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@tomthiel  I'll look forward to your take on the Iconoclast cables. I haven't tried any of their speaker cables, but I have tried the Gen 2 XLR interconnects in the TPC and OFE copper versions. Even though those two cables measured virtually identically in terms of inductance, capacitance, and resistance, they each sounded different in my system. The TPC sounded more lively and a bit more forward and "in your face," while the OFE sounded more closed in, less forward, and kind of uninvolving. I wish I had tried the OCC copper instead, but I resisted due to the higher cost. Most listeners seem to rave about the OCC, although I think Galen (the designer) considers the TPC to be the best value.

sdl4 - TPC was normally called Electrolytic Tough Pitch (copper), which is motor / magnet wire. The others are more refined in their impurity, crystal and surface parameters. There is a case to be made that ETP is good enough as long as the other parameters are executed with care. I would have to be convinced due to my personal experience - but it is practically impossible to sort out all the various components of what makes a wire 'better'. My present Iconoclast sample is ETP/TPC.

improvedsound

Are you located here in the U.S.A. ?

Happy Listening!

tomthiel

Hopefully, the excellent XO work per improvedsound can serve as a Blueprint for your XO plan(s) as well.

I hope that you are well this Spring evening.

Happy Listening!