[claud W]

Some Utopia owners complain about a lack of bass. I find nothing to complain about with my Norne Utopia combo. The bass has plenty of slam and its lightening quick.

 

[donato]

According to Trevor the 8 wire Version has more presence factor. Meaning a more full bodied sound and notes have more weight.

Since that is exactly what I crave in sound signature, I couldn't resist to go with one of his biggest gauges.

Yeah, he's mentioned the 17.3awg fusion cable to me too when I inquired about the 8-wire S4. So perhaps this is higher on the scale than the 4-wire S4, but perhaps not compared to the 8-wire S4. The few (non-norne) silver/copper hybrid cables I have heard I did not prefer at all compared to straight Norne silver.

The fuller bodied sound is very tempting since that's also what would be of interest to me. Decisions...

 

[BlakeT]

Trevor said the new 17.3awg hybrid cable has the most silver of any of the current Norne flagship cables except for the Silvergarde S4 8-wire version.

 

[ThanatosVI]

Trevor said the new 17.3awg hybrid cable has the most silver of any of the current Norne flagship cables except for the Silvergarde S4 8-wire version.

Which is true
Silvergarde S4 4-wire has 19awg silver
The fusion has 18.9awg silver + 22awg copper (total of 17.3awg)
Silvergarde S4 8-wire has 16.8awg pure silver.

 

[Roasty]

Can someone share a pic of the S4 8 wire?

 

[felix3650]

Which is true
Silvergarde S4 4-wire has 19awg silver
The fusion has 18.9awg silver + 22awg copper (total of 17.3awg)
Silvergarde S4 8-wire has 16.8awg pure silver.

And there are some 12-wire variants floating around. If the 8-wire is thick, imagine 3-wires per each L+ L- / R+ R-

 

[ThanatosVI]

And there are some 12-wire variants floating around. If the 8-wire is thick, imagine 3-wires per each L+ L- / R+ R-

I'm curious how the 12 wire variants look, however it is likely that he uses thinner single wires but more of them.
If someone has inquired about 12 wire silvergarde variants, how thick are those?

The new 17.3awg copper silver fusion cable is a 12 wire cable and still thinner than the 8 wire Silvergarde S4. It's using a completely different geometry.

 

[claud W]

So, guys, what is Horne's Skrug cable?

 

[ThanatosVI]

So, guys, what is Horne's Skrug cable?

Do you mean Norne Skraug ? ( I guess autocorrect butchered your sentence)

If so, that is Nornes new entry level copper silver fusion cable. (it is a 2020 release, which is not on the norne website yet)
It's a sleeved cable like the old volsund or the silvergard cables.

I personally really like the cable.

 

[claud W]

Thank you ThanatosVI. Trevor don't make any crappy cables.

 

[ThanatosVI]

Thank you ThanatosVI. Trevor don't make any crappy cables.

That's for sure, I am totally amazed by his work.

My expectations have been exceeded by a huge margin. Now I wanna see some of his best work!

Yesterday I compared the Meze Empyrean stock cable with the Skraug, and the differences were quite big, at least on a chain like mine. YMMV

 

[ThanatosVI]

Receiving an email from Trevor always feels a little like christmas.

Who feels the same?

 

[jaboki]

Receiving an email from Trevor always feels a little like christmas.

Who feels the same?

Does this mean we'll see pictures soon!?!

 

[donato]

Receiving an email from Trevor always feels a little like christmas.

Who feels the same?

Well, I don't know if I'd say that about just e-mail, but definitely when receiving a shipment (i have mine coming on Thursday!).

 

[ThanatosVI]

Well, I don't know if I'd say that about just e-mail, but definitely receiving a shipment (i have mine coming on Thursday!).

What did you order?