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Nothing wrong with that 4-pin connector. It will work fine.
I can see the point of the highly-regarded Piccolino's silver/gold construction; as it has been said silver is a superior conductor but what hasn't been said is that it also oxidizes/corrodes the most easily. So adding gold to the mix would preserve that superior conductivity for perpetuity as gold is the most resistant to oxidation.
Yes, Ken's new round chain mail cable is killer! I'm not sure if he knows how to make a bad sounding cable. I've never heard better sonics overall.
Is this the cable you, or someone else, referred to earlier as "round woven 8 wire LCD2 cables" from ALO. I'm having trouble understanding what is what on their site. Whicch ones are these and are they better then "old ones", whichever ones they are? Maybe you could help me out and cross-reference the old and new with their web-page designation on ALO. Thanks.
I am trying to get some clarification on that, to see if there is any difference in the cable structure or just the terminations. They now have the RW-8 model in both copper and copper+ silver returns.
Inhave been breaking in a 4 conductor Norse, which is not at all microphonic, and is nice and light. So far sounds quite good, IMO, as well. More later.
If you listen to music seated near your amp, and you feel that your cable is too heavy, it is probably too short. I bought a 10 foot Norse Audio cable for my LCD2s, which is long enough for it to rest on the floor between my chair and my equipment rack. No weight issues at all. The cable also sounds and looks great, and the workmanship is top notch.
I'm hoping Trevor will soon be making similar cables terminated for the HD800s; he said he eventually will make them for all of the current top phones, but next up are cables for the HE6.
As a matter of fact, I think a silver and gold cable is indeed the ultimate. I have been enjoying my Crystal Piccolino which is a Silver and Gold alloy and it gives me the best of both copper and silver characteristics at the same time without the shortcomings of both.