While not exactly brimming over with testosterone, on occasion I've found myself exhibiting a bias toward the big and powerful. As stereophonic proof of this predilection, the Sound-Labs put out glorious sound and they are an imposing 6 feet tall. The Warner is the best amp I've heard for 2 grand or less and it's big, black and heavy. The Cardas Hex 5-C speaker wires are musical, detailed and the most accurate wire I've met and they look like boa constrictors that just finished eating a colony of mice.
So, perhaps, my slight size fixation explains the neglect the WireWorld Atlantis II speaker wire and interconnects suffered when they showed up on my door step several months ago, 'cause, to tell the truth, they're kinda wimpy looking. To be fair, their cosmetics are excellent, with nice looking RCA's on the interconnects.
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Both are colored an attractive aqua blue. But they are, nonetheless, skinny. On the other hand, the Silver StarLight II digital cable and the Aurora power cord which come in standard audiophile overkill sizes , which accompanied their blue brethren, were welcomed into Casa de los Warnkes and "El System Mayor" without negative size connotations, in spite of their inferior cosmetics the Aurora being especially challenged.
When the WireWorld box first showed up everything did get a brief weekend fling with "El Mayor", but the poor little Atlantis twins were deemed lacking in bass and in need of David Salz' recommended hours of break-in that's the old preconception leaking in, notice that the fatter digital cable and power cord were not blamed for the softened bass.
So, to break them in properly they spent a lot of time in the "el system menor" turning out nice enough sound, but whenever the occasion arose to advance them to the living room I seemed to find an excuse not to swap wire that day. Eventually, when conscience overcame reluctance and the slender but cute cables were given their chance at center stage I came to regret my earlier reluctance.
