APureSound: The Ultimate Cable Manufacturer Introduces The V3 Headphone Cable

[Audio Addict]

Originally Posted by vcoheda

i will soon be in possession, courtesy of Asr as a loaner, of a balanced HP2 w/ APS v.3 cable. very much looking forward to the extended audition.

With mine coming today, I now know your wallet will be much lighter.

[aaron313]

Forgive me if these questions have already been answered, but I have a few questions about burn-in.

I have noticed some brightness, which was expected. I know this will go away. However, someone perhaps give me some other cues to look for? Bass, separation, imaging, clarity, etc... (Actually, some of the brightness could be a consequence of the silver IC I am using at the moment.)

[[AK]Zip]

Just an update. I wanted to say that our internet went down late Wednesday and still has not been repaired. Orders are still being built, but email replies will be delayed due to the lack of internet access. Next week everything will be back up to normal and we will have a large shipment out then as well. Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.

-Alex-

[mrarroyo]

I have had my K701 since they were introduced over two years ago. Alex re-cabled them about a month ago but I had refrained from posting impressions untill I had a chance to compare them side by side w/ an stock unit.

Today I met with vorlon1 and compared my APureSound V3 re-cabled K701 with an stock K701. Both units are very close in production w/ mine have a S/N in the 14XX range while vorlon1's is in the 22XX range.

The re-cabled consisted of a techflex covered 10 ft V3 double entry w/ a Furutech 1/4" plug. The idea was not to see how great the re-cable was but to see what level of improvements the V3 offers over the stock cable.

To that effect and to simplify the meet we used an O1 (Octavart) Amp/Dac fed from an iModded 4th Gen 60gB iPod Photo using a Blue Jean Cable Mini to RCA. Please click the thumbnail below to view the full size picture.



IMO the difference is both very noticeable and significant. Some of the improvements I heard were:

- At the same volume setting the headphone is louder. Perhaps the stock cable add to the impedance of the cans.
- The energetic top end has been tamed while allowing it to reach even higher notes.
- It is much easier to place the instruments.
- You can actually tell when a note starts and ends.

However to me the biggest improvement is in the mids. When you compare the two side by side you realize how blurry was the presentation of the stock cable. The V3 clears the blur and allows the notes to be crystal clear with a level of definition and detail not present before.

I hope vorlon1 joins and adds his impressions.

Thanks Alex! :allteeth:

[[AK]Zip]

Thank you for the great write up and I am happy to see you are enjoying them.

Just a small updated the internet seems to have finally be fully repaired and we are back up and fully running.

Thanks,
Alex

[Covenant]

Let me know when mine is done!

[Aura]

Hi Alex, really lovely work from everything I have read and seen.

Out of curiosity, has a JVC DX1000 ever been the beneficiary of a v3 recable? I cannot help but be inquisitive .

[[AK]Zip]

Originally Posted by Aura

Hi Alex, really lovely work from everything I have read and seen.

Out of curiosity, has a JVC DX1000 ever been the beneficiary of a v3 recable? I cannot help but be inquisitive .

We have done 1 or 2 with the V2 cable, but none yet with the V3. Hopefully sometime in the future there will be a pair on the way to us for recable.

Thanks,
Alex

[[AK]Zip]

A Denon D5000 recable and 2 Sennheiser cables.


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-Alex-

[[AK]Zip]

Another Sennheiser cable along with an AKG K701 and K501 recable.


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-Alex-