I hope one day I can test out the Centurion myself so I can compare haha. But right now, I am quite enjoying the Chiron over the Leo ii Octa. I might end up selling my Leo ii and driving the Chiron permanently
Alright, here's your first look. Introducing Prototype 37 - Silver and Prototype 38 Copper Color. I will admit photography is not my gift but this will give you an idea.
When EA contacted me if to ask if I wanted to participate, they said they would send them out "Blind" in non descript packaging with no names or descriptions because they didn't want to influence or bias the feedback they received - they just wanted pure impressions based on sound and that we, the testers share our experiences here on the cable threads. I really admire their approach.
My first impression out of the box was, these are prototypes; they're beautiful. Both cables are a 4 Core likely 26 or 24 gauge in Litz Structure and while it's impossible to know what the material actually is, they appear to be Copper and Silver respectfully, but who knows what alchemy and wizardry they've got going on.
Since the cats already out of the bag on these. I received the protoypes and have around 50 hours on prototype 37. I been listened too and burning in 37 then will do same with 38. That should give me about a week of listening to each one before comparing them to each other.
This is something I been looking forward to, since it’s the first time that I have the honor to be involved in a new product launch. I’m not going let that effect my review and thoughts on these prototypes. I really trust the members on head-fi to give there honest thoughts so going giveback the same.
I’m glad to hear more prototypes are arriving. I agree @holsend this as a great method and way to go about testing.
I started testing on prototype 37 and was going to wait till hit a 100 hours of burnin on 37 before commenting. Currently have around 60 hours on them.
I decided to toss out a few early thought’s concerning prototype 37.
First off if this is a silver colored cable, if it’s made of solid silver it be the first silver cable I enjoyed with the mest. The other silver cables I tried sounded too bright and harsh to the point being piercing durning extended use.
Prototype 37 is more transparent and open sounding with great clarity, a sweeter sound and overall more musical in the high frequency area.
In the midrange the sound is accurate and that adds to articulate improvements. There’s is no congested or muddy sounds noted. Voice come across rich and detailed.
The bass sound is really excellent with the mest, in the seismic range the bone conduction system in the seem more pronounced than normal. This could be just the overall bass improvement the cable adds. Will add more thoughts later on this and the bass improvements.
These are just early random thoughts I’ll be adding more in depth details once I have more time listening too and comparing with other cables and iem’s.
So far with 37 I’m really enjoying the sound improvements this cable brings to my system. If prototype 38 is this good or better the new signature line will be a great addition to there current products.
Here's a few more shots, snapped with my phone. These are beautiful cables, exceptionally well crafted. I typically have not like the carbon fibre harware accents but on these I love them, It's high quality, has a really nice luster and surronded by stainless steel or chrome. Even the cinch ( slider) is really nicely done. Often I cut them off because they're too big and I'not use them, here, as you can see it's perfect and when not in use slides back down and sits flush with the splitter. More on sonics to follow.
Received my cables (37 and 38) today as a tester. I'm a believer in cable burn-in, so I will not do any critical listening for a while. But, my initial impressions are positive. In particular, cable 37 (silver colored) strikes me as a very special cable. I do not think it is a straight up silver construction. I have never liked the sound of any pure silver cables I've ever used. But cable 37 is at another level. If I had to guess, it is a mixed construction, OCC/silver with maybe some other precious metals in there or possibly a graphene core. Even without burn-in, the soundstage spatial improvements are noticable. The adjectives "tight" and "snappy" come to mind with this cable, as it offers very good control of the drivers, all while avoiding sounding bright or tilted towards either the upper or lower registers. And still produces a deep, full, yet detailed bass. Quality AND quantity in this case.
Cable 38 is almost at the opposite end of the spectrum, at least initially. The cable thicknesses are different in comparing 37 and 38, but they use the same hardware. For cable 38, which is a thinner gauge, the chin slider is oversized, so it slides down and as a result provides minimal utility. Otherwise, the hardware is of good quality, I agree that the Pentacon connector for both cables almost looks rhodium plated, but obviously I do not really know. Cable 37 has 4 cores of what appear to be the exact same wires. Cable 38, however, uses 4 cores with 2x one type of wire and 2x another type. One has thicker strands than the other. And one of each type goes to each side Left/Right, so they're a matched set on both sides. Cable 38 (at least initially) seems to create a more rounded effect on the lower registers. Again, I'll wait for a final word after some more burn-in and lots of listening.
More to follow after these two cables get some more hours on them. This is going to be fun.
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also working on my Chiron and Mamba impressions. Hopefully will have all 3 done in the coming week or 2!
