Originally Posted by
Bigman80
I agree that on certain material the HF can be a bit, well, strident, as you say BUT it is never out of control or breaking up. In fact, I can't think of a time it's been unpleasant to listen to. The revealing nature of the cable doesn't mask anything. If it's on the recording, it comes through and that hasn't always been the case with the cables I've previously owned.
I didn't suggest that anything "broke up", on the contrary this never happened. Strident is just another term meaning shrill or a bit high pitched on your lug holes. Just to further add that I did pick an album with some exceptionally high notes. The cable did tame the recording a little but not sufficient to prevent all shrillness. This was not something that I expected from the cable, but as Oliver says it certainly did purvey what was on the vinyl. So that much is accurate. I did notice that the cable was also quite good with sibilance, again not perfect but it did make some recordings more bearable. No criticism towards the cable, I think it's great and should be tried.
Originally Posted by
YNWaN
Silver plated copper? That’s supposed to give the character Andrew describes. Personally I’m not so convinced; although I think it can be true I don’t think it’s a given in the way some seem to think (I’m not suggesting Andrew thinks this).
Mark, I think I can usually pick out silver plated or silver cables with "think" being the operative word!!!! All my systems are usually silver cable based. This cable sounded very nordost but without the crappy light weight bass that the speaker cables seem to suffer from. I'm a cable sceptic and I also like a scientific explanation but the more I pursue this hobby the more I realise that science dosen't always mirror supposed outcome and I've learned to trust my ears rather than driving myself nuts trying to understand the science.
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