A few weeks ago I bought a decent length of cable I *hoped* would be good enough to make into a lower budget version of the SPOTFIRE cable.
After three weeks, it finally landed.
I set about making a pair of interconnects. Rather than go for a 1m pair, I went for a 2.5m pair which I thought might do for between the DCB1 and the Krell.
First impressions:
Flat, dead and completely uninspiring.
Shit!
I like to listen to a freshly constructed cable then remove it whilst it burns in on an old system I have in the garage.
10hours later:
Hmm, not as bad! Treble had extended a little and the mids opened up a wee bit too.
Encouraging
30hrs:
Bright!!!! Treble is very extended but left the mids and bass behind.
50hrs:
Ah! Smoother and far better balanced. This is more like what I was expecting. Soundstaging is now far more 3D and it's no longer flat. Sounding very dynamic and energetic but with no nasties. Good stuff!
100hrs:
Its fairly safe to safe to say this is usually when I stop noticing big changes and things may change but very subtly.
I've now played about 10 albums and compared them with the SPOTFIRE. It's safe to say that this cable is actually incredibly close in terms of resolution and detail retrieval. They sound very transparent and I am feeling very confident that they are not giving much away to the SPOTFIRE.
Cool!!
I'll do more listening and comparisons but I am very happy with the results.