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By Mat Weisfeld of VPI Industries<\/a><\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s take a minute and talk about cables!\u00a0 No really, this blows my mind because I was on the side that used to say, \u201cchanging your cables?\u00a0 What could it really do to the sound\u201d.\u00a0 Let me tell you it can do a lot!\u00a0Nordost<\/a>\u00a0brought an Avenger Reference with two arms mounted up to\u00a0Rocky Mountain Audiofest 2016<\/a>.\u00a0 One arm with standard VPI wire, and\u00a0the other arm wired with Nordost Reference wire.\u00a0 This is not the first time we have done this comparison together but the first time it has been done on this level of clarity.\u00a0 We stepped up our game by upgrading the table from a standard Avenger to Reference and the cartridge to an\u00a0Ortofon Cadenza Black<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Most comparisons of product are actually not accurate or fair.\u00a0 When someone changes a variable in their system it is important to only change ONE VARIABLE!\u00a0 That might sound like a no brain-er but there are often listening comparisons when more than one component\u00a0is changed.\u00a0 \u201cWow, cartridge A is so much better than cartridge B\u201d.\u00a0 What about the fact that you were using two entirely different arms or different cable?\u00a0 If every other variable, besides the one you are testing, are not the same than it is not a fair comparison, even down to the setup, which brings us back to the Nordost demonstration at Rocky Mountain.<\/p>\n

I personally set up both arms and ensured that they both had the same alignment, VTA, and tracking force.\u00a0 Setting up the arms and cartridges was easy, getting them both EXACTLY IDENTICAL to each other, that took some time, quiet, and soft music in the background to achieve.<\/p>\n

Once all the set-up\/fine tuning and just a touch of drinking was done\u2026 it was time to move the needle!\u00a0 We listened to a track using the standard tonearm wire that already sounded great on it\u2019s own!\u00a0 However, from the first note, switching to the reference tonearm wire added a whole other level of articulation\u00a0and detail that wasn\u2019t present on the first listening run. \u00a0I found my foot tapping and my overall experience felt natural and alive. \u00a0Not only that, the whole system was just fired up and sounded fantastic right out of the gate when it would only get better as it warmed up and broke in.\u00a0 We were extremely happy with the overall sound and even happier about the distinct difference being demonstrated by the good folks at Nordost!<\/p>\n

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