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Just finished off the LA WOH tour, and discovered that their versions of the Cardas Senn cable was different than the one I received last week, the cables look and even sound quite different (I brought my own 600/cardas to the show).... I asked Todd about the one they had and he said they were "pre-production"... The cables they had were labeled as the 4x24 (I believe) cable with direction arrows on them, the ones I received does not have any label on the cable. The two also look different the 4x24 is thinner than mine and has a darker blue color to the jacket...
Well as far as how they sound, I can say they have quite a bit different characteristics. The 4x24 has a lot more emphasis on the treble as well as being more laid back with instruments spread farther back but not as dynamic. The cable I have sounds a lot fuller in the mid range area and everything sounds more in your face and bigger but with less soundstage depth, people who thought there was too much mid range bloom in the 600s might not like the cable I have. But I do prefer the fuller more dynamic presentation since instruments can sound a bit smallish and thin on the 4x24. With the systems there, the treble was also a bit harsh since it was so prominent on the 4x24.
I was afraid this might happen where a cable manufaturer changes the cable used and now has different "versions" of the cable, assuming they did ship out cables like the ones at the headroom tour?
(I just checked some of the pictures Darkangel had of his Cardas cable and it looks like they do have printing on them, so I guess people did get the version cable at the Headroom tour)
Well as far as how they sound, I can say they have quite a bit different characteristics. The 4x24 has a lot more emphasis on the treble as well as being more laid back with instruments spread farther back but not as dynamic. The cable I have sounds a lot fuller in the mid range area and everything sounds more in your face and bigger but with less soundstage depth, people who thought there was too much mid range bloom in the 600s might not like the cable I have. But I do prefer the fuller more dynamic presentation since instruments can sound a bit smallish and thin on the 4x24. With the systems there, the treble was also a bit harsh since it was so prominent on the 4x24.
I was afraid this might happen where a cable manufaturer changes the cable used and now has different "versions" of the cable, assuming they did ship out cables like the ones at the headroom tour?
(I just checked some of the pictures Darkangel had of his Cardas cable and it looks like they do have printing on them, so I guess people did get the version cable at the Headroom tour)