PhonoPhi
Headphoneus Supremus
OK. I understand "warm" and "lush" may not be possibly measured easily...Don't see anything they got with palladium plating. Cheapest palladium coated cable I seen on the express is around $160- $200. Unfortunately palladium seems to garner a higher price tag.
I got two cables that have palladium in them and both are in a different category of cables. The Penon Leo plus and their flagship Totem. I can honestly say I prefer palladium coatings over silver and when added to silver it brings yet another level of refinement for cables. Both the Leo plus and Totems expand sound like not other cables I own. Both with extreme black background. The Totem adding a rich tone and the best sound separation with a greater sense of stage for any cables I have tried.
Leo Plus I use on my IER Z1R and I have never taken them off since. It is perfect with the Z1R. Totems with the Volts, this combo is pretty much end of the line sound right here.
I would assume if a cheaper palladium infused cable can be made it would be XinHS. You never know. Even if they introduce one hovering around a $100 that would be worth it. Somebody suggest this to them. Lol .
But now, "extreme black background" - that is something perfectly measurable and precisely quantifyable in microvolts, so that is really fantastic!!
Do you have measurements?
That would be a perfect selling point for many HiFi-ers to get their cables!
(Otherwise there are so many claims are shouted out there that makes it really hard to distinguish different kinds of snake oil; and extra virgin snake oils are the best, yah know....)