Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
I STARTED OFF WITH THE FINE RIBBON AND WAS BLOWN AWAY AND THAT CABLE IS SO SWEET ON THE MIDS AND HI'S IT FUNNY. THE DIFFERENCE IS IMMEDIATE AND THE NEXT DAY WAS EVEN BETTER. TWO WEEKS IS THE RECOMMENDED TIME FOR BREAK IN BUT WHEN A CABLE IS REALLY GOOD YOU CAN TELL RIGHT AWAY ESPECIALLY WHEN IT YOUR PERSONAL SYSTEM THAT YOU KNOW SO WELL. THE ULTIMATE RIBBON IS BUY FAR THE BEST PURE SILVER CABLE TO DATE. THE CABLE IS VERY STOUT AND YOU CAN TELL THAT THERE IS A HELL OF ALOT OF SILVER IN THERE. THE BASS EXTENSION AND OVERALL SPEACTRUM IS MIND BLOWING. A VERY CLASSY LOOKING AND EXTREMELY WELL AND OVERBUILT PRODUCT TO SAY THE LEAST.

Strengths:
THIS CABLE IS FLAWLESS

Weaknesses:
NONE WHAT SO EVER

Price Paid:  $1200.00 from Interlink House

Summary:
Can a cable be MORE important then a component. You will not believe what these cables can do. Since I have been a customer from 1997 one day I got a heavy box in the mail, presents! Inside was not 1, or 2, but 4 Stealth cables to try! I was truly blessed and very excited. I started with the "lowest" model and moved up. I was so impressed with the copper cables (PC), I put my MIT MH750s on Ebay right away. The Ribbons (FR) had so much speed and clarity with a real solid image I knew it was going to get better. I was also given a pair of "test" fine Litz silver cables and I was then blown away. You flat could not hear the speakers at all, it was like the sound was exisiting in the air. the walls had been blown out! These I purchased. Then I put in the URs. These have no sonic signature whatsoever! The bass was positively subteranean and the highs, more than real as they extend into infinity! I so appreciated my tube DAC (CAL Alpha). These were truly something very special. Very much so. The power they conveyed with a subtlety and grace beyond words was enthralling. I was hooked bad. I loved the Space the Litz gave me but the awesome aplomp of the UR, that bass! Digging deep (and selling off my other cables) I obtained the biamp module for my speakers and another power amp. I use the URs on below 500Hz and the Litz on the highs. Glorious, glorious, supreme transparency and seemingly from DC to light. The best of All worlds, audio nirvana.. Later I unearthed a nice Harmon Kardon A50K intergrated amp in my garage, no idea from where, it was filled with the original Telefunken tubes from 1962. I ordered another pair of URs, just 1.5m. Setup a pair of ADS L810 speakers, an Audio Alchemy DDSIII-DTI 2.0- I2S- XDP DAC with Stealth Varidig and M-7 IC. It was a test, the cables cost far more then the components. What a little wonder it is. People become glued to the chair. the central image is soo scary, I mean Miles Davis_was_ standing before me and blowing his heart out. I could practically scratch Ani DiFranco on the nose, and when Bela Fleck and the guys jamed the incredible dimensionality of this EVENT was as immersive as a surrround system just by itself. The URs add absolutely nothing to the sound. Transparent is an understatement and the physicality of the image with the tube amp is profound. My highest recommendation. Also please try his Power Cables

Strengths:
Nothing! They add nor subtract NOTHING. Incredible! Actually a bargin at this price.

Weaknesses:
Very difficult to handle, only bends certain ways. No worries, keep it as short and straight as possible for the most benefit.

Similar Products Used:
MIT MH-750 Series II, Monster, A couple of AQ, Lots of DIY biwire cables. The Kimber Bifocals were close but still had a definable signature and less frequency extension, a bit more closed in as well.

Price Paid:  $1200.00 from Interlink House dire

Summary:
Reviewers in the early years of The Absolute Sound used to talk about Yin and Yang, meaning roughly light and dark, and whether a given component was one or the other. It wasn't that Yin was better than Yang, or vice versa--they were simply different, though one might fit better into a given system. In comparing Premier and Ultimate Ribbon speaker cables, I remembered this, and classified Premier as Yin and UR as Yang. Premier tended toward the dark, UR toward the light, though Premier was lively enough when the music itself was, while UR was never "bright" in a fatiguing way. With Quad ESL 63's, I preferred UR. I made the comparison with 8' cables, and then acquired a pair of Atma-Sphere M60 II monoblocks and went to 18" UR cables. That change improved the sound greatly! I felt that I was much closer to the music than before, in the sense of hearing more of what the musicians were doing, hearing those small sonic details that create a powerful sense of "liveness" about a performance. Later still, I upgraded to a later version of the 18" UR's, and again the improvement was, as the reviewers say, "not subtle". It was striking, and I've been living very happily with it in my Quad ESL system ever since. I moved the 8' UR and Premier cables into a recently completed system featuring Oris 150 horns with Eminence Kappa Pro 12 woofers sitting below them. The Premiers go to the woofers and seem perfect for that use, with their huge power-handling capability. The UR's let the Oris 150 horns really sing, and that's my favorite system for both chanber music and "big" orchestral music or big band jazz. My previous commercial speaker cables were MIT CVT Terminators and Audio Magic Spellcasters. My present Stealth cables, Premier and UR, are vastly better!

Strengths:
A perfect complement for STEALTH PGS, "being there" effect

Weaknesses:
none - except for the price

Similar Products Used:
MIT CVT Terminator, Audio Magic Spellcaster II

Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
I own the following Stealth cables: PGS 3-D I/C, Ultimate Ribbon sprkr. cables and the Cloud 9 P/Cs. These cables, in my opinion, are in a league of their own in delivering music of all types and recording quality in the most musical manner that I have ever heard. The sound is neutral and intoxicating with a sense of quietness and harmonic rightness that has unseated some very good cables in my system. If you would like to enjoy all your music with size without sounding loud, if you want to hear inner detail with delicacy and perfect tone you must try these cables. You have nothing to lose, Serguei stands behind his products and is a true gentleman. I''''ve been in Hi-End audio for over 20 years and this is the first time I have been totally satisfied with my sound and that is because of being completely cabled with Stealth. My system consists of: Wadia 850, Bel Canto eVo 200.4 and Wilson WATTS. Electrical and mechanical issues have also been dealt with.

Strengths:
Detail, dynamics and musicality

Weaknesses:
none

Similar Products Used:
Magnan Vi, Cardas Neutral and Golden Ref.,Omega Micro A5 and Planar 3, Nordost Red Dawn, Quattrofil and SPM Ref, Synergistic Research PC, Black Mamba PC and Electraglide Fatboy Jr.

Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
The UR replaced my Kimber 3038! I guess that says enogh about how good the UR really are. You got the sparkling highs, silky smooth texture and valvet-like background from best silver cables (like Kimber 3038). But UR also gives you the solid, body full and punchy bass which Kimber is a bit shy about. I didn''''t really think all the above can come together from a speaker cable but UR does it!

Weaknesses:
Wire jack seem to bit too stiff!

Similar Products Used:
Kimber Select 3038, 3033. Dunlavy ZAL-6 YBA Diamond