[Gavin C4]

The Ares line up has a long history that built the foundation with Effect Audio.


I have been a long time owner of the original Effect Audio Ares cable, and recently upgraded to the brand new Ares S. The cable on the left of the picture is the original Ares that dates back to the year 2018. With all that time stacking on the OG Ares, it is still in great color condition as compared to the recently acquired Ares S on the right of the picture. The picture alone has shown that every cable from Effect Audio is truly well built. Keeping it under a good condition after usage, the cable could last for years to come. Don’t worry after multiple years of usage. Effect Audio honors every single cable that they made with the reasonable repair charge only shipping and new parts.

The OG Ares cable has always been an easy recommendation for pairing with any IEMs that have a dynamic driver as it is fairly neutral and smooth across the signature. With the recent release of the Ares S, Effect Audio has brought this cable to the next level, I would describe it as the Apex of copper cable. It is significantly more dynamic in the bass with lots of power with a very good control and not getting boomy at all. Vocals actually have lots of detail and weight to it without sounding muffled. The treble is smooth and fatigue free but also really detailed for a copper cable. I have strongly recommended this cable to other enthusiasts but some have joked around that it does not look luxurious enough and didn’t really give the Ares S a serious listen and joked the Ares S is ‘not expensive enough’ for them to justify the spending and pairing with their more exotic totl IEMs.

After seriously urging them to take a listen with the pairing with a hybrid IEM, they are shocked by the performance of the Ares S and it is only the entry level of the entire line up. As the Effect Audio Ares S performed at the same level of other more exotic copper cables that are consider more luxurious. The Ares S has a similar amount of detail, texture and the level of realism presented makes the Ares S punches it way up to the Apex of copper cable.

The Ares S would replace my OG Ares for my togo cable for dynamic or hybrid IEM. It will be the best pick for a natural and lively presentation for any music.

 

[Suyang]

The Ares line up has a long history that built the foundation with Effect Audio.


I have been a long time owner of the original Effect Audio Ares cable, and recently upgraded to the brand new Ares S. The cable on the left of the picture is the original Ares that dates back to the year 2018. With all that time stacking on the OG Ares, it is still in great color condition as compared to the recently acquired Ares S on the right of the picture. The picture alone has shown that every cable from Effect Audio is truly well built. Keeping it under a good condition after usage, the cable could last for years to come. Don’t worry after multiple years of usage. Effect Audio honors every single cable that they made with the reasonable repair charge only shipping and new parts.

The OG Ares cable has always been an easy recommendation for pairing with any IEMs that have a dynamic driver as it is fairly neutral and smooth across the signature. With the recent release of the Ares S, Effect Audio has brought this cable to the next level, I would describe it as the Apex of copper cable. It is significantly more dynamic in the bass with lots of power with a very good control and not getting boomy at all. Vocals actually have lots of detail and weight to it without sounding muffled. The treble is smooth and fatigue free but also really detailed for a copper cable. I have strongly recommended this cable to other enthusiasts but some have joked around that it does not look luxurious enough and didn’t really give the Ares S a serious listen and joked the Ares S is ‘not expensive enough’ for them to justify the spending and pairing with their more exotic totl IEMs.

After seriously urging them to take a listen with the pairing with a hybrid IEM, they are shocked by the performance of the Ares S and it is only the entry level of the entire line up. As the Effect Audio Ares S performed at the same level of other more exotic copper cables that are consider more luxurious. The Ares S has a similar amount of detail, texture and the level of realism presented makes the Ares S punches it way up to the Apex of copper cable.

The Ares S would replace my OG Ares for my togo cable for dynamic or hybrid IEM. It will be the best pick for a natural and lively presentation for any music.

Thanks for sharing Gavin and your continuous support of EA, great to hear you love your Ares S so much now.

Look forward to see you soon in HK AV show, we are working hard to bring something interesting for the show

Suyang

 

[Mangodango369]

Well, some (most) of them but some are still worth keeping for the characters. I mainly use my Yin-yoo cables now, until the EA signature series cable arrive at my door.

teach me the art of maintaining so many cables man. I'll prolly get the Cadmus, shall ponder over the weekends lol

 

[saldsald]

teach me the art of maintaining so many cables man. I'll prolly get the Cadmus, shall ponder over the weekends lol

It's easy, I velcro them and put them in some spaghetti box.


And I do have a cable-synergy spreadsheet but I probably am not gonna update it until I have bought myself more mid-range or even high end cables.

 

[Mangodango369]

It's easy, I velcro them and put them in some spaghetti box.


And I do have a cable-synergy spreadsheet but I probably am not gonna update it until I have bought myself more mid-range or even high end cables.

woah gonna need a bigger box soon yo lol do share dem spreadsheets with us when its ready

 

[saldsald]

woah gonna need a bigger box soon yo lol do share dem spreadsheets with us when its ready

I have two boxes like this actually. Na it's written in hieroglyphs mixed with some alien languages only I understand lol.

 

[SeeSax]

A lot has been covered for the new Signature cables already, but I realized I forgot to share some impressions after having the pleasure of using the early Ares S prototype. Given that the hardware is updated on the retail version, I’ll skip that part and just talk about the wire first. It’s soft, supple, feels super premium and has all the comfort that someone could ask for. It has no microphonics to speak of, and it doesn’t feel like an “entry” level cable in any regard. I’m really impressed that a $170 cable can feel as good as this one does.

