@timorinolee Hello matey,
Ok, this is *slightly* over your budget ($249), but I would strongly recommend giving this one consideration:
https://elementechnology.com/collections/virtues-series/products/prudence
Firstly, I simply cannot praise the design enough; for my tastes, it's drop-dead gorgeous, even more so for a cable at this price point
In case you or anyone else don't know the background, one of the top guys from Effect Audio has left and started his own company, Eletech.
Initial impressions on other threads have specifically praised the build quality of their cables (contrasted with complaints about EA's), as well - of course - as the sound.
It's a SPC cable. I'm being sent one to review sometime in January and I'm *very *excited!
Detailed impressions were posted by a reviewer I whose ears I trust (Deezel177):
"The Prudence is a great change of pace from the Fortitude (Copper cable), as it’s probably the most relaxed-sounding cable of the bunch. Impressively, though, the Prudence didn’t have that warm, sluggish and hazy tone. Rather, it had wonderful cleanliness, clarity and air. It had a pristine, serene and calming presence that came across graceful, effortless and light-on-its-feet. If it makes any sense, it sounded like a ballet recital, or a drummer doing butterflies on cymbals and hi-hats. It simply gave instruments this light, feathery-touch, but without becoming lethargic or sterile. Again, the cable had that tactile sort of texture I’d described earlier, that kept instruments sounding solid and corporeal. The midrange I thought was very nicely balanced with good body to the low-mids. And, the top-end was really rounded, rich and analog-sounding whilst - again - maintaining that sense of air. It’s almost like a baby Illiad in tone, really, and I’d surmise that it pairs most ideally with in-ears that are inherently dynamic or powerful-sounding, like 64 Audio’s A6t, Lime Ears’ Aether R and Empire Ears’ Valkyrie"
Note that he describes it as a "baby Iliad in tone". Iliad is their flagship ($1800) and already being mooted as one of - if not the - best cables on the market.
Ok, so there's always the hype-train risk, so take all this with a grain of salt, but I genuinely suspect that it's worth consideration
@Layman1 @OldDude04 always does this to me and it means he's already pulled the trigger on it.
Anyway, nice cable and very interesting design. I may have to get one of these. Pretty happy with the Dunu Hulk though.
