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Wow, that's a great looking cable!
OMG Trevor,
Just stunned at how good my Silver Draug is. Only recieved today, so i have just had a very quick A-B with stock cable listening just to Classic FM via sky box into intergrated amp, just WOW!!!!! I can tell which recordings are on vinyl and which cd such is the increased insight. I'm not getting to bed tonight for sure, and i know if these are this good out of the box, there is so much more to come, plus it's good to be sat back in MY chair listening due to the extra length. Hat's off to you Trevor, and thankyou.
I am waiting for my 12 wires extreme version of S3..! After communicating with Trevor for a long time, the cables will be ready for next week hopefully!
Trevor is really a very patient and nice guy, I am looking forward to receiving the cable for abyss 1266 phi, it has the largest silver gauge ever and I heard the S2 before which I have faith on this cable.
Silvergarde S3- For Hifiman HE1000seLucky! I been trying over the past few months to get the extreme version, but with no luck.
Pics when you recieve itI am waiting for my 12 wires extreme version of S3..! After communicating with Trevor for a long time, the cables will be ready for next week hopefully!
Trevor is really a very patient and nice guy, I am looking forward to receiving the cable for abyss 1266 phi, it has the largest silver gauge ever and I heard the S2 before which I have faith on this cable.
Silvergarde S3- For Hifiman HE1000se
-8 1/2 foot length, pure silver occ litz wire, 4-wire x 20awg, cotton multicore 11-core - infused polymer center core - multi-layer (cotton + teflon) - pure textile, clear TPU covering
-Splitter: E-SX6TM modular titanium with black carbon fiber
-Eidolic 3. 5mm rhodium, titanium barrel TRS - R/L channel designation (clean aesthetic, showing barrels, no heatshrink)
-Furutech 1/4" (rhodium with carbon barrel).
All I can say is amazing and thank you. This cable is well worth the wait and Trevor is a pleasure to work with. He is always pushing the envelope for the best possible cable materials, internal configuration and cover sheathing materials. He offers a great selection of options and works with you for the ultimate custom configuration. He often gives cable samples for free to try during the waiting period and is always responsive to every email inquiry. He is a one man show but with exemplary customer service.
With my new Hifiman HEKse direct from Chord DAVE, this cable is simply fantastic. It improves every aspect of SQ over the stock cable. It’s as if a veil has been lifted revealing more micro detail, a wider sound stage, more air around instruments, and slightly more dynamic bass impact. Treble sibilance, however, is not increased. It is light weight, the aesthetics are like a piece of silver jewelry, the smooth TPU and flexible feel of the cable is perfect and no has no microphonics. The cable is hand crafted to perfection. It’s flexibility coils nicely for storage. I also was able to connect this cable to my Focal Utopia and another wow impression, again with more microdetail retrieval (if that’s even possible with the Utopia) and a wider sound field. I can’t wait to get another cable for this headphone as well. Trevor did great job for a fair price and I am a satisfied customer!! I plan more purchases for future headphone nirvana.
Interesting especially versus s3Norne cables seem to be the sweet spot for the Hifiman HE-1000SE. I got my Einvaldi-cable last week and it is a sheer beauty in many ways.
I hope you understand what I mean when I compare the change from the stock cable with going from a mid-class LCD-TV to a highend LG OLED TV. The picture gets to live with much deeper blacks, the colours become beautiful and shine, you get a lot of contrast and the picture gets more 3D. The stock cable greyed out what you can get from the HE-1000SE with an endgame cable like the Nornes. This is really amazing because I really liked the HE-1000SE before I got the Einvaldi. But there is so much more to get!
Just 3D is the first thing that comes to my mind when I try to characterise the Einvaldi. The soundstage becomes bigger and much deeper. You are more able to hear the different layers of a recording and I really like its holographic sound. Radioheads "A moon shaped pool" becomes spooky real with mids to die for and the sound in different layers coming from all sides. The first time I could hear sound behind my head with a headphone. The music becomes more dynamic and smooth in the same way. Imaging is a lot better.
First I thought that most the improvement was about the mids and the wonderful integration of the bass region in the mids. And I was a little concerned about the cable sounding too dark. But after about 50 hours the cable began to shine even in the treble-region, opening up a bit. There is no emphasizing of the highs and no roll off. I wouldn´t believe that you miss any details with the Einvaldi, but maybe there is less focus on details than with the Silvergarde 3 (would be interesting to hear both cables one time). The highs are just sounding beautiful - sorry for using the same word all the time. But this is was the Einvaldi is - a highly musical and beautiful cable.