For sound, I’ll say this is a very refined copper sound. There’s a thickness throughout that gave heft to notes on all of the IEMs I tried it with. I’d say this would be best paired with neutral monitors that aren’t overly warm. In my case, I loved the cable with my Earsonics Grace Platinums. The bass had really nice texture and weight, an analogue quality so to speak, and was an easy and relaxing listen. Mids were thick and juicy and treble was insanely smooth. This cable made a noticeable tilt in tone from a brighter silver cable I used. Again, best paired with neutral to brighter IEMs in my opinion.

I’m impressed with what EA have done in this price segment. Given that you can barely get a decent quality adapter for this price these days, it’s really cool to see that you can get a quality cable for under 200 bucks with nice packaging, dare I say top of of the line comfort and handling, and high-end sound. @EffectAudio thank you ever so much for the fun opportunity to test the Ares S cable.

-Collin-

 

[aaf evo]

Looks like a Chiron 4 wire may be on the way? Listed on EA's website but no product page yet.

 

[JordonEA]

Looks like a Chiron 4 wire may be on the way? Listed on EA's website but no product page yet.

You sure have super sharp eyes!
And yes! Welcome our new baby Chiron 4W
https://www.effectaudio.com/flagship/chiron-4w

- Jordon

 

[theveterans]

@Suyang

Will Effect Audio allow me to change my Cleopatra Octa termination to Term-X at CanJam SoCal 2022? I do not want to mail my cables but hand it over to the EA booth at Can Jam SoCal instead of mailing it?

Also is Term-X 2.5mm plug PSquared spec plug?

 

[Gavin C4]

Chiron 8-wire. I would describe it to be the most refined 8-wire gold plated cable that Effect Audio has made. What I meant by refined, includes criteria such as a natural presentation, detail retrieval, and also an organized holographic stage. The aspect of an organized and holographic stage is one of the hardest aspects to achieve in the IEM world as we are hugely limited by the physics of in-ear monitors. However, under the influence of Chiron, the music you heard suddenly has a significantly deeper stage and blacker background, and every instrument can be pin-pointed in the exact direction. The size of the vocals are just right to scale with all other instruments, very natural and smooth. The power of Chiron has made an illusion of the entire stage live music performance right in front of you. This cable is so refined that it ensures a faitgue-free listening experience, is very natural and analog-like, and has the ability to retain every single bit of detail.

Really looking forward to the 4-wire version, would it be a baby Chiron or a totally different beast that unlocks a new kind of experience and fun pairing with different IEMs. Can't wait to hear it.

 

[JordonEA]

@Suyang

Will Effect Audio allow me to change my Cleopatra Octa termination to Term-X at CanJam SoCal 2022? I do not want to mail my cables but hand it over to the EA booth at Can Jam SoCal instead of mailing it?

Also is Term-X 2.5mm plug PSquared spec plug?

Hey @theveterans ! Sure! You can pass us your Cleopatra Octa at SOCAL See you in September
No, TermX is not Psquared spec plug.

Chiron 8-wire. I would describe it to be the most refined 8-wire gold plated cable that Effect Audio has made. What I meant by refined, includes criteria such as a natural presentation, detail retrieval, and also an organized holographic stage. The aspect of an organized and holographic stage is one of the hardest aspects to achieve in the IEM world as we are hugely limited by the physics of in-ear monitors. However, under the influence of Chiron, the music you heard suddenly has a significantly deeper stage and blacker background, and every instrument can be pin-pointed in the exact direction. The size of the vocals are just right to scale with all other instruments, very natural and smooth. The power of Chiron has made an illusion of the entire stage live music performance right in front of you. This cable is so refined that it ensures a faitgue-free listening experience, is very natural and analog-like, and has the ability to retain every single bit of detail.

Really looking forward to the 4-wire version, would it be a baby Chiron or a totally different beast that unlocks a new kind of experience and fun pairing with different IEMs. Can't wait to hear it.

Glad you liked the Chiron, it is indeed very analog sounding Chiron 4W is going to be an interesting one

- Jordon

 

[warrenpchi]

I've been ABing the Chiron 8W and Centurion this morning. It's too early to declare absolute specifics about them, but I have discovered one thing...

Moving through the tiers of any type of audio gear - whether it be transducers, or active electronics, or in this case interconnects - we invariably come across a demarcation line where politeness cedes to candor. And in EA's line-up, that demarcation line is somewhere between the Chiron 8W and Centurion.

Chiron 8W: It's all good bruh, like what you like, and just be happy!
Centurion: Bruh, I'm sorry, that recording sucks.

 

[Ufanco]

Just saw the promotion video for the signature series. Since I just bought a new dac looking forward to the hearing how the Cadmus will sound with it. It also sounds like the signature line will be shipping soon, I been looking forward to receiving mine so excited to share this news.

Reading Facebook posts and the signature line demand skyrocketed and exceeded there initial expectations. Consider the improvements the prototypes where for my systems I have a feeling this threads going be exploding once people start receiving there cables.

Here’s a link to the video in case you haven’t seen it. I figured I’ll share this video since not everyone uses Facebook. (plus the video really shows off how nice these cables look)

https://fb.watch/e88iaI-bE3/

 

[warrenpchi]

Just saw the promotion video for the signature series. Since I just bought a new dac looking forward to the hearing how the Cadmus will sound with it. It also sounds like the signature line will be shipping soon, I been looking forward to receiving mine so excited to share this news.

I'm actually field testing all three now, for the upcoming CanJam London preview video. I can say that, of the three, the Cadmus is my favorite by far.