Effect Audio cables thread

[animalsrush]

For anyone who is interested, I just put up my full review of Lionheart:

Effect Audio Lionheart - A Maestro Of Harmony

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Couldn’t agree more.. love lionheart balanced 4.4 mm pairing with k10 CIEM and Sony wm1z .. it makes vocals sound sublime, bass has the rumble and sound very organic. Before lionheart my k10s were missing the vocal presentation as I liked it.. it is end game atleast for me in terms of cables. They are comfortable and non fatiguing

PC

 

[Wyville]

Couldn’t agree more.. love lionheart balanced 4.4 mm pairing with k10 CIEM and Sony wm1z .. it makes vocals sound sublime, bass has the rumble and sound very organic. Before lionheart my k10s were missing the vocal presentation as I liked it.. it is end game atleast for me in terms of cables. They are comfortable and non fatiguing

PC

Oh nice pairing there with the k10 and the 1Z! I have been wondering what a cable like Lionheart would do with Noble's IEMs. I have heard almost all of them (except for the Django) and am especially curious about the pairing with the Katana and Encore. The k10 sound like they pair really well with Lionheart!

 

[Ultrainferno]

Our picture Sunday today is about the the Horus. We'll be posting the Horus and PW Audio 1960s (4-wire) comparison review soon btw.
https://www.headfonia.com/picture-sunday-effect-audio-horus/

 

[SeeSax]

I have an Eros II+ on the way and I haven't seen much posted about it. It seems to be half 22awg silver from the Thor II+ and half the 22awg copper from the Ares II+ (maybe I'm way off).

Is this a warm cable? It would seem to be warmer than the Thor II+ since it's got some copper in it, but I know that is a generalization and I even saw a few members saying Eros is not on the warm side. Just curious how this compares to it's full silver counterpart. Thinking of using it on my Dita Dream...all thoughts welcome and appreciated

-Collin-

 

[ezekiel77]

I have an Eros II+ on the way and I haven't seen much posted about it. It seems to be half 22awg silver from the Thor II+ and half the 22awg copper from the Ares II+ (maybe I'm way off).

Is this a warm cable? It would seem to be warmer than the Thor II+ since it's got some copper in it, but I know that is a generalization and I even saw a few members saying Eros is not on the warm side. Just curious how this compares to it's full silver counterpart. Thinking of using it on my Dita Dream...all thoughts welcome and appreciated

-Collin-

I asked for a small comparo between the Eros II plus and non-plus and this was Eric's reply. The plus seems just a tad warmer.

https://www.head-fi.org/threads/hig...sons-and-reviews.804952/page-99#post-13995539

 

[SeeSax]

I asked for a small comparo between the Eros II plus and non-plus and this was Eric's reply. The plus seems just a tad warmer.

https://www.head-fi.org/threads/hig...sons-and-reviews.804952/page-99#post-13995539

That’s so cool. Thanks man!

 

[Imusicman]

For anyone who is interested, I just put up my full review of Lionheart:

Effect Audio Lionheart - A Maestro Of Harmony

​

Excellent review

 

[Imusicman]

Our picture Sunday today is about the the Horus. We'll be posting the Horus and PW Audio 1960s (4-wire) comparison review soon btw.
https://www.headfonia.com/picture-sunday-effect-audio-horus/

looking forward to this

 

[Imusicman]

Couldn’t agree more.. love lionheart balanced 4.4 mm pairing with k10 CIEM and Sony wm1z .. it makes vocals sound sublime, bass has the rumble and sound very organic. Before lionheart my k10s were missing the vocal presentation as I liked it.. it is end game atleast for me in terms of cables. They are comfortable and non fatiguing

PC

The Lionheart is on my shortlist as an upgrade for my W80's /WM1Z

Im hoping that Effect Audio will be at this years London CanJam so I can finally audition the range for myself.

Please, please bring some MMCX options Eric

 

[Wyville]

Excellent review

Thanks!

The Lionheart is on my shortlist as an upgrade for my W80's /WM1Z

Im hoping that Effect Audio will be at this years London CanJam so I can finally audition the range for myself.

Please, please bring some MMCX options Eric

I expect they will be there, but if you are in the UK you can always check with HiFiHeadphones, as there might be more opportunities to demo. (The Headroom Show will be at the end of March, but I have no idea if they will be there.) I ordered my Ares II through them and @Oscar-HiFi is a great guy to talk to!

 

[Oscar-HiFi]

Thanks!

I expect they will be there, but if you are in the UK you can always check with HiFiHeadphones, as there might be more opportunities to demo. (The Headroom Show will be at the end of March, but I have no idea if they will be there.) I ordered my Ares II through them and @Oscar-HiFi is a great guy to talk to!

We will be taking Effect to Canjam and hoping Eric comes over for it

We have them all in 2-pin, 2.5mm balanced, but do have 2-pin to MMCX adaptors

Unfortunately we're not doing the Headroom show

 

[Imusicman]

Thanks!

I expect they will be there, but if you are in the UK you can always check with HiFiHeadphones, as there might be more opportunities to demo. (The Headroom Show will be at the end of March, but I have no idea if they will be there.) I ordered my Ares II through them and @Oscar-HiFi is a great guy to talk to!

Totally agree. I have previously purchased 2 IEM's from them and found them to be great to deal with. They swapped out my 1st purchase which developed a fault with no quibbles and also price matched my purchase. It really doesn't get much better than that IMHO

 

[flinkenick]

I have an Eros II+ on the way and I haven't seen much posted about it. It seems to be half 22awg silver from the Thor II+ and half the 22awg copper from the Ares II+ (maybe I'm way off).

Is this a warm cable? It would seem to be warmer than the Thor II+ since it's got some copper in it, but I know that is a generalization and I even saw a few members saying Eros is not on the warm side. Just curious how this compares to it's full silver counterpart. Thinking of using it on my Dita Dream...all thoughts welcome and appreciated

-Collin-

Eros II+ has more mid- and upper-bass than Eros II. So it adds more body to the bass, although as with Ares II+ it is a bit of a woolly bass, as the emphasis is on the upper regions. Eros II by comparison is a bit leaner in bass, also when compared to Ares II or II+, but shares a similar clear but neutral signature to Eros II+. The signatures of the Eros twins can perhaps best be described as 'uncolored', as they don't lean heavily towards any direction; neither warm nor bright, and void of additional sparkle. So despite the increased bass of Eros II+, it retains a neutral tonality; but it is especially smooth.

 

[SeeSax]

Eros II+ has more mid- and upper-bass than Eros II. So it adds more body to the bass, although as with Ares II+ it is a bit of a woolly bass, as the emphasis is on the upper regions. Eros II by comparison is a bit leaner in bass, also when compared to Ares II or II+, but shares a similar clear but neutral signature to Eros II+. The signatures of the Eros twins can perhaps best be described as 'uncolored', as they don't lean heavily towards any direction; neither warm nor bright, and void of additional sparkle. So despite the increased bass of Eros II+, it retains a neutral signature; but it is especially smooth.

Thanks Nic, appreciate that. Sounds like a good candidate for something I do not wish to increase the treble sparkle on, but perhaps bring up the mid-bass a bit. I'll give it a try on the S-EM9, because why not right?

-Collin-

 

[animalsrush]

The Lionheart is on my shortlist as an upgrade for my W80's /WM1Z

Im hoping that Effect Audio will be at this years London CanJam so I can finally audition the range for myself.

Please, please bring some MMCX options Eric

With wm1z go balanced. Also if your player has fw 1.2 not 2.0 lionheart will make it lush and organic.. it is simply the best all round cable out there atleast imo

Pc