I recently had the chance to compare 7 different RCA cables,4 USB cables and power cables as well.
This experiment took over one month to complete as many of the cables needed to be burned in prior.
The purpose for this shootout is not to convince non-believers in cables. Any comments made telling me im crazy or high will be flagged and respectfully ignored by me.
The reason for this shootout is to help those looking to upgrade the cables in their systems.
When possible I did not know the retail price of the cables in this shootout prior to testing,to try and minimize any expectation bias.
If you have a cable you'd like to send me to compare to those that i have purchased,you can PM me,and we can discuss it privately.
Gear used in experiment:
ZMF Verite Closed w/ ZMF 2K copper cable.
Glenn Studios OTL GEC U18/20, 2x Ken Rad 6J5, 6x GE 6BX7
Lampizator Atlantic TRP DAC
Aurender N100H server
RCA cables:
Worlds Best Cables Canare Starquad-$35.00
ATL Audio GA-UP 1128-$135.00
ATL GA-40 KLE-$174.00
Wireworld Equinox 7-$140.00
Triode Labs Spirit ll Phono- $449.00-$699.00
C-Marc LessLoss- $850.00
Triode Labs Revelation Prototype-$1000.00
USB cable used: FTA Callisto
USB Cables:
Audioquest Cinnamon-$79.00
Mapleshade Clearview-(discontinued,$140.00 when it was made)
TotalDAC D1-350.00 Euro
FTA Callisto- $880.00
RCA cable used: C-Marc Lessloss
Power Cables
Pangea Audio AC 14SE MK ll Signature- $49.95
LessLoss C-Marc- $1148.00
Note. I received no financial compensation for my experiment. I also will receive no financial compensation from any sale of the products featured or otherwise in this review.
Special thanks to @Zachik , @dminches , @Gopher for loaning me cables used in this shootout.
Also special thanks to Constantin from Atelier13-usa.com and Pete from triodewirelabs.com for their generosity in loaning out cables for this shootout
Sonic attributes I listened for:
speed
staging
mid bass
sub bass
dynamics
mids
highs
air
imaging
PRaT
smoothness
Songs I used for this shootout:
All files are locally stored and redbook quality,unless otherwise noted.
Metallica-Enter Sandman-hard rock 24/96
Lighthouse-One Fine Morning-70s poppy/jazzy/proggy
Ajja and Cosmosis- Into the Deep-psybient
Grateful Dead- Friend of the Devil- folk rock-24/192
I-Bridges of Fire-black metal
Irukanji-goa trance
Carbon Based Lifeforms-Photosynthesis-psybient
Joan Baez-Diamonds and Rust-folk
Deep Purple-Pictures of Home-hard rock 24/96
Snowy White-Bird of Paradise-blues
Beatles-Come Together-2019 remaster-classic rock-24/96
Pink Floyd-Pigs(Three Different Ones)-prog rock-24/96
Parasite Inc.-Pulse of The Dead-melodic death metal
This experiment took over one month to complete as many of the cables needed to be burned in prior.
The purpose for this shootout is not to convince non-believers in cables. Any comments made telling me im crazy or high will be flagged and respectfully ignored by me.
The reason for this shootout is to help those looking to upgrade the cables in their systems.
When possible I did not know the retail price of the cables in this shootout prior to testing,to try and minimize any expectation bias.
If you have a cable you'd like to send me to compare to those that i have purchased,you can PM me,and we can discuss it privately.
Gear used in experiment:
ZMF Verite Closed w/ ZMF 2K copper cable.
Glenn Studios OTL GEC U18/20, 2x Ken Rad 6J5, 6x GE 6BX7
Lampizator Atlantic TRP DAC
Aurender N100H server
RCA cables:
Worlds Best Cables Canare Starquad-$35.00
ATL Audio GA-UP 1128-$135.00
ATL GA-40 KLE-$174.00
Wireworld Equinox 7-$140.00
Triode Labs Spirit ll Phono- $449.00-$699.00
C-Marc LessLoss- $850.00
Triode Labs Revelation Prototype-$1000.00
USB cable used: FTA Callisto
USB Cables:
Audioquest Cinnamon-$79.00
Mapleshade Clearview-(discontinued,$140.00 when it was made)
TotalDAC D1-350.00 Euro
FTA Callisto- $880.00
RCA cable used: C-Marc Lessloss
Power Cables
Pangea Audio AC 14SE MK ll Signature- $49.95
LessLoss C-Marc- $1148.00
Note. I received no financial compensation for my experiment. I also will receive no financial compensation from any sale of the products featured or otherwise in this review.
Special thanks to @Zachik , @dminches , @Gopher for loaning me cables used in this shootout.
Also special thanks to Constantin from Atelier13-usa.com and Pete from triodewirelabs.com for their generosity in loaning out cables for this shootout
Sonic attributes I listened for:
speed
staging
mid bass
sub bass
dynamics
mids
highs
air
imaging
PRaT
smoothness
Songs I used for this shootout:
All files are locally stored and redbook quality,unless otherwise noted.
Metallica-Enter Sandman-hard rock 24/96
Lighthouse-One Fine Morning-70s poppy/jazzy/proggy
Ajja and Cosmosis- Into the Deep-psybient
Grateful Dead- Friend of the Devil- folk rock-24/192
I-Bridges of Fire-black metal
Irukanji-goa trance
Carbon Based Lifeforms-Photosynthesis-psybient
Joan Baez-Diamonds and Rust-folk
Deep Purple-Pictures of Home-hard rock 24/96
Snowy White-Bird of Paradise-blues
Beatles-Come Together-2019 remaster-classic rock-24/96
Pink Floyd-Pigs(Three Different Ones)-prog rock-24/96
Parasite Inc.-Pulse of The Dead-melodic death metal
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