Reviews from high-end audio publications.
6Moons – April 2008
Cable Research Lab Gold
By Edgar Kramer
“There's cables. And there's cables.”
— Edgar Kramer
Read the full review at 6Mooons.com
Positive Feedback Online – March 2008
Robert H. Levi, Positive Feedback Online, Issue 36
“Anyway, I'll cut to the chase. Ladies and gentlemen let me introduce to you the new winner of the under $2000 interconnects sweepstakes: The CRL Silver interconnect.”
— Robert H. Levi
Read the full review at Positive Feedback Online, Issue 36
Positive Feedback Online – February 2008
Gold interconnects, speaker cables, and MK IV AC power cord - A New Audiophile Credo
Myles B. Astor, Positive Feedback Online, Issue 35
Read the full review at Positive Feedback Online, Issue 35
Ultra Audio – January 2008
Cable Research Lab Copper Series Speaker Cables and Interconnects
By Sal D'Agostino
“I haven’t seen much better construction quality than what I see in Cable Research Lab’s (CRL) Copper Series speaker cables ($1150 USD/8’ pair) and interconnects ($850/1m pair).”
“At 3" around and very well shielded, you’d expect the CRL Coppers to be unmanageable, but I found them awfully easy to work with. I had to thread them under, behind, and along a built-in bookcase 16’ long, and they had no problem whatever navigating the first 90-degree turn. A snake would have more trouble getting back there. At rest, with the left stretched out and the right coiled around a small table, they exuded power.”
“Many good cables that act as high-pass filters present spectacular top-end detail; the CRLs transmitted the same lively sonic picture, but with absolutely no lack of support from the lower end. All parts spoke, and none offended.”
— Sal D'Agostino
Read the full review at Ultra Audio
The Stereo Times – October 2007
Wired or tired? What CRL, Cable Research Lab, can do for your system
By Greg Petan
“CRL burns in all the cables before they ship and despite sounding really, really good out of the box, I let them play for a while before putting my ears to them in any meaningful way. Once I started paying attention however, I found a reasonably priced high-end wire that made no apologies whatsoever for its modest asking price.”
“The first thing that struck me was the deep silence that allowed for great dynamic and transient clarity. Music had great contrast, a snap crackle and pop resulting from effortless dynamic dexterity hosting extraordinarily well-defined images within a soundstage as wide and deep as I have heard in my system. All this adds up to a very lively and engaging sound.”
“The CRL presents me with a rare opportunity to whole-heartedly recommend a wire to the budding audiophile as well as the fully blossomed fruit-bearing audiophile, wire that performs on a reference level at a price that will not require keeping a CPR kit at hand.”
— Greg Petan
Read the full review at The Stereo Times
