Shout out to Trevor
@TigzStudio for making excellent quality cables. He also has upgraded one of my cables and express posted it at his expense to make sure I receive them asap. Such an excellent service!!
I received Solvine 3 for my Elegia and Drausk for my HD800s that were purchased during last Black Friday. Sadly, my photos cannot capture how beautiful and soft they are in real life.
Drausk is a pure OCC copper with 17.7awg per polarity. It is definitely an improvement over stock Sennheiser cable and Moon Audio Black Dragon that I also owned. Black Dragon offers better clarity over stock cable – but at the expense of bump in lower treble. For a bright headphone like HD800s this is not really desirable. Drausk remarkably offers even better transparency over Black Dragon without affecting tonality.
Also, even Drausk is thicker than Black Dragon (21.5awg), it is a lot more flexible. I put Black Dragon for sale shortly.
Finally, I cannot detect microphonic with Drausk.
My only complaint to myself is I forgot to check if splitter was added on Drausk order – it can look even better with Silver splitter.
Solvine 3 also does wonder to my Elegia. With stock cable, Elegia sounds compressed and veiled. I was initially disappointed when trying it for first time and almost decided to sell it straight away – but I need a closed back headphone for work so I kept it.
It is well known how bad Focal stock cable is – stiff and microphonic. That’s why I ordered an upgraded cable from Norne Audio and what a good decision it was. Solvine is one of the most beautiful cables I have ever seen and it feels nice too. No microphonic and flexible. Another big plus is it manages to lift the veil in Elegia and make it sounds more enjoyable.
In short, as many of you know, Norne Audio lead time may not be as fast as others. But at the end, the material and handiwork quality makes it worth waiting for.
(4pin XLR to 3.5mm with Drausk cable)
(Drausk, Senn stock, Solvine, Focal stock)