kskwerl
Headphoneus Supremus
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I recently purchased the LCD-2 rev.2's from Drew at Moon Audio. I got to actually "listen" to them for 1 day before I had to ship out my old DAC to a buyer from eBay, which was the Maverick Audio D2. I was originally planning on buying the Schiit Bifrost to go with my Schiit Lyr, however I decided to to get a DAC from Ross Martin audio after reading a few reviews that turned me on to it and also knowing that Schiit has another DAC in the works which I want to wait for. The DAC I ordered from Ross Martin audio is made to order and I'm actually just getting today. It was about 3 weeks waiting time, during this time I was thinking of other things I needed to complete my system. One of the things I was looking for was an aftermarket cable for the Audeze LCD-2's. This eventually lead me to Norse Audio and a fellow named Trevor who operates it. I actually started a thread here called "How does one acquire a Norse Audio cable for a pair of LCD-2's?". It appears that about a week before I emailed Trevor he was having some spam filtering issues (you can read his response in this thread ). Anyway, Trevor helped me chose which cable and gave me various options which I will post below later. He was very responsive to every one of my emails and very helpful. I ended up choosing the Norn v2 - 6ft. 8-wire trilevel litz LCD-2 cables with the options of Oyaide 1/4 and Caribbean Rosewood splitter to match the LCD-2's. He kept me updated during the entire process and waiting period as I preordered the Norn v2. I'm gonna sum this up as I need to get back to work. My overall experience with Trevor and Norse Audio was exceptionally awesome, absolutely stellar service and a stellar product (sonically, looks, packaging, presentation.) I'll include some pictures of my little unboxing and later after this weekend of listening I'll leave some comparisons to the stock cable (which I hate). Also, here's some info on the cables..
Norn v2 Series (overview)The Norn Series v2 will look of course like our original V1 (8-wire shown) but with the new darker coloration.
(custom engraved exotic wood splitter available for this series)
- 22 awg per conductor
- Tri-level litz up-occ (perfect anneal, 7x3x8, 44awg each strand)
- Cryo treated
- 100% textile jacketing (cotton) (light weight, low microphonics, superb flexibility)
- Black & dark brown outer jacket color (in our unique custom pattern)
- available in 4, 6 or 8 conductor versions
- choice of Caribbean Rosewood, Zebrano, Makassar Ebony or Wenge splitter added (+$10.00)
- terminations: 1/4",1/8",sr71b,4-pin mini-xlr male, 4-pin xlr, dual 3-pin xlr, speaker spade or banana
4-wire 6 ft. length starts at $169.99 without splitter ($10.00 per foot)
6-wire 6 ft. length starts at $199.99 without splitter ($15.00 per foot)
8-wire 6 ft. length starts at $219.99 without splitter ($20.00 per foot)
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