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Van den Hul CS-122 Hybrid
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Rating
Reviewed by:
smitson
(Audio Enthusiast)
Review Date
February 10, 2009Overall Rating
 5 of 5
Value Rating
5 of 5
Used product for
Less than 1 month |
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Review 1 of 33
Price Paid:
$0.00 Summary:
I just bought VDH CS-122 not long ago replacing no name cable (2,50mm2) I got from my friend. I wasn't very satisfied with the overal sound of my system (Marantz PM7001, CD6002, ST6001; Speakers:Dali Concept 6; Interconnect; D-102 Hybrid); the lack of control of overal soundstage was obvious, so I decide to try CS-122 to try to improve this.
After a week of listening I must say that I am very satisfied mostly because the boomy bass has disapeared (very well controled/defined) but didn't loose a that punch. High and mid range are extremely rich in detail and what is most important (at high and low volume) very pleasant for listening. No harshness and headache even after hours of listening. Very natural sound, warm and neutral.
I like it so far even though it didn't burn in all the way!!!
And let's don't forget that we all have unique flavors! :)
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Reviewed by:
ideainnova
(Audio Enthusiast)
Review Date
February 12, 2005Overall Rating
 1 of 5
Value Rating
1 of 5
Used product for
Less than 1 month Visitors rate this review
2.17 of 5,
24.00 votes
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Review 2 of 33
Price Paid:
$60.00
from hi-end store burned Summary:
Cut high band to prevent you from hearing harshness&hum of of your system. Also a boom of bass that your system lack to produce any lowband to hear. With lack of trebles and booms of bass around there is only midrange to hear that is out of reality. My timing, dynamism, air, stage, timbres, my music everything is lost at all. Hey people there, you dont listen to music, I know you hear some sounds in your rooms inside a pair of speaker making sounds in turn to critisize as open, good, bad, detailed, harsh etc. A cable is a media to transfer information to speakers. Strengths:
-- Weaknesses:
-- Similar Products Used:
My brother's effect processors and filters for his equipments. May be an equaliser replaces this.
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Reviewed by:
STIFA
(Audio Enthusiast)
Review Date
August 13, 2004Overall Rating
 4 of 5
Value Rating
5 of 5
Used product for
Less than 1 month Visitors rate this review
3.00 of 5,
2.00 votes
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Review 3 of 33
Price Paid:
$60.00
from Korato Belgrade Summary:
This is a very fine cable that made my system sound better.I have Marantz SR6300 and B&W DM601 S3 speakers and with them I got VDH Skyline Hybrid, that seemed OK to me but I thought that there was something missin'.
I gave away the money and I got sound , Inspite what other people said in this forum I heard/compared CS-122 and Skyline(5 bucks a metre) and didnt found that MUCH DEEPER BASS or SUBWOOFER BASS but it is still better and it sounds different and cleaner, bu I was overwhelmed with its treble and Mid capacities that sounded MUCH better.
Voices are COOL and Natural and treble gives away all the detail that it should.
I bought it because I needed more bass on my -58hz speakers and I got a little more, and much more in upper frequencies/
That was my budget limit 4 cables (six meters x 12 bucks) and I dont regret it but I wish it had a little more bass, but my speakers are limited to 58 so...
Cool buy anyway, strong and good looking.
CYA 2 ya ALL
Marko
stifa@eunet.yu
SRBIJA RULEZ Strengths:
MIDS HIGHS LOOKS BUILD QUALITY Weaknesses:
I may be mad or deaf but I didnt hear that much deeper bass. Similar Products Used:
Skyline Hybrid ,QED silver
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Rating
Reviewed by:
UK Listener
(Audio Enthusiast)
Review Date
June 13, 2004Overall Rating
5 of 5
Value Rating
5 of 5
Used product for
3 Months to 1 year Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5,
1.00 votes
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Review 4 of 33
Price Paid:
$80.00
from Hifibitz.co.uk Summary:
This is a very fine Cable as one of the reviewers has already noted, I have tried many cables from £4.50 per metre - £17 per metre and have allways come back to this, it just has a certain rightness to the sound that i have yet been able to beat in my current set up which is;
Arcam Alpha 7se Cd Player
Rotel RA 971 mk2 Amp
B&W 601 S3 speakers biwired
Audioquest Viper Interconnect
Mains conditioner (Must Have)
Other cables i have tried include:
QED Silver Anniversary
QED X Tube 300
Ecosse Reference CS2.15 & ES2.3 Biwire
Ecosse Reference CS2.3
Chord Rumour 2
Audioquest Type 4+
Audioquest Type 6+
Van den Hul The Clearwater
DNM Reson mk2
Admittly my set up is still in the budget area but it can sound very good when fed a decent recording but with the VDH CS122 Hybrid attached i get so much more detail, quicker deeper bass, nice natural voices and better soundstaging when playing CD's. With movies it comes into a world of its own, films like saving private ryan with a lot of action are deliverd crisply and with plenty of vigour, the sound of bullets whizzing around and planes flying over is incredible, other film sequences like the aggresive football tackles and fast basslines of Any Given Sunday are excellent you can almost feel the players pain when they get tackled. This is a truly excellent cable in my opinion and considering some of the others i have tested it is a bit of a bargin, my sound has never been so good.
All i have to do now is get better equipment so i unleash the full potential of this cable. Strengths:
Detail, naturalness, Bass speed and punch, midrange, voices, warmth, resolution, build quality, no harshness. Weaknesses:
None - it seems to do nearly everything better than any other i've tested. Similar Products Used:
(See Review)
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Rating
Reviewed by:
yellowfaint(Unregistered User)
(AudioPhile)
Review Date
May 28, 2003Overall Rating
5 of 5
Value Rating
5 of 5
Used product for
Less than 1 month Visitors rate this review
2.33 of 5,
3.00 votes
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Review 5 of 33
Price Paid:
$12.00
from my local dealer Summary:
This cable is of very, very fine quality.
It's a strong cable a the outside, that's for sure(just feel over the cable).
Important the so called 'Audiophiles' that listens to cables for less than 1 day are dummies!!
A cable from silver performs a it's best after a braek-in-period, how long this is? not how long you listens to the music, but how the silver-oxide make a even better conductivity between the wires(siver-oxide conducts), this is very important if u are a true listener!
After less than a week it's fine.
Ok now the sound!
low, high and mid.
This cable is the perfect mix for a competive price off 12eur/m
Why this is a perfect mix?
The bass is very good, much better than an ordinary OFC cable with PVC isolation.
Off course iff U want a overated bass and loss of high freq +30kHz go ahead and buy another cable but don't cry, becouse your THD is much higher.
Listen to this cable let you hear EVRETHING, the tiny details, you can now hear and much cleaner!!!
Overall this cable rocks
It's total UV protected(the cable doesn't lose it's natural color trough the sun)
The isolation is AAA+ class, for this price and quality you can't go higher
Listen to the cable and you'll be amazed, listen to real natural sound, it's like your in it.
before I forgot I have
Acoustic Reshearch loudspeakers that are as dynamicaly like...damn (1500eur for the speakers and they are great!) Strengths:
If U want to know how a professional cable sounds, just try this
12eur seems a lot for the cable, but it's a bargain, realy
This is a pure natural cable Weaknesses:
NONE!!!!!!!!!!!! Similar Products Used:
IXOS, tasker, flat line ofc cable, and other cables
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