Review #55 - Cable Dedalus Power - Ricable Review
Raphael B.
Sources: Audio Research Reference CD7 CD player; Rega Planar 3 turntable with Sumiko Blue Point cartridge.
Amplifier: Audio Research LS25 MKII preamplifier; Audio Research VS110 and VS55 power amplifiers
Acoustic Speakers: Opera Callas Diva
Other: Cambridge Audio CXN Streamer
The following review of the cable Dedalus Power is the result of the "Ricable Review" initiative. Ricable Review is the program designed by Ricable, created to collect feedback from audiophiles, in order to lead to continuous improvement of the products in the catalog. Last but not least, those who join the program receive a certificate at home, with the purpose of certifying how the customer has become to all intents and purposes part of the " Ricable" family.
The following Feedback was created on the basis of a predefined questionnaire to which the user returned their impressions, in a completely free. We thank Raphael for his time.
I have known you for a long time now, I have my whole system wired with your cables both INTERCONNECT and power cables but with the last test I did you never cease to amaze me, honestly sometimes I struggle to understand where the witchcraft is that allows the quality of your cables to be heard so clearly. Anyway, I got to know you through the Internet. I would like to use your cables connecting power amps and speakers, but being very long and passing inside a bookcase would be very difficult and I imagine expensive to do.
and aesthetics of the product?
The cable is massive, you can see the quality right away at the touch, despite everything it is very flexible and the construction is cared for at all levels. The quality of the packaging is remarkable in both sturdiness and aesthetics, nothing to say. Perhaps the only minor flaw is not having marked phase on the power plug.
I had the system connected to the mains with a common multi-socket power strip where all your cables connected. Then I bought an inexpensive, 150-euro, eight-output Schuko filtered multisocket power strip on the Internet and connected it to the grid via your power cord Dedalus replacing the common power strip that everyone uses in the house.
listening impressions?
After plugging everything in, turning on and warming up the system as usual, I start listening and immediately notice a cleanliness in the voice and in the details, the soundstage was much more detailed and high, the spatiality increased, the bass range powerful and clear as never before. Of course I tried with various CD records, vinyl and DAT cassettes but that was the result, I was a bit incredulous having the whole system already wired Ricable, but surely the multi-socket power strip with normal cable was a bottleneck and did not allow the system to express itself at its best. Now everything is cleaner, every frequency has benefited, and it sounds like listening to another system--magic? I don't know, but the differences are obvious I think even to a neophyte.
Your conclusions.
What can I say, once again you have amazed me with your products which, as I have already written to you, are not very cheap but once you listen and try them they immediately make you forget the money spent and the fights with your wife for buying them. Absolutely to recommend to anyone and I congratulate you again for your work.
What did you enjoy?
- Performance
- Aesthetics
- Quality
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What would you improve?
- Nothing to report
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Raphael in his review pointed out the lack of "phase" marking on the Schuko plug but forgot to report that in the "what would you improve" box. I think it is, however, a suggestion worthy of consideration: in fact, reading the inquiries on the various social groups on the topics concerning sound reproduction (so from power supply to listening) many enthusiasts panic when changing a component and, at first, are not satisfied hoping for a more obvious improvement. Then in the discussion it turns out that the system is out of phase or a component, and here through no fault of their own, for example they have one of the speaker drivers in anti-phase.
Hi Ricky, the phase marking on a power cable with Schuko socket makes little sense because it depends on the position of the phase in the connecting socket. The Schuko socket can be rotated and consequently reverse the phase. It is much more important to look for the phase in the socket and make sure that it is on the IEC side where the "L" is identified, so the cable will carry forward the phase linearity of the socket.