Revelation Audio Labs'Prophecy' CryoSilver ReferenceusedRevelation Audio Labs 'Prophecy' CryoSilver Reference Ceramic PowerFree FireWire digital link cable, 1.25-meter"Speaking as a classical music string player with forty years' experience of live & reproduced music, I really felt that more of the spectrum was reproduced via these digital interconnects, th...49.00

Revelation Audio Labs 'Prophecy' CryoSilver Reference Ceramic PowerFree FireWire digital link cable, 1.25-meter

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"Speaking as a classical music string player with forty
years' experience of live & reproduced music, I really felt that more of
the spectrum was reproduced via these digital interconnects, the
"grain" of upper harmonics revealed the individual colours of each
instrument positioned precisely in an allotted space & given acoustics.
Increased presence; dynamics were noticeable albeit without any aggressive or
"shouty" aspect.
 



The soundstage also widened; deepened. 



I identified the violin of Christian Ferras in the sixties &
then again, played four decades later by Corey Cerovsèk in a different hall!
Not the sound of any violin, rather that violin! From the "fluffy,
horsehair on gut" sound of pianissimo strings to the liquid sound of a
Cavaillé-Coll pipe organ, the endless nuances of the timbres made me simply
want to just sit back & enjoy a moment in time with the performers."


(READ THIS TESTIMONIAL IN ITS ENTIRETY BELOW). 


The
‘Prophecy’ FireWire digital link cable employs an entirely new ground breaking structure
- PowerFree™ - comprised of only the digital signal lines. This cable is specially designed to handle only the delicate digital music signal. This version omits the power conductors and connections all together. No corrupted computer power runs through this cable to your processor at all (or hard drive, or for whatever application you are using this cable for). Please note this cable is ONLY for use with equipment that does not require power to be supplied from the source equipment (certain processors such as Weiss, etc.). A standard Firewire cable (i.e. all other Firewire cables) transfer power AND signal. When you use this cable with equipment that does not need the Firewire cable to transfer power, the benefits and sonic improvements that are gained by using such a cable are utterly profound. Please confirm that your equipment does not need power to be transfered by the Firewire cable before you bid on this cable.


It is widely known that the radiated noise from power cables
affects signal cables and damages sound quality when a signal cable and a power
cable are installed in parallel or come into contact with each other. However,
virtually every FireWire cable available on the market have the signal line and
power line in one cable together - we can easily imagine how sound quality is
deteriorated by this structure.


Some high-end FireWire cables
have independently shielded signal and power lines. However, these two lines
are in close proximity in the same cable and are constantly causing noise
reflections inside the outer shielding tube which will significantly damage
sound quality. The power supply lines in FireWire cables can potentially
transmit a large amount of 'noise' that is generated by the source. This 'dirty
power' seriously degrades the quality of the signal being transmitted and
therefore, audio sound quality is greatly reduced. Our PowerFree design offers
the ultimate in isolation of the signal lines from the power bus. This is the only FireWire
cable which is successful in stopping noise interaction between the power and
signal lines.



Here we have a 1.25-meter length of Revelation
Audio Labs 'Prophecy' CryoSilver Reference PowerFree™
 FireWire digital
link cable.  Hand crafted in the United States.  This particular
cable is Type 800 (9-pin) connector to Type 400 (6-pin) connector.  PLEASE CHECK YOUR EQUIPMENT BEFORE BIDDING.


Once again the cable offered in this auction was freshly
made-to-order for another of our very good, long-term customers, just to have the customer
request a different length – so we were left holding the cable that we had
already invested resources in making. It is an outright sin for it not to
be enjoyed, when someone (maybe you) could use such an upgrade, place it
in your system and place yourself closer than ever to the music you
love.    


Not to belabor you here, as we encourage you to study our web
site Technical Design page for a full thesis on our
design technologies - but as a brief synopsis, this cable features: 


• We start with bare single
crystal five-nines (5N) ultra-pure solid core CryoSilver™
conductors – deep cryogenically treated in our exclusive vacuum cryogenic
process. Silver is the most electrically conductive of all the elements,
and our silver is not your father’s silver.  The raw, uninsulated wire
used is made by a U.S. company that specializes in precision silver wiring
technology primarily for advanced aerospace and medical imaging industries.
 Each conductor is individually polished by hand to a smooth
mirror-like finish


Big Air™ dielectrics – the air envelope of each
discreet conductor is greatly oversized in diameter relative to the
conductor diameter within it 


• N.O.S. (New Old Stock) U.S. manufactured transparent PTFE
Teflon isolator tubes – hermetically sealed to form the air dielectrics.
This system provides an air dielectric that is unaffected by ambient
atmospheric conditions


• Progressive Hand Wrap™ discreet solid shields
for each conductor pole, isolating each conductor/dielectric sub-assembly
from all others within the cable array, to eliminate EM effects, cross
talk, and eddy currents  


• Triple-layer solid and helically-woven U.S. made military
specification stranded outer shielding  


• All shieldings drained to the source ends only (to
carry absorbed internal and external EMI/RFI noise harmlessly away from
the music) 


• Conduits feature our Ceramic MicroSphere™ technology
for absorption and dissipation of vibrations, resonances and microphonics,
both internal to the cable and external, mechanical and air bourne, as
well as for the control of EM energy 


• High quality connectors


• Cables are fully conditioned on our audiodharma Cable
Cooker
 and contacts are treated with Walker Audio E-SST
Extreme Super Silver Treatment
 contact enhancer prior to
shipment 



Continuation of the above partially quoted testimonial in its entirety:  


Mr. Michael Murray-Robertson,
an English classical music reviewer and symphonic 'cellist, apparently has a
renown state-of-the-art listening environment, which employed the dCS Scarlatti
four-piece stack with two of our DualConduit™ FireWire
cables, one of our AES/EBU cables, three of our BNC clocking cables, with Nagra
tube amplification and Quad ESL speakers...here is quoting an e-mail he sent to
dCS that he cc'd me (quoting, in italics):



Dear David, Dear Rav,



As usual, it was good speaking with you on the telephone but I
do look forward to your visit in person when this finally works out! Let's hope
my proposed dates prove convenient for you; Rav. My offer of a night here still
stands!



