Letters from August 1991, (Vol.14 No.8)
DO did not exaggerate
Editor: Dick Olsher's February 1991 review of the Lindsay-Geyer magnetic cable interconnect was technically beyond my comprehension. His conclusions about this cable were so dramatically in its favor as to generate disbelief; was this another example of the kind of literary excess not uncommon with Stereophile writers? Yet one could not dismiss a man of his credentials. My Adcom preamp and amplifier are connected with a very well-known brand of cable. I bought a Lindsay-Geyer interconnect and performed comparisons using the same record, alternating the existing interconnect and the L-G between these two components. The result? The L-G performed so dramatically better that I kept doing the listening test again and again. It didn't seem likely to me that merely substituting an interconnect could produce such improved clarity. It seemed that any aspect of listening one chose to consider was significantly improved. I admit it: Mr. Olsher did not exaggerate.—John Guenther, Stuart, FL
Never mind the whys and wherefores
Editor: In his June follow-up on the Lindsay-Geyer interconnects initially reviewed and praised by Dick Olsher, John Atkinson presents test reports made in order to prove or disprove claims by David Lindsay as to why his highly magnetic material should behave in a superior manner to other kinds of interconnect materials. Not being able to prove Lindsay's claims, one may indeed walk away from this follow-up with an overall negative impression of the L-G interconnect; too bad, should that be the case. Regardless of the whys and wherefores of the L-G technology, this is a superior product, competing easily with interconnects costing at least five times as much. That Mr. Lindsay has come up with such a cost-effective means for producing a true high-end cable should be cause for celebration! Besides, when did you guys attempt to prove the claims of other cable manufacturers (Cardas's "Golden-Section Ratios," etc.)?—Stewart Glick, Springwater, NY
Editor: Dick Olsher's February 1991 review of the Lindsay-Geyer magnetic cable interconnect was technically beyond my comprehension. His conclusions about this cable were so dramatically in its favor as to generate disbelief; was this another example of the kind of literary excess not uncommon with Stereophile writers? Yet one could not dismiss a man of his credentials. My Adcom preamp and amplifier are connected with a very well-known brand of cable. I bought a Lindsay-Geyer interconnect and performed comparisons using the same record, alternating the existing interconnect and the L-G between these two components. The result? The L-G performed so dramatically better that I kept doing the listening test again and again. It didn't seem likely to me that merely substituting an interconnect could produce such improved clarity. It seemed that any aspect of listening one chose to consider was significantly improved. I admit it: Mr. Olsher did not exaggerate.—John Guenther, Stuart, FL
Editor: In his June follow-up on the Lindsay-Geyer interconnects initially reviewed and praised by Dick Olsher, John Atkinson presents test reports made in order to prove or disprove claims by David Lindsay as to why his highly magnetic material should behave in a superior manner to other kinds of interconnect materials. Not being able to prove Lindsay's claims, one may indeed walk away from this follow-up with an overall negative impression of the L-G interconnect; too bad, should that be the case. Regardless of the whys and wherefores of the L-G technology, this is a superior product, competing easily with interconnects costing at least five times as much. That Mr. Lindsay has come up with such a cost-effective means for producing a true high-end cable should be cause for celebration! Besides, when did you guys attempt to prove the claims of other cable manufacturers (Cardas's "Golden-Section Ratios," etc.)?—Stewart Glick, Springwater, NY
