Full Review
“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 Read Full Review