As promised, I can confirm that the six digital cables for
quadruple dCS Scarlatti from Revelation Audio Labs are outstanding. We made
extensive comparisons cable by cable on original recordings at which I was
present including Telarc: the results were obviously superior. 



Speaking as a classical music string player with forty years'
experience of live & reproduced music, I really felt that more of the
spectrum was reproduced via these digital interconnects, the "grain"
of upper harmonics revealed the individual colours of each instrument
positioned precisely in an allotted space & given acoustics. Increased
presence; dynamics were noticeable albeit without any aggressive or
"shouty" aspect.



The soundstage also widened; deepened.



I identified the violin of Christian Ferras in the sixties &
then again, played four decades later by Corey Cerovsèk in a different hall!
Not the sound of any violin, rather that violin! From the "fluffy,
horsehair on gut" sound of pianissimo strings to the liquid sound of a
Cavaillé-Coll pipe organ, the endless nuances of the timbres made me simply
want to just sit back & enjoy a moment in time with the performers.



In all honesty, I must warn that these cables are stiff; that
undue bending for demos around the world might cause problems. Perhaps Rav
could leave them in their pre-formed shape & pack them in foam for travel?
And as I said, they do need time to 'burn in' despite the generous time given
for this at Revelation. I was unable to resist trying their balanced analogue
and loudspeaker cables; the latter especially need time.
The French say: 'you have to suffer to be beautiful', and the
English: 'patience is a virtue!'



I'm impatient but will not need to suffer again as I have found
what I wanted...an 'even closer approach to the original sound'.
 



I look forward to your news as promised. Bravo and best wishes,
to all at Swavesey.
- Michael"
Addendum: "Revelation Audio Labs cables have helped us
reach an exceptional degree of untarnished communication of music, so I keenly
recommended them here." - M.M.R.


Subsequent to employing our digital cable set, Mr. Murray-Robertson
fully wired his system exclusively with Revelation Audio Labs cables - from
wall to speaker - all power cables, digital cables, analogue interconnects and
loudspeaker cables.   Then most recently he replaced his Scarlatti stack
with the VIVALDI stack, as well as commissioning a second system at his
professional location, employing the dCS Vivaldi stack and again employing
a full loom of Revelation Audio Labs cables.


Here is the e-mail I received from him to commission this
project:


Quoting his e-mail titled, "Still delighted - still a
Revelation!"
 



"Yes indeed, the title is as 100% as your cables after
years of daily professional use!



They have been heard (better- NOT heard!) by countless musicians
- incl. conductors & composers of worldwide reputation - alongside dCS,
Nagra & Quad in our purpose-built listening room. You must know that dCS'
new VIVALDI system is generally considered the absolute top 4-box digital
set-up. Two directors have just personally installed this at our place,
replacing our SCARLATTI system, & in the concert performance hall.
Therefore we will require another full set of cables.
It was such a
pleasure to deal personally last time & I look forward to your reply. An
article for the Swiss Muskzeitung is planned. 


Kind thoughts, Michael
Murray-Robertson


Keep in mind that Mr. Murray-Robertson is not a high end
equipment reviewer but a classical music reviewer, and as such does not
technically write reviews for equipment. Please e-mail me at:  [email protected] if
you want his contact information as a reference. Mr. Murray-Robertson
has not been compensated by Revelation Audio Labs in any way.  dCS
unofficially approves our cables with their equipment (although they have a
policy of officially endorsing no particular cable). 
In addition, here are brief comments from another international
AudiogoN member who purchased this cable set (also seen in our AudiogoN
feedback):



"I just want to thank you and let you know that your
FireWire and clock cable set for dCS is awesome! Very musical, black
background, very detailed and good soudstage and imaging are pinpoint accurate...excellent
cables! Highly recommended! Thank you and more power to you and Revelation
Audio Labs."
 



TERMS: 


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We prefer PayPal, but will only accept a check or postal
money order from U.S. buyer, or only a postal money order from a Canadian
buyer. PayPal ONLY for the rest of the Planet Earth. 



Revelation Audio Labs does not offer various models, with
their respective price points, for a prospective application, the old game
played by almost every high end audio cable manufacturer. This is because
each of our cable types is simply the very best that it can possibly be,
and comparable to the very finest cables available. Yet, our prices are
very competitive, because our factory-direct sales eliminate inevitable
distributor mark-up.  Our cables would sell for 3x to 4x the amount they
do if they were mass produced for global distribution.


We sell directly to the end user, to save you money.  



Revelation Audio Labs is now in our TWENTIETH year of listing selling
our cables on AudiogoN! View our HUNDREDS of great buyer feedbacks. With all respect, what
other cable maker selling on AudiogoN can make that claim?
 Our business on AudiogoN has always meant a great deal to us –
especially for the many music lovers it has connected us with. We thank
you for your support. 


Our mission: "bringing fine music ever closer, which
creates beauty in the world, bringing peace and healing as it enriches the
quality of all our lives". 



Good luck on winning the auction!
 

 

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