The Absolute Sound – March 2011
Cable Research Lab Bronze Series Speaker Cable and Interconnect – Bundle of Joy
Neil Gader, The Absolute Sound, Issue 211
“Readers often ask me where the value is in the high end. In the CRL Bronze, you’ll find an example.”
— Neil Gader
The Absolute Sound, Issue 211
The Absolute Sound – March 2011
Cable Research Lab Silver Series and Bronze Series
2011 Editors’ Choice Award, Issue 211
“Sonically the CRL Bronze bears a strong resemblance to CRL Silver in its rich, smooth, dynamic midrange and broad soundstage.”
—The Absolute Sound, Issue 211
The Absolute Sound – March 2010
Cable Research Lab Silver Series and Power Cords
2010 Editors’ Choice Award, Issue 201
“In spite of CRL’s serpentine look, its construction quality, materials, and terminations are superb.”
—The Absolute Sound, Issue 201
The Absolute Sound – September 2009
Cable Research Lab Silver Speaker Cable and Interconnect
2009 Editors’ Choice Award, Issue 195
“A ‘stealth’ cable that deserves serious attention.”
— Reviewed by Neil Gader
The Absolute Sound, Issue 189
Positive Feedback Online – August 2009
Copper Phono Cable
Robert H. Levi, Positive Feedback Online, Issue 44
“CRL has produced its first and only phono cable: The Copper Phono Cable and it’s a winner. I don’t know of a better deal in great phono reproduction under $1500 from any of the majors that can trump these beauties. Excellent with all cartridges tested, it lacked so little from my expensive references and was so listenable, I could live with these quite nicely.”
— Robert H. Levi
Read the full review at Positive Feedback Online, Issue 44
The Absolute Sound – January 2009
Cable Research Lab Silver Speaker Cable and Interconnect
Neil Gader, The Absolute Sound, Issue 189
“In character, CRL Silver is honest, detailed, and dynamically responsive—a straight–shooter in every sonic category.”
— Neil Gader
The Absolute Sound, Issue 189
Positive Feedback Online – November 2008
Copper Series Interconnects
Robert H. Levi, Positive Feedback Online, Issue 40
“These may be the bottom of the CRL line, but they would be the top of the line for a number of other manufacturers I could name. The CRL Copper Series Interconnects, sold direct by CRL and made to order, are a superb design and excellent performers produced by the super friendly Chip Winston.”
— Robert H. Levi
Read the full review at Positive Feedback Online, Issue 40
6Moons – April 2008
Cable Research Lab Gold
By Edgar Kramer
“There’s cables. And there’s cables.”
— Edgar Kramer
Read the full review at 6Mooons.com
Positive Feedback Online – March 2008
Silver Interconnects
Robert H. Levi, Positive Feedback Online, Issue 36
“The CRL Silver interconnects’ performance on all kinds of music is ear popping and delicious. Their sound staging and background blackness is stunning. Musical definition pops like the really super expensive cables and their dynamics excel.”
— Robert H. Levi
Read the full review at Positive Feedback Online, Issue 36
Positive Feedback Online – February 2008
Gold interconnects, speaker cables, and MK IV AC power cord – A New Audiophile Credo
Myles B. Astor, Positive Feedback Online, Issue 35
Read the full review at Positive Feedback Online, Issue 35
Ultra Audio – January 2008
Cable Research Lab Copper Series Speaker Cables and Interconnects
By Sal D’Agostino
“I haven’t seen much better construction quality than what I see in Cable Research Lab’s (CRL) Copper Series speaker cables ($1150 USD/8’ pair) and interconnects ($850/1m pair).”
“At 3″ around and very well shielded, you’d expect the CRL Coppers to be unmanageable, but I found them awfully easy to work with. I had to thread them under, behind, and along a built-in bookcase 16’ long, and they had no problem whatever navigating the first 90-degree turn. A snake would have more trouble getting back there. At rest, with the left stretched out and the right coiled around a small table, they exuded power.”
“Many good cables that act as high-pass filters present spectacular top-end detail; the CRLs transmitted the same lively sonic picture, but with absolutely no lack of support from the lower end. All parts spoke, and none offended.”
— Sal D’Agostino
Read the full review at Ultra Audio