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Old 11-28-2020, 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by audioquest4life View Post
How do you think the Alpha V2 ICs compare to Audioquest Fire? Either XLR or RCA versions.
Rent both in, and you can find out for yourself in your system and room. The new Alpha V2s have the Shunyata TAP technology inherited from the Sigma lines. In my experience TAP provides a notable improvement in soundstage 3-dimensionalty (depth, width and height), improved inner detail, transparency, layering, articulation, precision, and resolution/separation and "body" of "voices" (either instrumental or singers), in the presentation relative to cables that don't have.
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