{"id":2598,"date":"2014-06-28T01:19:09","date_gmt":"2014-06-28T01:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kleinnovations.com\/?p=2598"},"modified":"2014-11-03T23:22:19","modified_gmt":"2014-11-03T23:22:19","slug":"klei-gzero6-sc-review-by-steve-reeve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kleinnovations.com\/bartime\/klei-gzero6-sc-review-by-steve-reeve\/","title":{"rendered":"KLEI gZero6 SC Review by Steve Reeve"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fresh<\/b> on the heels of the KLEI Essence\u00aegZero2 Speaker Cable(SC) Review<\/a><\/span><\/b> on this blog, the guys at KLEInnovations (KLEI) sent me a pair of their top-of-the-line Essence\u00aegZero6 Speaker Cables to review. <\/p>\n

At first glance, the KLEI Essence\u00aegZero6 SCs<\/b> look almost identical to the KLEI Essence\u00aegZero2 SCs<\/b>, but it appears to have a second conductor on the neutral line, as can be seen by the twisted conductor in the photo above. This is an indication that they utilize an enhanced implementation of the KLEI Essence\u00aegZero cable architecture<\/b> in the neutral line whereas the signal line appears identical.<\/p>\n

Having reviewed items in the current KLEI Product Line-up, I’ve come realize that you cannot judge these books by their covers<\/b>.<\/p>\n

The “Looks”Conundrum<\/b><\/p>\n

I am constantly amused by comments made in audio circles about the looks of cables and connectors. The nice gold or rhodium plating, the in-vogue carbon fibre look etc. After all, cables generally sit behind the components and are seldom seen, unless of course you have the big mono-block amps that need their very own one cubic yard of open space and generally located to the front and between the speakers, since they provide some very pleasing \u201cEye-Candy” – BUT CABLES? So I ask, aren’t the looks of a cable secondary to how they actually perform? Not that any of the KLEInnovations cables look cheap – they are very nicely made, with a very understated appearance. Anyhow, Back to the Books and their Covers….<\/p>\n

So what is “under the covers”?<\/b><\/p>\n

KLEInnovations (KLEI) take their competitive design advantage very seriously, so what is on their web site is about all you will find out about their construction methods. Basically, they use a combination of very high quality copper and\/or silver conductors that are constructed in accordance with KL’s Essence\u00aegZero architecture<\/b>, which combats the effects of electrical noise that is induced into conductors from adjacent conductors and also all connected components during normal operation.<\/p>\n

So What Are The Issues…<\/b><\/p>\n

When you have two (or more) insulated adjacent (i.e. parallel) conductors, i.e. as in most \u201cconventional\u201d cable designs, the following issues can arise…<\/p>\n