Plugging the USB prototype cable into the Aries Femto and the Chord DAVE, you really could get scared out of your mind thinking about the stress on the sockets. Not to fear, though. First, they defied any kind of damage during the test's frequent changeovers, and second, the USB cable's two "tubes" will become more delicate in the serial version. Even if previously the outstanding Habst Ultra III took care of the connection between streaming bridge and converter, you easily could become aware of the Lacorde Statement's sonic advantages—and this without resorting to any distinguished piece of music. My tablet PC disclosed a pop music production which I hadn't heard for years, Vaya Con Dios' album Night Owls. Already the hit single "Nah Neh Nah" showed the Lacorde Statement's capability for a larger, clearer structured image. The background singers were surrounded by a little more reverb, and the track rendered rhythmically more compelling. There was no need to connect the slightly bulky cable back and forth several times to fully convince me regarding the sound qualities of the Göbel USB cable—despite the Habst Ultra III having turned up as the fulfillment of a cable dream not quite a long time ago. Let aside its really excellent sound performance, but better is the enemy of very good as well. And the Lacorde Statement clearly deserves the designation “better,” but with regard to price it unfortunately plays also in a completely different league.

Sadly, I really don't know how Oliver Göbel manages to do this, but I, as well as my visitors and my colleagues, clearly could hear it. Up to this point, any of the Lacorde Statement cables have definitely left my previous favorites behind by a wide margin. And this happens also to the cables designed for the digital data transfer. If you have the money to invest within this price level and you require more than one of these magic cords, then get started with the Ethernet cable: Among these sonically outstanding cables, this is the primus inter pares!

Link do recenzji: Lacorde Statement USB – Positive Feedback

Once the cable had continued running in for two weeks it became quickly evident that comparing the Lacorde Statement with my previous Chord Sarum T was futile, Chord have produced a cable which makes most other USBs submit before it, but here I was considering a USB cable that was in a completely different league, leaps and bounds ahead of any of the competition that I had heard previously at least, and after around the five week mark the final molecules of haze, which I only realised existed until after they had gone, disappeared. Bass extended a little further and the outer boundaries of the soundstage gained better shape and agility allowing timbre to flourish more naturally.

Listening to Bliss’ ‘Wish You Were Here’ gave me a new look into the structure of the recorded mix. I’ve always obtained a three-dimensional, encapsulating sphere of sound in my listening room, which thrives on tracks recorded like this, but now I was getting a thickness of sound all around me that was now almost as prominent as the front of the stage. Similar to going from an Ordinary CD version to its SACD equivalent.

Drum rolls gained extra extension and solidity with more girth and added control. The tighter leading edges flowed perfectly fluently into the looser extension of the acoustic venue, with a decay that was volumetrically representative.

The vocals were the most liquid I had heard to date on my system and in my room, this track has such a beautiful glow and flow and at the same time also being able to convey so much more information. The Lacorde Statement conveys incredible tone and timbre. The source is incredibly important in the chain of any system and many will state that it’s the most important part, myself I feel each component is just as important as each other – price relative with an overall attention on synergy of course, the LS USB has given my source the aqueduct required to the DAC that was more crucial a connection than I had previously thought and I haven’t always paid strict attention to my USB cable.

The additional abilities of the soundstage are also reminiscent of installing the Black Star loom, timing is absolutely on the money and placement accuracy within the transparent and effortlessly complex performance again proves electrical compliance to be just so more precise and materials used to be quite exotic in their precise geometry. Air fills the soundstage like water in a fish bowl allowing notes to flow freely around, amongst, in front of and behind a vocalist with absolutely zero smearing of more complex passages which have a confidence that allows for the smallest of transients to be completely appreciable and easy to focus on within the performance.

Link do recenzji: Lacorde Statement USB – HiFi Pig

Link: Goebel Lacorde Statement USB – HiFi Pig – Highly Recommended