High performance audio cables are often the most controversial element of audiophile industry. This is generally due to the way they are marketed, and questionable claims made by wire manufacturers,

In October 2010, I received an e-mail from Audio Art Cable’s founder, Rob Fritz, who was interested in having his products reviewed in Stereophile.

Included in my December 2012 review of Audio Art’s Interconnect, speaker, and power cables was a segment devoted to their Statement II, one model below their Statement I, Audio Art’s top-of-the-line power cable, and the subject of this review.

Audio Art’s amiable owner Rob Fritz was nice enough to send me samples of their IC-35SE interconnects, SC-5 SE speaker cables, and Statement II power cords.

Ah the classics. Bach, Mozart, IC-3, SC-5, Power1. It has been a while since Audio Art Cable emerged into the audio marketplace in 2005.

The original AudioArt line of cables gained an excellent reputation and several awards based on the concept of high quality for budget prices.

I am a fan of cables, but I am not a fan of cable reviews. Oh, like you, I LOVE to read them, but writing them? Feh.Try it sometime.

Does the hot-rodder break the law of diminishing returns? Or, what was the verdict on the AudioArt Special Edition cables?

My communication with Robert Fritz of Audio Art Cable about his IC-3SE interconnects began late last summer

As I am in the middle of looking for some new affordable power cables for my system, I decided to give Robert Fritz at Audio Art Cables