Review #14 - Cable Speaker Dedalus Speaker - Try a Ricable

... after almost a month of cross-listening, I tell you about the speaker cables Ricable, model Dedalus Speaker.

The comparison was made with my AM Audio branded litz cables, Ramm power supply and Zavfino. Ramm signal. With the following system: amplifier Balanced Audio Technology VK-300se, DAC AQUA La Voce and streamer SOtM with dedicated power supply. ProAc D Two speakers on Music Tools stand.

They are very flexible and manageable cables, have bananas on both sides, and are perfectly anchored giving an exceptional sense of stability and grip...in short, they are beautiful to look at and very well made!

I tried to do a methodical job, drew up a playlist--rather long but with songs I know well--and did a first listening with my cables, looking for merits and demerits, then, in a very superficial way, I plugged in the Ricable and started to let them run in without giving too much thought to listening but letting them play without thinking about anything. I preface that after several days the sound changed for the better!

I can say with some confidence that, knowing the sound of my set-up very well and having a trained ear, I am now able to pick up even the smallest differences...this is not presumption but experience gained from hundreds of hours of listening! What initially seemed to reveal a softened high range has instead turned out to be a high range with a linear and open response curve! Let me explain further, there are no steps between the midrange and the treble! Whereas with the litz you can hear a step that, to a careless listener, is deceptive!

Actually the one with the Ricable is a very linear and open high range that rises with a really pleasant perception, transparent but never harsh! On vocals the difference is sharp so much so that my partner has noticed it! Usually she does not pronounce but... she tells me, "The sound is more open and airy." The midrange is very fine and also allows a slight improvement on the imaging front, which is a little deeper and with well-defined sound planes.

These cables have a characteristic! That of passing more energy through, as if the signal has increased, as a result the bass range is sharper and more bursting! More energetic! So beware: if there is a flaw, it will come out even sharper in the response with the Ricable ! They don't fix the sound, but in my opinion they make it come through to the speakers even sharper, so faults come and go! Of course, the same goes for the merits.

I honestly did not think I would find these differences so clear... it was an enlightening experience for me that, once again, made me notice the differences between one cable and another, which are not exaggerated, but allow us to at least arrive at a refinement of the ideal sound or, better, at what is our ideal sound. Cables don't work miracles, but they have to make sure they don't alter the signal, and in my opinion these Ricable do!

So much so that I decided to keep them!