Greetings!
AMEN adds a pair of ULTRA-fine solid pure Ag strands to the AgPur golden ratio twisted pairs core matrix to comprise 8 strands/conductor, totaling an unheard-of 15AWG!
The extra labor required to hand-build AMEN (32 individuated Ag strands RCA and 48 XLR!) wouldn’t be worth it if AMEN didn’t portray even more transparency to the source component. Early beta-testers agree that AMEN’s pellucidity equals the very best ICs extant, regardless of price. Phew!
AgPur Athene will continue as the Goldilocks 4 Ag strand matrix for most systems (18AWG, $1400 RCA/ $1800XLR), with the vaunted Heracles 6 strand (16AWG, $1900 RCA/ $2500 XLR)) for higher current requirements. AMEN’s EIGHT strands add even more top octave “air” for the very best reference systems.
AMEN direct pricing for 1M stock length is only $2400 RCA/ $3000 XLR. Connectors are the KLE Silver RCA and premium Viborg Silver/Teflon XLR, finished in black.
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AMEN? My wife and I travelled to Egypt this spring, where we discovered the statuary of Amenemhat III, the benevolent pharaoh of the 12th Dynasty. He is portrayed with unusually large ears (the first Golden Ears!?) because he reportedly listened carefully to his minions’ needs.
I cannot imagine making a finer Interconnect that fits in RCA/XLR architecture. I propose AMEN as the last interconnecting cable anyone would need. Only NOTHING sounds like AMEN!
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ArgentPur GaN-FET Silver Monoblocs ($5900/pr) and stereo DUO ($5300) are also in stock,
The Orchard GaN-FET module continues to garner great reviews. This careful500w/ch/4 ULTRA iteration with complete AgPur wiring, extra damping, and Mundorf Ag filter caps provides a supremely neutral performance without the top octave “voicing” (veiling!) of others’ less pellucid GanFET implementations.
Indeed, the straight wire with gain…the naked cake without frosting. I leave that flavoring to DAC, pre and speaker maker voicing….
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AMEN and AgPur amps are in stock for sale/audition
Please also stop in at my Table 32 in the Marketplace atrium at CAF next month, where a partnering Backert Labs Preamp and SPL DAC (courtesy of 2WA) will also be displayed.
Gratefully,
Ernie Meunier
ArgentPur.audio
781 526 3860
PS My iPhone image of Amenemhat III. An AI-inspired image may be coming soon! Meanwhile, see a pretty good pic of another AMEN statue at the Tate in London.