It must be an apple thingie then..no worries..
Just got my new cable in..wow...i made some pics to show u the differences between the new cable and the loaner sw22 i have..and check out the difference in thickness!! and pls check the letters on the new case..almost artistic..and what about the rubber plugs in the xlr plugs to protect the pins...thats well thoughtout! Bare with me for the comparision in sound between the two..i first need to put some burn in time on the newbie in the family
Ps..as u can see on last pics..when the sun shines on the cable it almost lights up...i will call this sleeve the 'quicksilver' sleeve..
UPDATE..INITIAL SOUNDIMPRESSION..OMG...i have a certain cd on which i check the bass with..the soundtrack of BEOWULF...and yep u guessed it..on it went..and ..What...this cant be real...the bass..the fullness...the richness in the instruments...the soundstage..staggering..i listened to a certain track 5 times to be sure its not all in my head...******* hell...its like my amp went into overdrive...the easiness it goes from extremely, almost felt bass, to the midrange that makes u want more and that treble..that treble!!! FRANK..what the **** did u do with this cable...this is by far the biggest change in soundquality i ever experienced from a cable upgrade..ever..and it only has 2 hrs on it...
UPDATE 2: went back to SW22 regular for an hour or so...and found out that cable sounds warmer more organic...but for sure far less powerful...so i am guessing the new cable still needs to be burned in...but how much better can this get? Lolz
FRANK..this cable sounds like its already burned in..as i cant imagine a silver cable soundinh this way out of the box...if u didnt: well...guys...if u have the budget...this is UR cable to get..the ultimate headphone cable..its not cheap, especially not in the version Frank baked me...but worth every GBP/euro or usd i paid for it...
.this is so unreal...its a huge step upwards from the already extremely good standard (4wire single ended ) SW22..and dont forget...which sounded better then the balanced Copper Venom RC8 (franks absolute TOTL copper cable)on my rig, which i owned.
Ps..sorry for my cursing..oh well..headfi will censor it anyway...
Thanks frank..and that sleeve..that sleeve!! it almost glitters in the sun...what material is it? As its for sure not nylon...
Here the pics: