I've been working with the Ares and Cadmus 8w versions for a few months now and both cables have found homes in my collection. They are similar in look and feel, except for color and Ares is a bit more stiff and difficult than Cadmus owing to all that copper. Remember that these are very thick cables and not what I'd consider extremely portable, at least compared to most other cables I have. I have not tried the 4w versions to compare, but I imagine they're great, too, maybe a little less weighty literally and figuratively, as 8w does bring a wall of sound.
They both also do pretty much what you'd expect. The Ares is an excellent copper cable bringing heavy note weight and plenty of bass (but not overwhelming) but giving an overall balanced, ungimicky sound. If your stock cable was copper as so many are, this is an interesting way to test against them to see if you buy the cable myth (I clearly do). Ares' thick note weight and high detail resolution can make certain pairings magical, and others not so much.
The Cadmus, a silver plated copper cable, is likely the more useful of the pair both for ergonomics (it's softer and more pliable than Ares) and ease of matching. It sounds great with almost everything in my collection. Cadmus note weight seems a bit thinner than Ares, but still very rich and full. A more pronounced midrange to my ears, more air and wider stage made Cadmus easier to roll and harder to figure out which it was best for since it sounded great on most.
I'm the end, I've got Ares on my AüR Neon Pro and Cadmus on my CA FIBAE 5 and the pairings are magical. NP (bass switch off) sounds beautifully natural with Ares across the FR, and certainly improves over the stock cable. Same with F5 and Cadmus, where F5 excelled in the widest stage with superb SQ.
While not exactly cheap, they're certainly among EAs lower priced but high end cables. Build quality is top notch: the hardware, plugs, all of it, are a great experience when treading into the world of aftermarket cables. You can also get these with all of the EA terminations, like con-X.
They may be most likely to stay home, but they are also staying in my collection!
Thanks to Jordon at EA for helping me choose these cables and making the buying experience so easy!
Hi,
I see you have the EA Thor Silver II+, can you compare the sound quality to the new EA Eros S and Cadmus? Which cable is the most transparent and holographic to your ears?
Thanks!
Hello EA cable users & enthusiast, I've been wondering, how big of a difference in sound between the regular Rhodium 4.4mm vs the upgraded Pentaconn 4.4mm OFC?
Hello EA cable users & enthusiast, I've been wondering, how big of a difference in sound between the regular Rhodium 4.4mm vs the upgraded Pentaconn 4.4mm OFC?
I have had at the same time a regular Ares S 8 wires, with the rhodium plated plug and my current Ares S Founders Edition, crafted with the gold plated copper Pentaconn plug ...
Ok, the Founders Edition is better... But it's a different cable at the very end... Hybrid pur copper wires plus gold and copper alloy wires plus palladium plated copper wires (FE) Vs pure copper wires...
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