“The Ultra variant trades a measure of solidity for a more controlled and more even balance from top to bottom. “

“The bass still pressurizes the room more than any other cable I have heard, but instead of some of the “extra ballsiness” of the regular Black Magic cable, the Black Magic Ultra cable now offers a newfound level of fluidity and refinement while the treble is also opener and airier.”

“But ultimately, if you want the best the Mad Scientist can offer, the Black Magic Ultra is it. “

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“The Black Magic Gold USB is sweeter, more liquid, and more refined, making for a sound that is robust and has great tonal beauty but is also fluid, accommodating, and easy to listen to. “

“The Black Magic Ultra was already beautifully refined, but the Gold adds what feels like infinite resolution. There is simply no edge, hardness, or stepped behavior. Instead, the sound feels entirely continuous and with delightful delicacy.”

“The dynamic behavior of this cable is also remarkable. It has a perfect balance between airy magic and down-to-earth solidity, making it just as refined as exciting.”

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“The first sonic trait that strikes me when hearing the Black Magic Gold Interconnect is its tonal purity. The cable sounds remarkably robust, sonorous, full-bodied, and very crisply textured, leading to particularly impressive performances with acoustical instruments .

Everything sounds decidedly non-synthetic, direct, and non-processed if you will.

The focus is exceptional, as is the portrayal of depth information.

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“from the very first moments of listening to the Black Magic cables, I knew they were something special.“

“With the music just flying out of the speakers, I was in awe of the cable’s visceral and uber-communicative manner”

“bass that was not just technically better in terms of articulation, tightness, or control, but just plain better. And not by a small margin!”

“I have heard plenty of very accurate cables that managed to kill the soul of the music in the process. The Black Magic cables may be highly accurate and superbly neutral, but they do not sound damped or over-controlled in any way. Rather, they fully conduce the full extent of the lyrical and “singing” qualities of every recording and they have blown me away with the immensely solid, visceral, energetic, toe-tapping, dynamic, and joyful presentation”

“Black Magic is my new favorite speaker cable”

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“Once installed… yes indeed, just as Bob told me (he said I would notice the difference INSTANTLY) I heard the difference between these and my Red Dawn’s when connected to the Buchardt S400II SE. I mean..it was night and day in this scenario and this is with the cables fresh out of the box after their journey from New Zealand to the USA.”

“With the Black Magic cables the sound was richer, bigger and it seemed that the volume increased as did resolution. It was if the sound now had “pulp” which is a word Bob used to describe these cables. He is right. The sound was fuller/denser still and just had a rhythmic flow that was free of any constraints.”

“With the Black Magic cables the sound became larger with a real sense of power. They became fuller in the low end! So much so, I turned off my sub and was happy with what I was hearing. I have not heard other cables bring the bass to my Deville’s like the Black Magic cables. Vocal realism also took a step up with larger, fuller and a more 3 dimensional center image.”

“These are the finest cables I have ever heard as they really do make a difference that anyone can hear within my system, and luckily, the difference is for the better in this case.”

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“Going from Black Magic to Black Magic ULTRA, the new cable performs on an entirely different level. The ULTRA is not only much more open and expressive; it is also more linear and transparent. And while the original Black Magic remains a compellingly smooth performer, the ULTRA makes it very clear that the original cable’s smoothness comes at the cost of a good amount of bass incisiveness, midrange communication, and overall crispness. In fact, the new ULTRA sounds so good that it reminds me of the Sinope!”

“The Black Magic ULTRA manages to combine smoothness and liquidity with a toe-tappingly upbeat, lively, and expressive performance to arrive at a cable that threads the perfect middle ground between lushness and precision. A very nice bonus is that this cable costs less that the nearest competitors.

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“QED Reference USB is one of the best values in the market. However, once you’ve swapped for the Black Magic, you’ll be pulling out your wallet. Much better timbre accuracy, body, dimension, and clarity. The QED has a softer, cooler tone and a much flatter image. The Black Magic just shapes out everything in a more palpable way.”

“As far as musicality is concerned, the Mad Scientist Audio Black Magic USB cable is the embodiment of exactly that. It’s a very rich, solid-sounding, and euphonic cable. The expected trade-off is some resolution, spatial articulation, and imaging. But if acoustic seduction is what you’re looking for, you won’t be disappointed.“

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“In came the Black Magic USB cable. Well, I think I can express my feelings best by English-izing a Dutch phrase: it simply made sausage of the other two cables. Not only did the Black Magic USB cable sound more dynamic and alive than the other two cables, it also sounded more delicate, more transparent and more detailed at the same time..”

“This really is as no-brainer a situation as they come. The Heretical USB was already a breakthrough product but the Black Magic USB cable simply improves on it, literally on every aspect. Trust me: this is THE USB cable to get. Just try it, with their return policy there’s no risk but I guarantee that you won’t be returning it!.“

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“Once again, the Black Magic has an effect that is obvious even from the first bars of music. Most impressive is that the cable seems to take away a previously unheard masking effect that reduces the immediacy and clarity of transients. The result is that snare whacks and other transient sounds from the midrange and up have more urgency and impact.”

“No matter which server or streamer is used, the results are evident. The Black Magic cable makes the standard cable sound flatter, somewhat gray, and relatively unexciting. Secondarily, but arguably even more importantly, the Black Magic has a remarkable uncluttering effect in the midrange, apparently removing blur and haze to make transients more immediate and the sound more expressive.“

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