Friday I picked up a package from the post office. It was an order I had been waiting for from CatCables, containing my Thundercats digital cable.
Most of my HT cables are a mix of Monster and Ultra Link, plus a custom made 27 foot set of component cables. My son, who is a tekkie in the commercial big display/broadcast industry had the component cables made for me. But within my system there was still one cheapie I had been meaning to replace. It was an inexpensive RG 59 coax cable running between my Sony 7700 dvd player and the Denon receiver as the digital coax connection. This I decided to replace with a good high quality cable. And after checking out the CatCables site, I decided to go with the Thundercats. And boy, am I glad I did.
The first test was with a movie I had picked up the same day, The Tailor Of Panama. Now there is nothing spectacular about the sound on this movie, but I have never been happy with the dialogue from my Boston Acoustics center speaker so I wanted to see if the Thundercats would make a difference.And they definitely did. Dialogue had never been so well positioned or clear. The background music in Tailor of Panama is, as you'd expect, latin influenced, featuring an assortment of strings and percussion.Let me tell you, I thought someone with a bongo drum was at the front of the room, with a guitarist standing next to him. Later I tried out a few loud movies like U571.The low end on this title was scary even with the cheap cable, but bass now seemed to have a tighter feel to it, and for the first time, I could feel air moving my pantleg.My matched set of Boston Acoustics never sounde so good.
Yesterday I tried out a few cds. I don't normally use the HT setup for music, but I wanted to see how the Thundercats handled music, and I wasn't disappointed.Everything is just more pronounced, from the highest highs to the lowest lows and everything in between.And clean. Man is it clea
Last but not least, the Thundercats are a thing of beauty, and it seems a shame they have to be hidden behind my rack.Thanks,Doug. As promised, you made me a beaut.
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Most of my HT cables are a mix of Monster and Ultra Link, plus a custom made 27 foot set of component cables. My son, who is a tekkie in the commercial big display/broadcast industry had the component cables made for me. But within my system there was still one cheapie I had been meaning to replace. It was an inexpensive RG 59 coax cable running between my Sony 7700 dvd player and the Denon receiver as the digital coax connection. This I decided to replace with a good high quality cable. And after checking out the CatCables site, I decided to go with the Thundercats. And boy, am I glad I did.
The first test was with a movie I had picked up the same day, The Tailor Of Panama. Now there is nothing spectacular about the sound on this movie, but I have never been happy with the dialogue from my Boston Acoustics center speaker so I wanted to see if the Thundercats would make a difference.And they definitely did. Dialogue had never been so well positioned or clear. The background music in Tailor of Panama is, as you'd expect, latin influenced, featuring an assortment of strings and percussion.Let me tell you, I thought someone with a bongo drum was at the front of the room, with a guitarist standing next to him. Later I tried out a few loud movies like U571.The low end on this title was scary even with the cheap cable, but bass now seemed to have a tighter feel to it, and for the first time, I could feel air moving my pantleg.My matched set of Boston Acoustics never sounde so good.
Yesterday I tried out a few cds. I don't normally use the HT setup for music, but I wanted to see how the Thundercats handled music, and I wasn't disappointed.Everything is just more pronounced, from the highest highs to the lowest lows and everything in between.And clean. Man is it clea
Last but not least, the Thundercats are a thing of beauty, and it seems a shame they have to be hidden behind my rack.Thanks,Doug. As promised, you made me a beaut.
My Homepage!
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