Revelation Audio LabsTestament CryoSilver Reference loudspeaker cablesnewRevelation Audio Labs Testament CryoSilver Reference loudspeaker cablesBrand new 1.5 meter length set of four Revelation Audio Labs 'Testament' CryoSilver Reference TrueShotgun loudspeaker cables. Your choice of pure silver spade or banana connectors on amp and speak...2849.00

Revelation Audio Labs Testament CryoSilver Reference loudspeaker cables

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Brand new 1.5 meter length set of four Revelation Audio Labs 'Testament' CryoSilver Reference TrueShotgun loudspeaker cables.  Your choice of pure silver spade or banana connectors on amp and speaker ends - please specify - WBT-0681-Ag Nextgen sandwich spade or WBT-0610-Ag Nextgen slanted locking banana.  Other lengths available - just ask.

Full TrueShotgun™ configuration - discrete (+) and (-) cables to each speaker.  Hand crafted in The United States of America.

We couldn't have said it better ourselves...

"Regarding burn-in, the Purist Audio Design disc has allowed the music to “pop in.” I guess they are 80%-90% broken-in. 

Impressions of Testament speaker cables compared to the Silversmith Silver speaker cables: 

The Testament speaker cables are faster with far greater resolution from low to high. High end details are simply something else; a Martin guitar sounds like a Martin; a Gibson mandolin sounds like a Gibson. On the other hand, the Silversmith speaker cables sound slower and darker. 

Most of all, the dynamic qualities of the Testament speaker cables are simply the best I have ever heard. The Silversmith tends to compress dynamics with a darker more congealed sound. The Testament bass is very fast and defined with great power and slam. 

The Testaments are more forward in character—a good thing for my Levinson 32 preamp which tends to give a further back, more distant perspective. 

In short, your Testaments are a wonderful, revealing, dynamic speaker cable. My Silversmiths are up for sale.”    — Paul

 

“Having now had adequate opportunity to test the cables, I thought a short review was in order.

Soundwise, I find them an improvement on my Tara Air 1 cables. They have greater extension and air than the Taras. Of more interest is the more full and defined bass. I have had poor luck with silver cables in the bass and I felt I might need to go back to the Taras if the Testaments did not measure up. Some discussion with other audiophiles leads me to believe that the less satisfying bass found in many silver cables is due to the makers using too thin a gauge of wire. This is often suggested as the reason for the brighter highs, as well. Perhaps simply using a beefier gauge of silver wire is your secret---I don't know! In any case, I'm pleased.

I also note that while the Taras were very sensitive to outside interference (they really had to be up on cable elevators and dressed away from the steel stand) your Testaments seem, to my ears at least, to be pretty much immune. Again, this is impressive and speaks well to the effectiveness of your (design).

Overall, I'm happy with the biwire pair”    —T.S.

Mr. Michael Murray-Robertson, an English classical music reviewer and symphonic 'cellist, apparently has a renown state-of-the-art listening enviroment, employing the dCS Scarlatti four-piece stack with Nagra tube amplification and Quad ESL speakers...here is quoting his e-mail:

"I can confirm that the 'Testament' CryoSilver Reference TrueShotgun loudspeaker cables from Revelation Audio Labs are outstanding. We made extensive comparisons cable by cable on original recordings at which I was present including Telarc: the results were obviously superior. 

Speaking as a classical music string player with forty years' experience of live & reproduced music, I really felt that more of the spectrum was reproduced via these cables, the "grain" of upper harmonics revealed the individual colours of each instrument positioned precisely in an allotted space & given acoustics. Increased presence; dynamics were noticeable albeit without any aggressive or "shouty" aspect. 

The soundstage also widened; deepened. 

I identified the violin of Christian Ferras in the sixties and then again, played four decades later by Corey Cerovsèk in a different hall! Not the sound of any violin, rather that violin! From the "fluffy, horsehair on gut" sound of pianissimo strings to the liquid sound of a Cavaillé-Coll pipe organ, the endless nuances of the timbres made me simply want to just sit back and enjoy a moment in time with the performers.

They do need time to 'burn in' despite the generous time given for this at Revelation. I was unable to resist trying their balanced analogue and digital cables; the former especially need time. 

The French say: 'you have to suffer to be beautiful', and the English: 'patience is a virtue!' 

I'm impatient but will not need to suffer again as I have found what I wanted...an 'even closer approach to the original sound'.

Bravo and best wishes - Michael"

"Revelation Audio Labs cables have helped us reach an exceptional degree of untarnished communication of music, so I keenly recommended them here." - M.M.R.

Subsequent to employing our 'Testament' cable set, Mr. Murray-Robertson's system is now fully wired exclusively with Revelation Audio Labs cables - from wall to speaker - all power cables, digital cables, analogue interconnects and loudspeaker cables.  Many performers and equipment designers alike spend time listening in his environment to this esteemed music system.

Keep in mind that Mr. Murray-Robertson is not a high end equipment reviewer but a classical music reviewer, and as such does not technically write reviews for equipment.  Let me know if you want his information as a reference as he has given me his permission to share this. He has not been compensated by us in any way.



• We start with bare single crystal five-nines (5N) ultra-pure solid core CryoSilver™ conductors – deep cryogenically treated in our exclusive vacuum cryogenic process. Silver is the most electrically conductive of all known elements, and our silver is not your father’s silver. The raw, uninsulated wire used is made by a U.S. company that specializes in precision silver wiring technology primarily for advanced aerospace and medical imaging industries. Not at all what you find in other audio cables. No bulk cable is employed in any of our designs. That is simply because there is no bulk cable in existence that does what we need it to do.

