hi. sorry, i haven't tried osprey series from cema

150 is also dark. 125, 210, 192 might fit your needs, although not so dark

No tests of these cables by me. Using SE adapter in a balanced output is a risk. If L- and R- channels are shorted into the adapter, it can damage the amplification stage of your source (depending of its protections). And you never get balanced benefits (power, minimum crosstalk = wider...

I like to first get the sound without coloration, as much clean and transparent as possible, so FR, noise, distortion, etc. measurements are a must to know how clean and transparent it will be. Then, I might consider to color it by altering frequency response or adding noise and distortion, in a...

Thank you for enumerating the possible scenarios where an impedance adapter can be considered, master! Respect the use for saving a low current limited amplifier (or amplifier stage of any source), I can't stand for the lack of related info from manufacturers; they usually provide some info...

In my case, I haven't found any situation where impedance adapters are needed. I try to figure out the reason to increase output impedance (it probably exists) while I'm always seeking for the lowest possible. I only checked impedance adapters with etymotic er4p (75ohm to "convert" to er4s) and...

thank you for your appreciation. based on my listening experience, i'm pretty sure cable 174 uses pure silver (with a bit of gold) alloy; bass is very clean and impactful, upper-mids and treble are not perceived forward (like it happens with silver plated cables), but also very clean. the...

digital signal are 0/1 streams, which need to be converted to analog signals by a Digital to Analog Converter (DAC). if your digital cable gets a lot of interferences, more info has to be resent because the receiver can't distinguish some 0s and 1s, decreasing the velocity of the transmission...

cable 174 is around 20% more expensive than that warring states cable while being slightly thinner, due to the used wire. i don't know if the 1% gold in the alloy justifies that difference, or just the different manufacturer has got different prices. they say that red rabbit uses frozen 6n...

fiber optic cables are meant for digital signal transmission. in my opinion, if the cable allows enough velocity and there are low amount of errors due to outside interferences, there shouldn't be any sound differences. of course, fiber optic is the best for digital transmission; fastest, no...

i don't own any of them. anyway, i doubt it is pure silver wire. 22awg of silver wire would be more expensive than that. besides, it says "Pure silver was plated by 7n frozen OCC with 140 cores per share"; guess they mean silver plated OCC (copper). resistance will be very low in both cables, though

niceee, thanks! if you are into ultra short angled adapters, i'd probably go for this: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003030895753.html if you are into wired adapters, the quality of that wire could be a factor, depending of the quality of the wire in your cables.

neutrik styled should be decent enough, but haven't tried them (i got only xlr4 male to 2.5 female ones). saw them in aliexpress audio stores

i guess so. traditional coaxial cables only carry one signal (1 core) and metallic jacket is used for ground, so they are mono signal

if the wire has only 2 cores, it's a mono (not stereo) wire. you need 3 signals minimum for stereo sound: left, right, and ground. if you get stereo sound when using that cable, then there are 3 "cores" inside (2 cores -left, right- plus jacket/mesh carrying ground), or 4 cores inside (two...

nice resistance measurements, the adapter looks brilliant

i won't buy them (i'm plenty of good quality adapters), so the only chance i measure them is the manufacturer or a distributor or a particular sends them to me

these are hypothesis: different wire manufacturers? palace series uses a kind of oem up-occ wire, probably made in taiwan, in line with my favorite cables from CEMA. palace class uses different kind of wire and sheath. yea, it's been a while, and i haven't tried that cable. zero time due to my...

thank you for the courtesy! i don't mind it at all, even i prefer it (still need time)

my actual favorites are those showed first in "Pics, comments, and links" sections; you can find their links there. 195 (ag+au+pa alloy) and 188 ("super" copper) are not in the database yet, because i haven't tried nor measured them; so i haven't rated them either. my pendent cables are: 184...

thanks for your appreciation. i guess you mean cables with XLR jack (XLR 4 pole, or dual XLR 3). the only source with such output in my inventory is THX AAA 789 headphone amplifier (balanced output, XLR 4); most of my sources are 2.5mm/3.5mm. purchasing a pair of quality XLR 4 to 2.5mm was my...

yup, it's cable 052. oem, many rebrands. nice to see it's already on sale. pretty ones

from my database, cable 140 could fit your needs. ultra light and flexible, no earhooks, decent quality, around 0.3ohms (not the best but decent resistivity given its lightness). but you get miles better materials (wire and plugs) with cable 170, around 20% pricier. or cable 230, king of...

i also got same adapters, in order to try and measure when using different cables with etymotic er2se (and er4xr if i ever get them..)

yeah, NX7 termination, thanks. the problem with protruding 2pins termination and BLON NX7 or QDC sockets (protruding female) is that connection wouldn't be as secured (could get un-plugged easier); it shouldn't be a big issue at home, though, and 2pins version of that cable is not much...