Hi Keith, Apologies for the delay, I've been traveling in LA this week. Yes, the Gamma and Theta will replace Venom and Delta cables, though a couple of the Venom power cords, like the HCv2 will remain as they offer an affordable high-current option. I believe the Venom 14 Digital will also remain as a less expensive option for digital. The two big tech advantage being offered in both Theta and Gamma is the PMZ process and the KPIPv2. We were able to scale the PMZ and tool up the process to make it more affordable to run. The quarter-speed extrusion remains exactly as it is for the digital cables, which has earned them exposure at the top of the pro-recording industry and with manufacturers of the best digital hardware systems. I knew this would confer an advantage in performance to the analog cables but was surprised at the degree of improvement. Caelin also revised the Kinetic Phase Inversion Processin a very significant way. When I receive cables for prototyping, even with the KPIP run on them for 4 days, they require a couple days of use to stabilize and offer great performance after being shipped. This was different. Almost immediately, my wife and I were taken aback by how they performed. Of course, all this is preliminary. Regardless of what we think, the truth of any product's value becomes known only after 6 months to a year in the market.
After 25 years spent listening to all of Caelin's "ideas" in the raw, it's become clear when something stands out and that's been my impression of these cables. They have the coherence and purity one would expect from cables that use OCC single crystal copper, of course. Where they separate themselves is in the areas where pure silver cables usually dominate -- timing, micro-dynamics, low-octave control, frequency extension, decay and impact. As listeners, we were struck by their agility, background silence and timing precision. For frame of reference, I was using our OCC silver Omega interconnects, as well as the Delta and Venom cables as comparators, so the bar was set fairly high. The Gamma and Theta cables still retain the textural and tonal qualities that defines the OCC conductor material, but listeners may be taken by surprise at their dynamic range and timing precision. That's the difference the combination of the KPIPv2 and PMZ (1/4 speed extrusion) process confers on these cables. Pricing was set to maximize exposure, so we'd encourage people to compare them to cables well above their price points. My comments are in direct reference to the analog interconnects of both Gamma and Theta, but the digital cables of both lines have also benefitted from a similar boost in performance. The power cables also benefit from the KPIPv2.
If you have any specific or questions, feel freee to e-mail us directly!
Best regards,
Grant
