Here is a set of just about new Furutech's top of the line XLR's. Make an offer around 1250 I'm sure they would be well worth it. ( no affiliation with seller)
What makes you sure?
Need recommendation for hi-rez xlr plugs for re-termination project
I recently bought a pair of balanced interconnects, here, and am mostly quite pleased with the sound but the seller was mistaken about their length, and I have 3M instead of 2M and that too would have been longer than needed. I've contacted the builder of these fine cables and he's willing to re-terminate them.
Sonically, these cables have the blackest background I've ever heard and lots of wonderful detail. They are well-controlled with an excellent bottom end and the images are dense and corporeal. BUT, I find the top end a bit less extended and open than I'm used to. The xlr plugs are gold plated and I'm not fond of gold in my system for the most part. So, I'm looking for recommendations for very detailed and precise xlr's but want to avoid brightness.
I have a pair of male Xhadows from another project and could pick up the matching females for about $150. The re-term is already going to be pricey as the cables are fairly complex so price is an issue. I was going to repurpose the Furutech FP 601/602 rhodiums I have on another pair of cables but the builder glues them so can't do that. I rather like the rhodium plugs I've used, mostly on power cords, so am interested in that option as well. I have noticed that rhodium over silver sounds quite a bit better (to my ears) than rhodium over copper. The Cardas CG xlr's are rhodium over silver but I can't find any reviews of these plugs and seems they never get a mention. Also, looking at AECO plugs. Partsconnextion (Canada) said they are quite good but really didn't address my question about comparing them to other hi end xlr's so hard to know about these. They are, however, quite affordable. The quad costing less than the 2 female Xhadows, if I were to go that way. Anyway, opinions regarding the Xhadows vs the AECOs vs Furutechs vs Neotechs vs Oyaide xlr would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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I was going to try some ETI ones in silver for a TT, but they would not sell a pair of females… Only Make/Female pairs. The Neutrik are my go to… but I am not much of a cable fellow, so it is usually Neutrik and Mogami. But the TT to phono are using low capacitance silver wire… hence the desire for silver XLRs.
As @erik_squires mentioned…:
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@lcherepkai maybe your equipment does NOT follow the AES standard?
Largely they sound the same on my system. However preamp output impedance and amp input impedance can play a role. The cable/wire that is in between the XLRs (or RCAs) also can play a role… particularly the capacitance, but mostly when the output impedance starts getting high. |