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Every once and a while something unique touches our existence. If we’re perceptive we note and gauge how our life has been made better. Recently, I had this inspiring experience with an interconnect cable from Homegrown Audio Co (www. homegrownaudio.com).

The company website notes the Silver Lace “will exceed your expectations.” I do not disagree. It is a wonderful interconnect. The cable is constructed of eight stands of fine silver teflon coated wire woven into a flexible braid with locking RCA connectors. The cost of the wire alone makes the Silver Lace a great value. But it is the value of audio that makes this interconnect remarkable.

Recreation of an accurate sound picture is the strength of the Silver Lace. Speakers literally melt into soundstage. Although admirable, this quality may not be everyone’s cup of tea and I will explain.

The CD “Sinatra at the Sands” (Reprise) is 1966 recording remastered with 20 bit technology. Simply structured, there are two elements to the recording. Frank Sinatra with his smooth voice and the Count Basie Orchestra. On lesser cables Frank stands between the speakers and the orchestra on a rather flat plane with him.

With the Silver Lace Frank Sinatra blends into the band on the stage. Frank no longer stands out. He is among the orchestra and the whole live scene becomes rather amazing. You hear the great Count Basie Orchestra conducted by Quincy Jones as it lays a detailed underscoring to Frank’s mellow crooning. It is an entirely different CD with these cables.

On the CD “Classic Kennedy” (EMI) Nigel Kennedy plays a violin that modulates a very high pitched tone. With lesser cables the recorded violin will tear off ears. (Perhaps a bit of an overstatement.) The Silver Lace cable creates a new larger soundstage for Nigel and the English Chamber Orchestra. Detail makes the violin strings sing. An outstanding performance becomes a joy to hear.

I’ve heard Academy of Music in Philadelphia on the CD “Nature’s Realm” (Water Lily Acoustics) described from the CD as “small” and “boxy little hall.” I’ve never been to the Academy, but using the Silver Lace is a revelation. The Orchestra is performing on a stage of remarkable resonance. What may sound “small” or “boxy” becomes features to the sound landscape created by the Philadelphia Orchestra. The Silver Lace brings out detail to the point that I believe I can detect two areas of minor overmodulation in the recent all tube equipment recording.

Forever an experimenter, I disconnected one channel and used a single Silver Lace in place of my usual digital cable, a Canare Digiflex Gold. The sound was distinctively more detailed, broadened the sound stage and was tighter in bass control. The Silver Lace is unshielded, so this will take some further exploring. (Homegrown has a 30 day return warranty.)

Some prefer punchy sound, even colored sound with audio equipment. Rock music often comes to mind for this presentation. If you are partial to this music taste, then these cables are likely not a great choice. For me, I applaud the genius that created them.

How good are the Silver Lace interconnect cables? I don’t have enough experience with high three figure, four figure or five figure cables to say. The website says the Silver Lace is a “reference quality interconnect that we feel outperforms any cable, at any price.” I don’t quibble. It is a cable of remarkable honesty. It is all music, which is the highest compliment I can pay.

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