• Air Tunnel™ air dielectrics

• Transparent Teflon isolators

• Progressive Hand Wrap™ discreet shields for each and every conductor pole, isolating each conductor/dielectric sub-assembly from all others within each array - eliminates EM effects, cross talk, and eddy currents and helically-woven stranded outer shieldings. All shieldings drained to the power supply end only - to carry absorbed internal and external EMI/RFI noise harmlessly away from the music.

• Ceramic MicroSphere™ conduits - another proprietary design feature - absorbs and dissipates both internal and external air borne vibrations, resonances and microphonics. Ordinary high-end cables are a major path for mechanical vibration to enter sensitive audio equipment. In addition, the effects resonance has on the performance of audio cables themselves is well documented. Audio frequency vibrations induced into the cable may create a state of microphony and transduce physical resonance into electrical resonance, polluting the audio stream. However the most harmful mechanical energy is actually generated internally by the electrical components comprising the audio equipment circuitry, consequently occurring precisely where the delicate music signal resides. These vibrations produce phasing errors that slur and garble the music, diminishing resolution and coloring harmonic equilibrium. To combat this phenomenon, the solution is amorphous ceramics - the conduit of this cable is filled by a special process with our proprietary Ceramic MicroSpheres™ (patent applied for, Revelation Audio Labs, Inc.), developed through and supported by a number of relevant NASA White Papers dealing with crystal lattices, expressly to defeat this menace to faithful music reproduction. This results in a cable that is virtually immune to the propagation of micro-vibration, and minimizes parasitic vibration of the equipment power supply and audio circuitry. This could be one of your most valuable weapons in your isolation arsenal.

• Conductive Carbon Infused Composite (CCIC)™ outer jacket - this advanced technology material augments the EMI/RFI/EMF shielding of the cable. The negative affects that static electrical fields and charges have on audio cables is well documented. In addition to augmented shielding, crucially the Conductive Carbon jacket provides ESD (Electro Static Discharge) protection as it dissipates static fields and charges, also eliminating static electrical charges from accumulating in the first place, as their presence robs audio performance as it does with standard cable insulation. There are a number of products on the market, accessories if you will, that address static electrical fields on audio cables. Our unique design feature attacks the issue at the source through the proactive, preventative approach. We have been performing tests and trials at length for some time, with phenomenal results, employing Conductive Carbon Infused Composite as the outer jacket material. This material enhances EMI and RFI protection, but what this material provides above and beyond the protection of traditional shielding materials and methodologies is it provides Static Protection, guarding against the phenomenon of ESD (Electro Static Discharge). The material absorbs and dissipates static electricity charge build-ups, which occur naturally on common non-conductive materials (i.e. cable insulation). It is typical for these charge levels to be in the thousands of volts. All areas of audio performance are enhanced by removing static electrical fields and charges from the surfaces of cables. This feature also improves performance by removing from your system surfaces that build and hold static electric fields. Why do other so-called "cost-no-object" cable makers not use such a jacket material? You tell me. Would it be "cost"?

• Highest quality and robust connectors with heavy solid metal shielded shells.

• Prior to shipment the cable is fully conditioned on our audiodharma Cable Cooker, and connector pins and sockets are treated with Furutech NANO Liquid™ GOLD / SILVER / C30H50 contact enhancer.

• 0.75-meter length matched set of two cables (longer lengths available - please enquire).

• Packed for protection in our beautiful custom handmade sustainable and organic pouch enclosure, branded with company logo in metallic purple.

However it is not the technical specifications of these cables that make them so special - it is the sound.

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Since February, 2000, Revelation Audio Labs is now in our third decade of listing and selling our cables on AudiogoN!!! View our hundreds of great buyer feedbacks. What other cable maker listing on AudiogoN can stake that claim? Our business on AudiogoN has always meant a great deal to us – especially for the many music lovers and friends it has connected us with. We thank you for your support. We owe all our success to YOU - it is all because of YOU that we do what we do. Thank YOU!

Another very special distinction that merits your trust. Can you name just one high end audio equipment maker who, as a result of their solid work and integrity in the high end, has been contracted by NASA multiple times to provide various in-flight hardware? None other than Revelation Audio Labs. AMAZING!!! Tell me if you know another.

NEWS ALERT -
 
Revelation Audio Labs was chosen by Stereophile magazine for their 2023 Recommended Components, which makes it nine consecutive times (also Fall 2022, 2022, Fall 2021, 2021, 2020, Fall 2019, 2019 AND 2018).
  
Revelation Audio Labs was also chosen by The Absolute Sound magazine for the 2018 Golden Ear Award, published in their September issue (#286) - one of only three cable brands to be awarded the 2018 Golden Ear, the only digital cable chosen, and the only cable under the four thousand dollar ($4,000.00) price point.  Note: since NO CABLE was chosen for the 2019 Golden Ear Award, we remain as one of the last few cables to receive a Golden Ear Award

To save you money, we sell directly to the end user, skipping the inevitable levels of price mark-ups (distributors, dealers), but our cables are also proudly carried at the insistence of a number of select fine high end audio dealers across the globe.

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It is truly an honor to serve you. We sincerely look forward to hearing from you. Thank you again.

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