[Auricon]

It’s been a long wait, Project 8s arriving soon!!!

 

[Auricon]

Arrived a two days early!

Prudence 8 and Project 8 Plato x Socrates

 

[Auricon]

Initial impressions out of the box, goodness this a beautiful, luxuriously thick cable.

Paired with EVO and 3MAX SS, P8 Plato x Socrates is a match made in heaven by the Olympian gods. Socrates’s quality bass and sub bass is all there but P8 Plato provides the airiness which I felt was missing with just Socrates alone - P8 Plato builds on Socrates layered soundstage, depth, details and separation.

Been randomly listening to Grimes “Violence” and “Venus Fly”, Leon Bridges “Motorbike”, Gorillaz “Meanwhile”, Tom Misch “Kyiv”, oddCouple “Reflections feat. Jamila Woods” and loving clarity in vocals and gobs of bass, LOL. On King Hannah’s “Crème Brûlée’s” vocal is incredibly enveloping and haunting - pulling you in… guitar rift and percussion at 03:30 soars with details. Yeah I’m horrible at writing impressions and I’m enjoying P8 Plato x Socrates - question is has it knocked my Aeneid off its lofty pedestal?

 

[14christ]

Initial impressions out of the box, goodness this a beautiful, luxuriously thick cable.

Paired with EVO and 3MAX SS, P8 Plato x Socrates is a match made in heaven by the Olympian gods. Socrates’s quality bass and sub bass is all there but P8 Plato provides the airiness which I felt was missing with just Socrates alone - P8 Plato builds on Socrates layered soundstage, depth, details and separation.

Been randomly listening to Grimes “Violence” and “Venus Fly”, Leon Bridges “Motorbike”, Gorillaz “Meanwhile”, Tom Misch “Kyiv”, oddCouple “Reflections feat. Jamila Woods” and loving clarity in vocals and gobs of bass, LOL. On King Hannah’s “Crème Brûlée’s” vocal is incredibly enveloping and haunting - pulling you in… guitar rift and percussion at 03:30 soars with details. Yeah I’m horrible at writing impressions and I’m enjoying P8 Plato x Socrates - question is has it knocked my Aeneid off its lofty pedestal?

So as of right now the X is better than the Socrates in your opinion?

 

[Auricon]

So as of right now the X is better than the Socrates in your opinion?

Putting me on the spot as always @14christ, haha!

I try not to think in terms of best but synergies with my IEMs:

P8 Plato x Socrates + EVO
Socrates + Mest MK2

Aeneid universally with both

P8 Prudence “fixes” EVO’s unusual bass echo effect on Massive Attack’s “Angel”. This is my first time listening with P8 Prudence and I’m surprisingly excited by the performance of this “affordable” cable.

 

[14christ]

Putting me on the spot as always @14christ, haha!

I try not to think in terms of best but synergies with my IEMs:

P8 Plato x Socrates + EVO
Socrates + Mest MK2

Aeneid universally with both

P8 Prudence “fixes” EVO’s unusual bass echo effect on Massive Attack’s “Angel”. This is my first time listening with P8 Prudence and I’m surprisingly excited by the performance of this “affordable” cable.

I figured with the Mest. Just thought I'd ask.

 

[Sifo]

Been absolutely in love with my Socrates too ever since receiving it. Might be my fav cable as of right now, even cardas clear light 2w getting less time.

 

[metaljem77]

I’m curious if anyone else is pairing LX with Proj 8 Plato x Socrates? I’m so digging the synergy! I’ve been searching hard for a cable to surpass the Stormbreaker’s fantastic synergy with LX (which I personally preferred over 1950s), and I think I may have found it in P8 Plato x Socrates. Happy to hear your inputs!

 

[Andrew DiMarcangelo]

Hey folks. Just a heads up that we received our Project 8 stock! We only have 1 or 2 left in stock that weren't preordered for most of the variants: https://bloomaudio.com/collections/eletech

 

[Eric Chong]

Apologies guys, for the slow replies on pm and emails. Im stuck in military camp for yearly SG obligations till 26th. Currently having very very limited access to internet and all. Will try to revert all the emails and pm's as soon as i can

I’m curious if anyone else is pairing LX with Proj 8 Plato x Socrates? I’m so digging the synergy! I’ve been searching hard for a cable to surpass the Stormbreaker’s fantastic synergy with LX (which I personally preferred over 1950s), and I think I may have found it in P8 Plato x Socrates. Happy to hear your inputs!

