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Audio/Video Gear and Systems => Critic's Circle (Equipment Reviews) => Cable Reviews => Topic started by: eichlerera1 on 22 Sep 2020, 05:22 am
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If I like a product, I tend to hold onto it for a long time.
Take my stereo gear for instance.
I’ve had my Hales Signature System Two Speakers for almost 30 yrs.
I love the sound, imaging and soundstage they produce and I have no intention of ever letting them go.
The same situation is with my speaker cables; the venerable Straightwire Maestros. But in this case I knew that I would eventually upgrade them.
Both components have always been a tad bright, even with all-tube Amp, Pre Amp and CD Player on the front end.
After many years of constantly tweaking, I hit upon a combination which helped alleviate almost all of the glare.
Namely, a complete front end of ModWright products.
The only “problem” remaining was a time smearing element to the sound.
Fast piano and bass notes were not quite up to snuff in their separation.
Also, if I turned up the volume too much the sound would exhibit a bit of glare and the soundstage would tend to collapse.
I had long been a fan of Magnan products and currently use their interconnects and AC power cables in my system.
I’ve been looking for their speaker cable on the cheap for a while now.
I thought their approach to reducing skin effect signal doubling and phase issues would help in the articulation of fast consecutive notes (or sounds).
Plus I still had that tiny bit of brightness that needed a final taming.
I recently stumbled upon a glowing Sound Advocate review of the Silversmith Fidelium Speaker Cable.
www.thesoundadvocate.com/2020/06/silver ... st-review/
It actually was one of the finest cable reviews I had ever read.
There was great detail coupled with a ton of enthusiasm.
Like the Magnan, it utilized a thin ribbon to reduce skin effect anomalies. Plus, it used no termination products. (a BIG deal as far as I was concerned)
There were separate + and – leads for each speaker.
A “U” notch was cut into each cable end to interface with the Amp and Crossover.
I thought this was novel and highly desirable.
I called the owner, Jeff Smith and we discussed his cable at length.
One important item was that the Hales Speaker uses an external crossover with the capability to bi-wire.
This option was highly desirable to me so I broached this subject with Jeff.
He strongly recommended that I do so. Although not a deal breaker, the fact I would have to buy double the amount of cables was a bit of a concern.
Jeff replied two cable runs were not necessary and had a unique alternative configuration.
Namely, short Fidelium Crossover Jumpers with a simple but effective interconnect device right at the jumper’s midpoint where the long single speaker cable would connect.
His opinion was that this setup was as good as the traditional bi-wire method.
So just a 6’ set of speaker cables and a 1’ set of jumpers would be required.
I ordered the cables and patiently waited for their arrival.
Upon arrival, I was amazed at the light weight of them, which is understandable since the foil is less than 1/1000” thick and 2.25” wide.
The actual securing of the cables to an Amp or crossover binding post was a bit of a challenge, but not too bad.
The cable ends can be bent to fit into tight places, although there possibly are a few binding post configurations where connection would be very difficult.
Jeff told me that in a couple of months there would be finished adaptors available for those with fully plastic encased binding posts. He has been producing these adaptors by hand for those customers who needed them.
I turned on the system. No warm up.
Put my ear close to each driver. Absolute silence.
With no warmup, I slipped a CD into the player and listened.
The resultant sound was certainly very different than I was accustomed to.
Great detail but in a non fatiguing manner.
A beautifully balanced frequency spectrum.
Great Highs which were hash free.
Great tight Bass with accurate pitch and timbre.
Crisp, clear and sweet Mids.
Fast transient response, but not etched.
Very low noise floor. In fact, no noise at all.
I was excited that the Fideliums sounded so good with no system warmup.
With about an hour of warmup, I was ready for some serious listening.
All the attributes I previously heard were present but heightened.
The soundstage was deeper and wider than I had ever experienced.
The imaging was pretty incredible.
Each instrument could be easily localized and followed, without interference from another in the same proximity.
Really spooky!
But there was something else that REALLY set this cable apart from anything I had previously experienced.
