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C-MARC™ RCA InterconnectsC-MARC™ XLR InterconnectsC-MARC™ Speaker CableC-MARC™ Classic Power CableC-MARC™ Stellar Power CableC-MARC™ Bulk Wire and CableFirewall ModuleEcho's EndBindbreakerBlackbodyPower distributorBlackGround DIYBlackGround 6x/10x Power Base
DFPC Original (legacy)DFPC Signature (legacy)DFPC Reference (legacy)DFPC Series (legacy) (all)Digital Cable (legacy)Firewall (legacy)Anchorwave (legacy)Homage to Time (legacy)Tunnelbridge (legacy)Laminar Streamer (legacy) All Because of the sheer number of reviews, you can sort them above to quickly find LessLoss products of interest.
pf (Positive-Feedback) magazine reviews the Blackbody and DFPC
June, 2013, author: Jeremy Kipnis
"The following depicts my personal experience with the Blackbodies over the course of one year. I did not want to rush publishing my observations because of the novel nature of the matter, and my initial cautious skepticism."
"Virtually grain-free presentation." "Expanded and explosive dynamics with intricate low level details." "Much more spacious sound staging with more stable and seemingly larger presentation size." "Increased focus and weight of imaging featuring correct tembral presentation." "Quieter background leading to a blacker black–perceivably longer reverb tails." "More visceral and palpable (sound "freed from the confines" of the electronics)." "The harmonic structure of instruments and the acoustic space itself all show a new (inter)related connection amongst themselves along with a wholeness of sonic presentation within the hall which was simply not audible before." "The sense of strain that was present above a certain volume level during playback of known materials is no longer as present." "Inner details of the recorded acoustic venue and the placement of individual instruments within that space has become vastly more solid and life-like, tangible and palpable." "In spite of hearing this performance many hundreds of times, I now find myself hearing YET NEW things I have never heard, before." "Inner harmonies are now clear during both the most massive and the most silent moments. And the degree to which the soundstage hangs free from the speakers is now palpable and visceral, very much the way the best analog discs and tapes sound!" "There is a new level of detail present in the playback, which has been completely obscured until now." "The tonal quality of the instruments (and even voices) became fuller in the bass registers, while the treble became both smoother and more open and extended." "The presentation exhibited a much greater degree of bloom with much tighter dynamics." "This made everything I played sound more realistic and less like listening to a recording." "I hear much more space being delineated along with great textural information about the individual instruments and the people playing them." "More explosive dynamics with wider soundstage dimensions and clearer anchoring of the individual acoustic elements within it. I would call the difference substantial!" "If your audio system has teeth and nails, then the DFPC power cords will deliver all the power and music, but remove the artificial bite and scratch that affect most every playback system." "Find some seriously hidden wonders that have been lurking behind the HF noise and distortion. It will wake up your entire system and make your music library sound new; they are that caliber of an investment." "Together, the Blackbody and DFPC power cord provide a reliable method of absorbing and deflecting both wire-bound and airborne electronic garbage from getting into your sound (and video) system; much for the better, as you will soon hear." "DFPCs and Blackbody units confer a progressively more focused, holographic, and dynamic sound." "Makes almost any priced system sound more like listening past the recording technology and feeling like you are listening to the real thing!" "The DFPC power cords strip away further grit, grain, hash, and haze from the sound, resulting in a far less electronic sounding stereophonic reproduction." "These two different approaches to EM field management and containment offer one of the few scientifically based audio (and video) tweaks to have crossed my path in my four plus decades as a professional audio engineer." "Highly recommended!" pf (Positive-Feedback) magazine reviews the DFPC Signature
June, 2013, author: Danny Kaey
"DFPC Signature inserted a sense of calm to the system that was quite a bit more than just ordinary."
"Most of the times that I have heard a component do that, however, it achieved said results by taming just about everything else too, thus whilst offering a benefit on one end, it introduced a new set of problems elsewhere. Apparently the DFPC Signature cables don't have that effect." "More dynamic, more palpable, more fantastic." "A more quiet background produced a more relaxed, more open sound while at the same time not adversely affecting any other musical patterns." "I was immediately struck by the newly discovered peace, calm, and calamity that I simply don't recall from previous listening sessions of this grand performance." "The price of each DFPC cable is still what I consider to be a bargain, given the auditory results it produces." "Ridiculously good performance that is absolutely a value add to your system." "I think investing in these power cables is at least as recommended as some sort of power filtration system." Mono and Stereo magazine reviews the LessLoss digital cable
May, 2013, author: Matej Isak
"Louis Motek and the LessLoss Audio team always seem to go a bit further, and in a direction that others might have missed, or didn't elaborate on properly."
"There was no need to push hard and rack my senses to recognize the clear distinction when I inserted the LessLoss digital cable into my system." "I've used it in all the possible combinations of my digital rig and in each configuration I got a boost in performance." "Consistency of performance is the hardest thing to keep across a whole product range, but LessLoss somehow pulls it off repeatedly with success. This says something about the seriousness of the development concept behind the LessLoss brand." "Regardless of whether I was playing Red Book or high-resolution files, the LessLoss digital cable showed its strengths clearly. Fluidity, transparency and that recognizable LessLoss impact on the dynamics. The motif that LessLoss carries across the whole range is 'unconstricted energy.' " "I would be so bold as to say that the LessLoss digital cable brings the same amount of effect that the LessLoss DFPC power cables do. Louis Motek and the LessLoss team are consistently doing something substantial in the realm of modern audio cable industry." "When something substantial comes along my sensors go on red alert. This happened again with the LessLoss digital cable." "Do not overlook the LessLoss digital cable if you're upgrading your digital cables or adding new ones. Your digital horizon will expand greatly." "Highly recommended." Audiocavi cables guidebook grants DFPC Original a 5-star award
May, 2013, author: Massimo Stella
"Soloists stand out delineated, accurate and alive, in front of the speakers. Frequency extension leaves nothing to be desired. The lows are very deep and are rock solid. The high range seems light, fluid, and on the highest peaks, shining and can be heard with authority, but they do not sting the ear, nor do they smear. For now, at first glance the key word is "air."
