High Fidelity Cables

[Bobofei86]

Has anyone had an experience with the new CT-2 Double Helix Signature line? I currently audition XLR interconnect and speaker cables and I really like the presentation: lots of resolution, transparency, huge 3D soundstage. The soundstage and the resolution are probably the main 2 attributes of the HFC and they create this WOW effect that is really impressive. In my experience no other cable brand has such a wow factor even if you put just one cable in a system. I’ve compared the HFC XLR to Gryphon VIP and MIT MI-2C3D Level 1 and it’s not even close.
So is there a catch? I still have my doubts wether this extra resolution and 3D effect are natural. There are several threads on this and other forums that High Fidelity products are just snake oil. It is also kind of strange that none of the WBF big guys with the big systems uses High Fidelity products and some people, who did use them in the past, no longer do that. Is it a reputation or performance related?

Don't worry mate, once you addicted to the presentation by HFC products, you will stay with them espeically their professional series

Im using their flagship pro double helix signature XLR for my ATC active speakers, it's much better than the Nordost Odin2 XLR i tried, even Odin2 is one of the best on the market already HFC gives the sound stage with 3D feeling and most importantly, everything sounds so coherent and very close to the 'real acoustic', apart from the XLR, im using few units of their MC1pro helix conditioners and their pro series power cord to feed my SGM Extreme, they are the best cables I have ever tried

I just got the funding and ordered 2 more pro series power cord already if you like their tone, you will add more and more HFC products like me

 

[abeidrov]

Well, I am not so sure that HFC is the best path to take in my case. I’ve just compared HFC CT-2 Double Helix Signature XLR + speaker cables to Transparent Ultra. While the HFC set was better resolving, Transparent are easier to listen to, I would say they sound more natural. The HFC are a little bit too much in the face. Maybe it’s my room or Mephisto, I really have no idea. My dealer suggested I try a more expensive line of HFC before making a final decision.

 

[Bobofei86]

Well, I am not so sure that HFC is the best path to take in my case. I’ve just compared HFC CT-2 Double Helix Signature XLR + speaker cables to Transparent Ultra. While the HFC set was better resolving, Transparent are easier to listen to, I would say they sound more natural. The HFC are a little bit too much in the face. Maybe it’s my room or Mephisto, I really have no idea. My dealer suggested I try a more expensive line of HFC before making a final decision.

Please take at least 2-3 weeks Run in first before you make the decision, based on my experience, the run in process for hfc cables is different from other brand, it’s not run in the cable itself but it depends on how long you plug and play in your system, I guess it’s something like to wait for the magnetic power take effective in your system chain which usually need few weeks to get the best result, usually the initial stage is a bit bass shy, not an opened stage and slight affected the dynamic, but it will get much better after enough Run in especially the bass portion