Has anyone tried Iconoclast cables? How they compared to some high end cables such as SilTech Crystal Absolute Dream that costs about $9K each?
I've read the articles from Iconoclast and it's refreshing to see someone who discussed these issues with no prejudice or preconceptions.
One thing I still don't understand is which cable parameters that are responsible for what we call "transparency"? How do we measure "transparency" in cables? I mean we measure "LCR", impedance, propagation time and so on but how can we translate all of those parameters into "transparency"? Hm... I see a bunch of black a$$ ... err I mean black art lols.
Years ago I bought some cables from Blue Jeans which I think they use Belden cables. The price is about $100 a pair which sounded pretty decent. Then after a few years I bought a pair of QED silver cables which cost a little bit more at about $150 a pair but the QED sounds much more musical and transparent compared to the Blue Jeans. The QED construction suggests a much more sophisticated technique was used compared to the Blue Jeans. My guess is the QED construction was optimized for "TIME" which was discussed extensively in the Iconolcast technical papers.
I've read the articles from Iconoclast and it's refreshing to see someone who discussed these issues with no prejudice or preconceptions.
One thing I still don't understand is which cable parameters that are responsible for what we call "transparency"? How do we measure "transparency" in cables? I mean we measure "LCR", impedance, propagation time and so on but how can we translate all of those parameters into "transparency"? Hm... I see a bunch of black a$$ ... err I mean black art lols.
Years ago I bought some cables from Blue Jeans which I think they use Belden cables. The price is about $100 a pair which sounded pretty decent. Then after a few years I bought a pair of QED silver cables which cost a little bit more at about $150 a pair but the QED sounds much more musical and transparent compared to the Blue Jeans. The QED construction suggests a much more sophisticated technique was used compared to the Blue Jeans. My guess is the QED construction was optimized for "TIME" which was discussed extensively in the Iconolcast technical papers.