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    Vinyl Fundamentalist Forums Moderator poppachubby's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by RoadRunner6
    Sorry folks, but some continuing medical/surgery issues. I'm fine just lots of bed rest due to complications. My Emotiva cables are still sitting in their boxes.

    This new review doesn't have much meat in the how do they sound category but informative especially about build quality.

    http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/cable...av-cables.html
    Take it easy bro...

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    Anyone buy from Knuconcept cables? I've had an interesting experience with them. After reading of their clearance sale in this forum, I went to the site and purchased 4 sets of 1M interconnects, a set of 5M interconnects and a 'Y' cable I wanted to use for bi-amped dual subwoofers.

    I received the cables in about three days. When I opened the box, I noticed they short-shipped the 1M interconnects and sent one pair instead of four. The invoice had toner smear along the left-hand side, so I couldn't tell if they had been back-ordered. I immediately sent email via the contact page on their website. I didn't hear anything in two days so called their non-toll-free number and spoke with a sales person. The rep said they were out of the clearance interconnects, but were going to send me three others which were upgrades. I said no problem.

    I then attempted to replace my current 'Y' cable and interconnect on my biamped subs with the Knuconcept cables. Their cables immediately shutdown my amp. I got out my multimeter and determined the whited-tagged interconnect was wired wrong on one end. The signal wire on one end went to the ground on the other end and vice versa.

    With the short shipment and now the bad cable, I'm not feeling "warm and fuzzy" about Knuconcept cables. I believe if I hadn't called them they wouldn't have proactively sent the remaining 1M cables and I still haven't heard back about the 5M interconnect which is wired wrong. I understand they're clearance items, but they should still be safe to use without shutting down my amp.

    I checked and installed the remaining 1M interconnects between my receiver's pre-outs and Emotiva XPA-5 5ch amp. I watched/listened to "District 9" Blu-ray through them, but will wait until they've had a proper break-in before posting an evaluation.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bfalls
    Their cables immediately shutdown my amp. I got out my multimeter and determined the whited-tagged interconnect was wired wrong on one end. The signal wire on one end went to the ground on the other end and vice versa.

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    What a nightmare!!! Clearance does not mean unusable garbage. I wouldn't take this on the chin. You should call them up and make every demand possible. Good chance they brush you off, but then again, maybe not.

    You should certainly try, if for nothing else, to keep yourself from fashioning a 1M cable into a noose and checking out.

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    Here's an update on my Knuconcepts closeout cable purchase. I feel it's necessary if you bash a vendor for bad practices, you should also praise them for good. Although their communication is bad (took two emails and three calls) they did come through with a replacement.

    The last time I called I was able to talk to some one who offered to replace the cable. They no longer had the cables, so gave me the option of either having it replaced by a shorter version of the same cable, or getting a refund. The original cable was 5m, they wanted to replace it with a 4m version.

    I felt it was best all around to take the shorter replacement. I also asked them what they'd like me to do with the defective cable. Since the extra length was overkill and I really only needed a 3m or 4m cable, the replacement was fine. Also, since they didn't respond to get the original cable back, I'll repair it myself to offset the difference in length. With a cost of only $5.49 for the cable, I didn't think they would want it back, nor would I have shipped it if I had to pay the shipping.

    I'm still in the process of evaluating the cables, up to now all has been fine. I'll update my review later. For now though, I can neither recommend the cables or the service. Although I did receive a replacement, having them short-ship me originally, getting a bad cable and then them having such bad communication, they will not be my first pick in the future. They would need to have another "blowout" before I would consider them.

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    anyone pick up a set of the emotiva RCA ICs yet? wonder how they compare to BJC or Monoprice?

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    Quote Originally Posted by atomicAdam
    anyone pick up a set of the emotiva RCA ICs yet? wonder how they compare to BJC or Monoprice?
    I did recently just to see what they are like...The X-Series are well constructed and I was impressed. I think I still prefer the BJC but they do cost more money...if space and tight bends are a factor, that's one area the BJC's come up short though.
    Here were my thoughts:
    Emotiva ERC-1 vs Arcam CD72t - My thoughts...

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