Mr. Zanetti's review of discovering cables Ricable Invictus (part two)

Sometimes they come back. Whether you always follow us and therefore have already read it, or whether you have met us recently and want to catch up on the first part of Mr. Zanetti's testimony., today we publish its final act. The rules of the previous chapter apply: as a matter of transparency, we are reporting the customer's feedback to you just as we received it. We had arrived at the time when Mr. Zanetti had just left our office, while now he is about to provide a review of the cables Invictus Ricable all his own...

After seeing all those cables at Mr. Sergio's, I could not refrain from asking him to try some of them. So I came home with a 2.5-meter power cable, a 2-meter Speaker cable and a 1-meter balanced INTERCONNECT cable. All strictly blue ( Invictus series).

Currently, my sound system is composed as follows:

• Accuphase 2410 preamplifier
• Pass XA 30.5 power amplifier (pure class A)
• Sonus Faber Amati Anniversary speaker systems

The power, signal and speaker cables were purchased in the USA by the meter and later completed by me. The power and speaker cables are 99.9999% PCOCC (Pure Copper Ohno Continuing Casting) copper while the cables INTERCONNECT are 7N silver (99.99999%). I am practically beginning to see differences: the single copper wire in my power cables is 0.5 mm in diameter, while in Ricable it is 0.1 mm. Same diameter also in the cables Speaker . But the Ricable, in the cables Speaker , have a diameter of 80 microns and are 90 wires (threads?!)!

I am beginning to have a strange impression. I want to see and test whether they are better or worse than mine. So I will not use my Accuphase PS 1210 power conditioner, but the Monster Cable 1000 power strip (with modified cable) and again the Wireworld neutral power strip. So, I plug the MC 1000 power strip into the wall outlet, then plug the cable Ricable into one outlet. Into the MC 1000 and at the other end I connect Ricable to the Wireworld outlet (via IEC). Finally to the Wireworld I connect preamp and power amp. I add the OPPO UDP 205 universal player that I will need for Hi-Res files of liquid music (DSD 128 resolution).

I begin my listening with the track Gostas Waltz, by the trio Treecircle label Opus 3. I focus on the details. The tapping of the sticks and brushes on the drum cymbals is exceptionally warm, very precise, the drums are pushed forward into the imaginary scenery; one is immersed in the sound. I continue with classical music: Violin Sonata No. 3, Op. 45 by Edvard Grieg, label 2L. Swedish violinist Hemsing interprets the sonata beautifully; the period violin has a strong, pronounced sound and is reproduced in all its magnificence. The piano is no less impressive. The recording is excellent and you can hear the hammers striking the taut strings. I continue with Beethoven 's Symphony No. 7 conducted by Manfred Honeck with the Pittsburgh Symphony. Tremendous impression, the orchestra is projected against me: total immersion.

I discover that a French sound engineer-Rene Laflamme-recovers old jazz tapes, digitizes them into DSD for the 2XHD label. It is a beautiful discovery, the cleaned and digitized tapes bring back the great classics of jazz. I start with Teddy Wilson (St. Louis Blues), continue with Ben Webster (Gentle Ben) and again with Benny Carter (Summer Serenade). The old time sound comes out in all its beauty. I look at these big blue cables: they are a phenomenon! I put my PCOCCs back on. Um, um. Gee, they are less accurate, less, less, less musical, that is. Do you want to see that I still have to change the cables?

These Ricable are beginning to worry me. It seems that the power goes through more easily! In fact, by replacing them with mine and keeping the volume knob fixed, it seems that the sound pressure increases. Psychoacoustics? Maybe, but that's the impression. Mah, now that I think about it, the bass has also increased; in fact, I no longer use the Accuphase's loudness for low volume listening. I think I understand. Mr. Sergio and his gang have found a way to poke the electrons and make them go faster!

L.R. Zanetti

We necessarily, and once again, thank Mr. Zanetti for his sympathy, time and care in giving us this account-review of the cables Invictus Ricable , divided into two parts.