The leading edge of each note (or sound) was wonderful, but it turns out the trailing edge and decay reproduction is incredibly super accurate. I mean SOTA!
IMO, this is the most important quality this cable possesses and sets it apart from all other speaker cables designs.
Distortions due to skin effect are vastly minimized.
Because of this, time smear/phase artifacts are virtually eliminated.
Fast piano and bass notes are truly distinct from each other.
Low level signals were readily discernable.
Echoes and decays of instruments was positively other worldly.
Because of these characteristics, I was able to turn the volume up to higher levels.
With my previous cables, the soundstage would collapse and the sound would harden up if I pushed them too hard.
Fideliums showed no such problems.
In the editors comments from the Sound Advocate review, it was mentioned how accurately this speaker reproduced the sound of a piano. I can vouch for that. In spades.
The depth and power of the bass notes are just plain ridiculous.
And the highest treble notes have a real body to them, not thin and tinkly.
I would like to add brass, drums and percussion to the list of “scary real”.
And again, that decay...
In closing, the sound you’ll experience from the Fidelium will be totally different than you’re accustomed to. It’s kind of unnerving until you live with it a while. Nothing stands out. Everything is in perfect balance. It’s KILLER!
If you click on the Silversmith website there are numerous testimonials from other satisfied customers.
As you can deduce, I’m 100% sold on this product.
I cannot recommend Silversmith Fidelium Speaker Cables highly enough.
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Thanks for your detailed review. I ran into Jeff at breakfast at the Florida Audio Expo in February. Waiting to get some painting done in rooms (pandemic has pushed it back a drop) and then I have to take a bunch of things apart, including the rack in the main system (put together without any components it weighs 350 lbs.). So once that stuff gets done (hopefully around the end of the first quarter of next year, give or take, it's time to re-look at things (behind the main system is super difficult to get to so before everything gets back together it will be careful organizing).
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Rave reviews from you and the Sound Advocate website. Great price AND they offer a 30 day trial less shipping. Very tempting!
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Hi eichlerera1
Thanks for the great review. Sounds like you found the same sublime natural sound that I found. I'm one of those comments from satisfied customers on Jeff's Silversmith Audio site. Fideliums are an absolute steal and Jeff is great.
Become a Flat Earther in the world of cables :lol:
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Greetings @eichlerera1
I greatly appreciate your thoughtful and detailed feedback on the Fidelium cables. Thanks for sharing! I'm thrilled that they were able to enhance your enjoyment of your music!
The DECAY! I couldn't agree more. Though all the macro/micro dynamics, imaging/soundstage, transparency/resolution, etc. improvements are obvious as well, it's the Fidelium's ability to render the information between the notes that amazes me every time I turn on my system.
Happy listening!
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Hi eichlerera1
Could you post some pics please to how it is configured for bi-wiring
Cheers Brett
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There was a time long ago when I lusted after Silversmith Palladium cables but couldn't (wouldn't?) afford their price.
If Fidelium cables are at least as good as Palladiums at a fraction of the price, that's certainly fantastic news for audiophiles :thumb:
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There was a time long ago when I lusted after Silversmith Palladium cables but couldn't (wouldn't?) afford their price.
If Fidelium cables are at least as good as Palladiums at a fraction of the price, that's certainly fantastic news for audiophiles :thumb:
You won't be disappointed. I've been too lazy to develop a review of these. eich hit the high points.
My midrange bloat disappeared over the predecessor cables. And I play a bunch of piano music now!
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Hi eichlerera1
Could you post some pics please to how it is configured for bi-wiring
Cheers Brett
Sure can! Note that the standalone Jumper Pic came from Jeff. The one I received was a bit more refined.
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=215407)
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=215408)
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Sure can! Note that the standalone Jumper Pic came from Jeff. The one I received was a bit more refined.
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=215407)
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=215408)
Cheers for that
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So the closer the two ribbons are to each other the more high frequency response. The farther apart the two ribbons are from each other the less high frequency response. Loudspeaker depend, of course.
