Amazingly, delivery WAS today. I got a shipping notice Monday and it arrived Weds.
Fortitude looks great. Love the splitter. The cable itself is very supple. The earpieces have a great curve and fit perfectly. I'm currently burning it in on my Massdrop Zeus XlV, but I've listened a bit and like what I'm hearing. It's got a better low end than does the Ares ll, lower mids are good, mids are exactly what I was hoping for, and treble is not rolled off at all. Lots of detail throughout. Awfully good for an entry-level copper cable. Another day or so of burn-in and I should have a better idea of what's what. I have the PWAudio 1960 2-wire on my Zeus XR, so I'll be able to do a fairly accurate comparison, though the XR has maybe 700 hours on it and the XlV has about 60, so not exactly the same. That and the Fortitude is $200 and the 1960 is $1K.
Thanks for getting this out to me, Eric.