Interesting, how's the synergy like? We've had the LX in the office as well. However, very unfortunate i did not try out this specific pairing and we're out of materials to craft another piece to try it out ourselves.

-Eric

 

[metaljem77]

Putting aside one’s subscription to the notion of cable burn-in, I feel that P8 Plato x Socrates (“P8”) surpasses Socrates for LX in terms of technicalities. P8’s pairing with LX renders sharper details (esp in mid bass and treble) and a wider soundstage. What I like about P8 over 1950s with LX is that I seem to hear faster attacks in the middle register. For many of the metal songs, I’d prefer this type of presentation. Clearly I don’t describe sounds well and whatever I can describe, they are prob only comprehensible to me lol…

 

[Layman1]

I’m curious if anyone else is pairing LX with Proj 8 Plato x Socrates? I’m so digging the synergy! I’ve been searching hard for a cable to surpass the Stormbreaker’s fantastic synergy with LX (which I personally preferred over 1950s), and I think I may have found it in P8 Plato x Socrates. Happy to hear your inputs!

So, I haven't got LX here (although I've listened to it extensively in the past).
But I do have EE Nemesis and Phantom. I had a thicker-gauge Ares II+ on the Nemesis and an Ares II 8-wire on the Phantom.

Apologies to @Eric Chong I've been meaning to post about this cable but was too busy finishing up my UM Fusang review!

The Plato X Socrates is gorgeous (as is the Plato leather case!), which by now should probably go without saying lol.
With both the Nemesis and the Phantom, I've noticed a significant improvement with the Plato X Socrates.
More air, detail, power and clarity.
I haven't had the time to really sit down and do any analytical or A/B testing, but from the listening sessions I've done so far, the new Eletech 8-wire has breathed new life into these old faithful IEMs for me. So glad I took the plunge and glad to support the Eletech family
My only regret is that I didn't also get an MMCX version that I could use with my Solaris 2020 and Dorado 2020. I have a strong feeling it would have great synergy! >.<

Eric, you MUST do this cable again next time, haha. I'm not making that mistake again

 

[Jayden]

Arrived a two days early!

Prudence 8 and Project 8 Plato x Socrates

Looking good with your cable collection right there! Youre making my hands itch to get more of Eletech's products man..

 

[Eric Chong]

Putting aside one’s subscription to the notion of cable burn-in, I feel that P8 Plato x Socrates (“P8”) surpasses Socrates for LX in terms of technicalities. P8’s pairing with LX renders sharper details (esp in mid bass and treble) and a wider soundstage. What I like about P8 over 1950s with LX is that I seem to hear faster attacks in the middle register. For many of the metal songs, I’d prefer this type of presentation. Clearly I don’t describe sounds well and whatever I can describe, they are prob only comprehensible to me lol…

Interesting. Did you find the P8 to be significantly harder to burn in than our regular 4w? Our team needed to clock much more hours to hear a discernable change. How does the P8 PxS deal with the LX bass? One thing I love on the Socrates is that it manages to handle the lows so well on the LX. Much more layered and textured even when compared to our higher range of cables.

Eric, you MUST do this cable again next time,

Haa.. the team were always burnt out during Project 8s with overtimes and tight schedule. I hope to bring this back again, when the team is fully rested and ready to commit to the Project 8s again

Glad that you liked em!

Looking good with your cable collection right there! Youre making my hands itch to get more of Eletech's products man..

C'mon you sport almost as good a collection yourself How goes your new Fusang?

 

[Kiats]

Is this a beautiful sight or what? The gorgeous Iliad IC and IEM cables working in tandem. The Phatlab Chimera GT engineering sample. Taking it out for a spin courtesy of @Uncle Wilson and Jaben SG.