"The performers are present, and emit notes and phrases which would leave you listening for hours without feeling any fatigue." "Macro and micro dynamics are superlative, and the information that this cable relays is very substantial. The reproduction is therefore extremely defined and very natural. The harmonic content revealed allows one to hear a remarkable wealth of information." "After listening to these, the additional keyword is "Nirvana." "LessLoss offers an excellent power cord which we can no longer do without. The music takes on a third dimension and leaves the listener in a state of Nirvana, from which there's no turning back." Audiocavi cables guidebook grants Anchorwave a 5-star award
May, 2013, author: Gianni Doriani
"The voices were stable, delineated and present up to the feeling of the live."
"This performance also highlighted a particular aptitude of this cable even when the audio is complicated and crowded, with instruments and spurious sounds, showing that it is perfectly able to reproduce them in an exemplary manner, with an "x-ray" introspection, without thereby being harsh or unreal." "The more the scores got instrumentally complex, the more the cable seemed to be more at ease, seamlessly presenting all the details and extending the notes both to the extreme highs and to the deepest bass, which was deep, very deep, but never artificially swollen." "Micro contrast, presence, space and sonic clarity are features that this cable makes its own, in a natural way." "The cleanliness, space and reproduced dynamic range can not be faulted." ... this cable could be one's final choice." "For all its features it fully deserves our 5 Star *****." Tone Audio Magazine introduces the Blackbody
January, 2013, author: Jeff Dorgay
"...I couldn't resist. I wanted to hate them and I wanted to tell the world that they are useless. However, after trying them with a number of different components, there is definitely something going on here."
"So, I turn you over to our host Matej [of Mono and Stereo]. And I must say I concur with his findings." Mono and Stereo publishes a review of the LessLoss Blackbody
August, 2012, author: Matej Isak
"As with my prior experience with the LessLoss Firewall, I felt that the change upon introducing the Blackbody was in the same league."
"The real change that the Blackbody brought forth was evident within a few moments. It was an instant reminder of LessLoss's recognizable clarity and focus." "Somehow the LessLoss Blackbody brings about so-called "blacker than black" backgrounds. The sense and pace and of atmosphere surrounding the music adopted an even more coherent believability at moments." "I'm finally seeing a flame flickering with hope when it comes to digital audio and the Blackbody contribution here is a positive revelation. None of the tweaks I made so far managed to bring out the music from the DAC as did the LessLoss Blackbody." "It should have dawned upon me earlier to try the Blackbody with my Tom Evans phono stage and pickup. I loved the change almost as much as I did with my Lampizator DAC!" "More music happened in what I recall now as correct pace and rhythm." "This is a device which carries out an inherently important task that is often overlooked or not even acknowledged to exist." "The Blackbody can help in dealing with near-field EM interaction and elevate the performance to levels way above the expected. And with an already refined chassis, you can always add the Blackbody to achieve realms of quality unimaginable before." The Audio Beat reviews the Anchorwave loudspeaker cable
June, 2012, author: Tim Aucremann
"The impressive low-frequency weight that I heard during break-in held true across all contexts."
"Bass through the Lamm M1.2s was the best I'd heard from their pairing with the Sashas: deep, hefty, tonally informed and well controlled." "Performers and instruments were presented with a solidity that left no doubt about their place within the soundfield." "Harmonics and overtones were generally excellent, particularly so in the mid to lower registers." "Nicely extended highs gave no sense of brittleness or etch." The Audio Beat reviews the Tunnelbridge distortionless interconnect system
June, 2012, author: Tim Aucremann
"The market churns out new models on a regular basis, requiring differentiation from all the other cables, and feasts us with a diversity of coloration."
"I can't help wondering if cable design has been stuck in a bubble, waiting for a breakthrough. Louis Motek, the director and chief designer for LessLoss Audio, thinks recalcitrant problems could just as easily be characterized as questions asked in the wrong way, while the mere fact that there are so many different-sounding cables strongly suggests that many of the right questions have not yet been asked." "I have listened to this LP for almost 25 years and heard hints of these effects, but nothing prepared me for the sonic carnival I experienced through the LessLoss loom." "I sensed performers fleshed out with body and movement. Steve Gadd's work on the hi-hat was exquisite, as I easily heard the tonal and dynamic difference between his touches on the cymbal's bell and its edge. Wherever I cast my ears, they reveled in fine-spun detail." "With the orchestral depth clearly laid out before me, my ears could roam easily across contributions from sections and soloists, and then pull back to the whole -- just as I find myself doing in the concert hall." "The psycho-acoustic sense of presence coupled with musical vibrancy and performance virtuosity delivered the kind of concert-hall experience that makes all the equipment fuss and bother worthwhile." "With no further distraction from equipment, I put down pen and notepad to revel once again in this vibrant symphony. Here was what it's all about -- when the music made the stereo go away." "Not expecting cables to do what the LessLoss did, I was surprised at the overall increase in detail." "Overall, the LessLoss presentation was more palpable and dimensional, with better separation of instruments and an overall heightened sense of 'you are there' in the performance space." "If it makes sense to imagine the elimination of cable variables from the menu of sonic choices that confront the modern audiophile, LessLoss has laid a path to that end." "It redefined my expectations for audio signal cables." "I am confident that the LessLoss loom will bring your system a step closer to its capacity for musical truth." |