By Juan C. Ayllon It was incredible: John McLaughlin, Paco DeLucia and Al Di Meola were actually seated in my family room, jamming flamenco style, their fingers whirring blindingly fast on their acoustic guitars. As long as I live, I will never forget it.
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By Juan C. Ayllon He probably doesn’t remember, but I first met the affable, San Diego, California-based Rob Fritz at his Audio Art Cable booth at my first AXPONA (Audio Expo North America) show in 2014. I enjoyed our chat and since then have received periodic marketing emails from him. Recently, when I saw his ad on their new HPX1-SE headphone cables, I asked to review them.
As I am currently reviewing the Cypher Labs Prautes Headphone amplifier ($3,900) and the PS Audio BHK Signature preamplifier (at $6,000, it has an excellent, built-in head amp), this made perfect sense to me. When I mentioned to Rob that I own a pair of Fostex T50RP headphones, he was tactful. Acknowledging that it is a strong value for the money, he suggested that the Audeze LCD-3 ($1,995) and Sennheiser HD800 S ($1,699) might be better fits and, after I agreed, he reached out to their principals. Several weeks later, two pairs of Audio Art Cable HPX-1SE headphone cables, as well as the cans, arrive at my home. |
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