“I picked these up a couple of months ago after I bought a Project Xperience Carbon Classic turntable. I immediately switched out the stock interconnects for a pair of Audio Quest Evergreen interconnects. Immediate improvement, and for the dough a good value, but I thought something better might be in order, so I got these. I was very impressed with how much detail, space, depth these brought to the sound of this very good turntable. I recommend these interconnects highly.”
“Sounded bland when first hooked up, after 24 hr burn in - Fabulous!! I'm connecting iPods to a tube amp, Kimber Cables to English Bookshelf Loudspeakers. This combo produces the "sound" I'm after. Sweet, no sibilance, beautiful midrange.”
“I bought these cables to interconnect my Project Debut Carbon turntable to my phono preamp and from it to my amp. I ended buying a third pair to connect my DAC-Streamer to my amp. Why? As soon as I hooked up these cables the sound was clearly more natural in the midrange and bass. Treble is clear with no harshness and loads of detail. Why only four stars? Although a good value compared with other high-end cables, I just wish they were a little cheaper”
“I wanted to like this interconnect more than I did as I think Pangeas power cords are pretty good for the money. But they have taken their house sound too far with this entry-level interconnect. It is pleasant in tonality and nothing ever offends. Nor does any program material impress. Sonically, it is laid back and relaxed to a fault. It lacks involvement and impact and tends to muffle details. It is rolled off on top, lacking sparkle and life. And it is light in the bass. There is some deep bass, but it is weak. Further, it somehow bleaches out tonal colors, making most everything sound rather homogeneous and bland. These observations are made in direct comparison to the similarly priced Straight Wire Encore mini-RCA stereo interconnect. Going back to my Straight Wire, I was amazed at how much I had been missing with the Pangea! This Pangea might benefit a component which is very bright and forward. But in my system, it takes too much life out of the sound.”
“The .6 meter run of this is an excellent interconnect to go between an step-up-transformer and phono stage, when using a moving coil phono cart. The Pangea is more resolving than the AudioQuest Evergreens I had been using, providing substantially deeper and much more detailed bass. It sounds very alive now! I had to pretty much dime the volume on my vintage Tube amp to hear any hum, so you know it's well-shielded. I unscrewed one of the plugs to have a look inside, and the solder connections are very cleanly and securely done, and there are quality materials inside. You'd probably have to pay north of $150 to buy comparable name brand interconnects. Very highly rated!”
“Another big thumbs up for these Pangea interconnects! I wanted to experiment with one .6m set before committing to them so I put a pair in the most critical place in my system: between my Pro-Ject 2Xperience Classic turntable w/Sumiko Blue Point No 2 MC phono cartridge and my Vincent PHO-8 phono pre-amp where I previously had a run of budget king Blue Jean Tartan installed. The improvements in detail and bass response were noticeable immediately. After replacing all of my removable power cables with Pangea products and even moving my entire system from a Plateau rack to a vastly superior Pangea rack over the past two years, I am now convinced there is nothing Pangea CANNOT do to bring quality accessories and audible upgrades to ANY system for near-pocket change prices. I plan to rewire my entire system with these wonderful inexpensive interconnects before Pangea realizes their mistake and raises the prices on them! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!”
“Silly me, I was connecting a $3000 analog frontend to a $6000 pre/amp/speaker with a $5 cable from Amazon, because I didn't believe cables matter. The difference this cable made was immediately evident. More details were present, and dynamics were fuller. This was the most striking difference I've experienced with a cable upgrade.”
