Now that I have had the Indra in the system for a few months, there is no way I would want to part with them. In my experience, the greatest components don’t sound like anything. They let you hear and feel the music, but not the cable, amp, or CD player. You may not realize how good a component is until you take it out of the system and replace it with something else. Every time I take the Indra out, I hear differences. The GC and PGS sound warmer and slightly compressed, the Cardas GR sounds a bit bright, MITs sound dark … Swap the Indra back in – the music is back!! This cable delivers the biggest soundstage I have heard from any cable to date. It also has more punch in the bass and more air up top. There is just more of everything there! With the Indra, Eva Cassidy, Ben Harper, John Coltrane, Norah Jones are right with you in the room. The Indra bring me closer to the music than any other cable I have had in the system. They are pricey, but then again so are the best cables out there and I truly believe the Indra can hold its own when compared to the very best and might even better some of them. Since I have not heard all of them, I can’t say for sure, but given the level of enjoyment and musicality that the Indra have brought to my system, I have no intention of trying any other cables in their place.
In sum, the Indra is a very special cable that will retain a very special place in my system for a long time. Two more comments about Stealth cables in general: Be patient, Stealth cables need more time to fully burn in and settle into your system than most other cables I have tried. But they are well worth the wait. I have noticed that there is a unique synergy when combining Stealth cables. Add one pair and you hear a difference, change all cables to Stealth and the improvement is magnified. While I cannot afford to buy two more Indras, I have bought two pairs of the PGS and run them from the preamp to the Merlin Bam, to the amps. The whole system now sounds more musical, open, and natural than it did with all my Cardas wiring. I hope I will be able to get my hands and ears on a pair of Serguei’s new Dream speaker cables soon to see if the synergy can be improved even more.
Happy Listening!
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