any one use XLO cables>

I've never tried them but seem to remember they have a great reputation. Maybe others will comment.
 
IMO those always have been rather good cables. The problem with them is that the Internet seems to be flooded with fakes. Only buy from an authorised XLO dealer.
 
If I recall they also favoured unshielded designs --which curry some limited acceptance today

I admit been awhile since I had them--possibly the product has changed that application .

Bruce
 
I own and use 1 XLO Digital cable. It is 20 years old and I have no idea the model number, but is two colorful wires wrapped around and secured to a clear pc of plastic tubing. I never compared it to anything and originally purchased it to go between a Marantz 67SE and an Audio Alchemy DAC.
 
Yes,there are too much fake of XLO in the market,but now ,there is no promotion ,no advertising and nobody talking them.A lot of new audio fans have no idea of this cable now.
 
About ten years ago my wife and I ran two XLO cables in our system (one LE-2 interconnect (pre-amp to amp) and the Ultra-12 bi-wire speaker) and found them to be a nice match for what we had at the time given our budget. While the LE-2 was pricey back then, we were able to source a greatly reduced price for a demo pair and ran them until we found something better to our ears. We felt their strengths lied in dynamics and speed without sounding overall bright as others' do to our ears (again, at the time...cables have moved significantly on since then)

The Ultra-12 speaker cables were a nice balanced design that punched at a level way above what you might expect at the price point for a 3m bi-wired pair. Then did not compete with the really big boys, but they also didn't do anything even moderately wrong and were very musical to our ears. We moved away from the Ultra-12s when we moved to a speaker that no longer needed (or even supported) a split bi-wire set of connections.

All in all, I feel that the XLO cables we had at the time provided very high performance. However, as I mentioned above, cables and cable technology have moved rather quickly from the time we had the XLOs and while we no longer have these cables to compare with modern designs; we feel you can find options that would better the LE-2 at inflation-adjusted prices. From my recollection of their sound, the Ultra-12s would still be very solid competitors today even at their full retail price, but I am sure you can get a used pair for far less at this point given how old they are.
 
I was an XLO dealer for a few years....but the company actually went out of business a few years ago (don't remember the exact date). Not sure if anyone has purchased the name/brand and started building them again.

Their products were pretty nice and I was sad to see them go. Just sold my very last XLO demo/stock item last week!
 
sheltie1 said:
I was an XLO dealer for a few years....but the company actually went out of business a few years ago (don't remember the exact date). Not sure if anyone has purchased the name/brand and started building them again.

Their products were pretty nice and I was sad to see them go. Just sold my very last XLO demo/stock item last week!
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The certainly are live and kicking. They have been bought shortly after they went bust. The Limited and UnLimited models are gone though:

http://www.xloelectric.com/products.php
 
Elberoth said:
The certainly are live and kicking. They have been bought shortly after they went bust. The Limited and UnLimited models are gone though:

http://www.xloelectric.com/products.php
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Do you know for sure? Honestly....that's still the same old site as before....even still listing the same dealers as before (myself included).

I hope that it's true and they are back around, but I've not heard a peep from anyone on the factory side of things for a few years.
 
Yes XLO is alive and well, I have just recently purchased a bunch of their cables and the finish is flawless
 
That is a good news for XLO resell in Europ, that was an old stroy of having been acquired by Ultralink from Canada.
 
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