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Can these be made to fit a TF10?
Sure, anything can be done. I doubt UE would do it though, so you would need to either DIY it or get someone else to do it.
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Really good stuff. Thanks. I like everything about the review except the explanation why Silver's brighter. I agree that it often is and enjoyed your descriptions but material resistance isn't frequency selective. The raw wire used here will pass 1 mhz at these length without loss relative to lows. Skin effect, stranding, reflections, impedance and construction can have an exponentially greater infuence on bandwidth. I'm not arguing that silver doesn't sound different or that these cables don't. I know they do. I just don't think it's resistance. A 1.7m vs 1.6m silver cable will sound virtually the same while a copper of 1.6 with same constuction will likely not and the resistance at connections and solder is more significant. Sorry for the input if it's not welcome. I have no objections if you'd like the mods to delete this post as I really like the piece and am not trying to get this into another cable being different debate. I'm with you here and just wanted to comment on your thought regarding the mechanism.
I welcome the question. I am not an expert and until someone pays me to work in a lab and truly figure these things out, I will have to go off my work experience with wiring and various signals, engineering background, research, and what my ears are telling me.
Audio signals are much different than RF and HF signals, especially when you consider they will typically be carrying some PSK, FSK, etc signal that doesn't have the intricacies of music . With audio frequencies there is no skin effect (hence silver plated copper has no benefit of silver) and reflections are pretty much not an issue. There was an excellent post I read somewhere that described the differences in op amp performance into loads with different capacitance. The differences weren't large, but the leading edge of a square wave was noticeably different on a scope which would affect attack of a note. And if you think about all the different electrons moving at different speeds and at different amplitudes, some large, some small, some very small, it would seem logical to me that the small difference in resistance along with the capacitive and inductive changes that may be present can not only affect the very small amplitude signals that make up the micro-detail, but also affect the amp performance. We are talking about tiny differences in resistance, but also tiny amplitude analog signals.
As far as the significance of solder, I do believe it is significant, but if there is metal to metal contact of the wire to the pin, the effect of solder for an audio signal should minimized. I actually think the material and construction of the connectors can also make a slight but audible difference (when combined with high resolution equipment and music), but I have not had the opportunity to test connectors.
