Mad Scientist
16 July 2024
Mad Scientist Audio Prime USB
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This brand new Mad Scientist product is called Prime not just because it is the company's best cable but mainly because it uses prime numbers to define the sizes and positions of various elements to create a non-resonant "bad antenna" design that reduces noise and interference. Does this cable really make a unique proposition, or have we heard it before?
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29 October 2023
Mad Scientist introduces two new ranges: Black Magic Ultra and Black Magic Gold. Reviewed are four cables: Black Magic Ultra speaker cables, Black Magic Gold balanced analog interlink, Black Magic Ultra Power cable, and Black Magic Gold USB cable.
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14 August 2022
After four years, the Mad Scientist decided to update their Black Magic cable. Unlike the original, it's hand-built from the wire up. In addition, they added the complex 8-fold screening system that was developed for the new speaker cables. The result, according to the Mad Scientist, is a cable that performs at a much higher level than the original.
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11 May 2022
Having reviewed a fair amount of Mad Scientist Audio products, I thought that I had a pretty good handle on the performance of their cables and accessories relative to other products, as well as on the brand's house sound in general. Well, let me just say that going into this latest review, my preconceptions were about to be turned upside down.
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8 June 2021
Theoretically, since we're talking about data packets sent unrelated to a time domain, a network cable cannot affect the sound of network transfer. It either works, or it doesn't. But apparently there is more to this. The Black Magic UTP cable certainly makes this abundantly clear.
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10 February 2021
With the FCGD+, Mad Scientist has entered the true high-end level of digital cables. This cable is simply brilliant, and as it stands, the best digital coaxial cable that I’ve used.
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18 August 2020
The Nitro power cable replaces the NEO and NEO-OCC models and although it looks very similar to the older NEO, the internal differences have resulted in a much-improved performance.
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10 February 2019
Not another me-too cable!
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27 September 2018
Computer Audio Design USB I
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This cable offers a unique combination of technical accuracy and sonorous, full-bodied, natural and organic sound.
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20 September 2018
Curious USB Cable
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Curious Cables' Australian owner and designer Rob Woodland spent 12 months examining every aspect of USB cable design and came up with the subject of this review: the Curious USB Cable.
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15 July 2018
Mad Scientist Black Magic USB
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Once again the company issued a newer version of a product that beats the previous incarnation by a sizable margin, no matter if that previous product was already marvelous!
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2 November 2017
Mad Scientist BlackPod Nanotech
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Excellent Universally Applicable Footers
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2 November 2017
Mad Scientist Heretical USB
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If there is any doubt that USB cables can make a difference then try the Heretical USB!
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2 November 2017
Mad Scientist FCG+ Interlinks
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Quite simply the FCG+, and I assume the more basic models just as much, are a must-hear
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27 April 2016
Mad Scientist HAC and HAC Plus
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After the Heretical Digital Cable, Mad Scientist have now issued two analog versions called HAC and HAC Plus
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22 February 2016
Heresy: a non-75 ohm digital cable!
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22 February 2015
Mad Scientist Audio BlackPods
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Affordable yet highly effective footers.
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29 November 2014
Mad Scientist Neo uses OCC (Ultra Pure Ohno Continuous Cast) copper wire for an even more musical result
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16 August 2014
Must-hear powercords
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23 May 2014
A remarkably effective tweak
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23 September 2013
Unassuming tweaks that really work
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