Mistique - Audiophile
The cable is of symmetrical construction, made up of a pair of multi-strand conductors in oxygen-free copper with long crystals, one for the hot point, 1 for the cold point. Hand braided from copper strand, each conductor is then insulated under several layers of insulation. There are four levels of insulation according to the manufacturer's information. The cable also has an anti-vibration damping system.
It should be noted that the shielding is oriented “progressive with insulation on air”, a proprietary technique, the details of which are naturally not disclosed.
Genuine CMC connectors are custom made from very high conductivity silver plated oxygen free copper to conduct the signal and use Teflon as an insulator. Additional silver plating finishes protecting the connection from surface oxidation. The use of copper is not trivial insofar as one finds rather connectors brass or brass / copper plated.
In all fairness, the sound delivered is excellent, objectively difficult to find fault with in absolute terms, except that the extreme transparency mixed with this feeling of degreasing could well highlight the defects inherent in many electronics poorly designed to reproduce music without heat ... Blame it on the electronics and not the cables!
The stereo image is very good and balanced, the instruments are perfectly dissociated, the very present micro-details giving at times an impression of "monitor" listening and, once again, without any projection. The image is set back, chasing the impression of excessive proximity which can from time to time occur on other cables. The width and depth of reproduction are also generous and perfectly convincing. The instruments in the background are provided in detail and ventilation in the same way as those in the foreground with, however, a very slight reserve for the lower end of the spectrum, the firmness of which may surprise rock lovers at times.
The timbres are realistic on brass and wind instruments, not the slightest trace of coloring, the timbres are natural and express themselves without any additional embellishment. Just like the benchmark YBA Diamond, we are thus in the pure line of analytical products such as they may be in vogue at the beginning of the twenty-first century.
The reproduction of the voices is neutral, perfectly cropped, not emphasizing extreme speed as on Nordost cables for example, we are in the domain of smoothness. The restitution is therefore racy avoiding being more demonstrative than realistic. Listening to tracks in high definition puts these elements more in the foreground, the dynamic compression less present and the level of detail being better.
|