I would tend to disagree.
And you have every right to do so. Just like I have every right to disagree as well. The hobby is very subjective and everyone has different goals and hears differently....
Reality Cables will also get you 95% of the way there.
Umm... no... it won't...unless 95% of the way there means they both allow signal to pass through them. On a system that is resolving enough to show the differences, these two aren't even close.... but then again, given the price difference, one would expect that... now if we're comparing the entry level Ultraconductor stuff against Reality Cables, then the comparison is a lot closer... but the price is also nearly identical at that point.... JPS doesn't really start to distance itself from the others until you get into their middle to upper models... which as Mike said, cost a bundle...
I personally *hate* spending money on cables. It drives me up the wall to know that I have to spend cash to improve the connections between the main components. I've heard hundreds of models of cables over the years... It took a demo in my own system with my own ears to make me part with a stupid amount of cash after I personally swore I'd never spend this much (nor anywhere close to this much) on cables ever. But hands down, over everything else I've ever bought in this hobby, my purchase of the JPS Aluminata and SC3 cables has been the most rewarding, most enjoyable money I've ever spent. Period. And that includes purchases of music itself. I never would have enjoyed some of my music collection as much without these cables.
Will they be perfect for everyone? Nope. Everyone has their own idea of perfect and may not like what they do to their system and what they reveal about the other components connected together.
Would I like the MSRP to be lower so I could afford them easier (and potentially sell more of them to people)? Yup, sure would. But I will continue to respectfully disagree with your opinion about their value and how well JPS competes with other products. They are very expensive for the upper models.... but they're worth every single penny and then some to me... especially compared to the alternatives. And that includes the SC+ model that as mike states is getting up there in years. Some of the newer designs are better, albeit even more expensive than the SC+.
My apologies, too Ken for hijacking... back to our regularly scheduled discussion of transporters... I'm curious to hear your modded unit. I had a stock unit here for a while and found it very interesting what it was capable of. There are still a couple local guys with stock units here in town that we could compare the two units in a head to head if we have a future get together. I'd be curious to hear what the modded unit does to the sound compared to stock.
If Richard S is up to it, it might also be cool to compare against his unit.....
Shane
back to finishing laying down the walnut floors.... almost done at the house... it's starting to finally come together... woooohoooo!!!