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So the closer the two ribbons are to each other the more high frequency response. The farther apart the two ribbons are from each other the less high frequency response. Loudspeaker depend, of course.
Where do you get that info from?
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So the closer the two ribbons are to each other the more high frequency response. The farther apart the two ribbons are from each other the less high frequency response. Loudspeaker depend, of course.
This doesn't make any sense.
Please explain why.
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At high frequencies, end-to-end cable inductance becomes more important. The closer the two conductors are to each other, the lower this inductance.
This is more important with loudspeaker that have a low impedance at high frequencies (think Apogee and some ML speakers) and of course longer cables.
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So the closer the two ribbons are to each other the more high frequency response. The farther apart the two ribbons are from each other the less high frequency response. Loudspeaker depend, of course.
Yeah, but get them too close and you'll have far too much capacitance for some amps, which can result in instability and well, maybe some not so great things happening to your amp! :lol:
IMO, you're better off with them separated by at least a few inches and then you'll get the single-wire inductance based on the dims of the foil. I will refrain from offering any opinion on this. I'm just posting to keep folks from destroying amps.
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Yep, those old legacy and boutique amps could get very unhappy with high total capacitance cables!
But separating the conductors of any cable or cord (be it speaker, interconnect, data or power) turns it into a great interference antenna!
The best speaker cables are of a twisted pair or quad construction.
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Yep, those old legacy and boutique amps could get very unhappy with high total capacitance cables!
But separating the conductors of any cable or cord (be it speaker, interconnect, data or power) turns it into a great interference antenna!
The best speaker cables are of a twisted pair or quad construction.
Well, I guess I'll just ignore my lying ears and get me a pair of cables using traditional (read old) construction.
I got the Fideliums separated by a few inches and they are working just ginger peachy......
So just what is the inductance (or capacitance) of two Fidelium Cables, four inches apart, each lying flat with their <1/1000th of an inch edges facing each other? Hmm?
Yeah, I thought so.....
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Speedskater offers good advice. These cables will act like excellent antennas. In fact if you wanted on purpose to create an antenna in order to pick up stray signals and emi noise you probably couldn’t do better than these cables. So you should be very careful in locating and routing them based on what other cables, power supplies, and other electrical noise sources are nearby.
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Folks, please keep responses informative, specific, and considerate.
Two other comments:
- Remember that just because something works well in your system doesn't mean it will work equally well in other systems. (You may have a cleaner local power grid than others, or you may live in an electromagnetically quiet region when others live next to a broadcast tower, or you may have a high sensitivity system where others have low sensitivity systems, etc.)
- Unsupported generalities are less helpful than specific guidance or references with supporting context. Similarly, explaining the "how" and "why" of something will better enable people to determine whether a limitation is actually relevant to their situation, or help them determine (potentially simple) mitigations.
Thank you.
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Speedskater offers good advice. These cables will act like excellent antennas. In fact if you wanted on purpose to create an antenna in order to pick up stray signals and emi noise you probably couldn’t do better than these cables. So you should be very careful in locating and routing them based on what other cables, power supplies, and other electrical noise sources are nearby.
The Fideliums is the most quiet cable I've ever owned....
I tried three different routing scenarios without a hint of noise from them.
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Yeah, but get them too close and you'll have far too much capacitance for some amps, which can result in instability and well, maybe some not so great things happening to your amp! :lol:
IMO, you're better off with them separated by at least a few inches and then you'll get the single-wire inductance based on the dims of the foil. I will refrain from offering any opinion on this. I'm just posting to keep folks from destroying amps.
@DaveC113,
I appreciate your concern about the high capacitance but that is simply not applicable to the Fidelium cables. The high capacitance and amplifier instability issue was most commonly, right or wrong, associated with the Goertz cables which, aside from the rectangular conductor similarity, are very different cables. Goertz intentionally laminated their two conductors together in order to create the high capacitance needed to achieve a low characteristic impedance. It is worth noting here too that even that high capacitance had no impact on frequency response. Likewise, if a user were to separate the positive and negative Fidelium run by a foot or more, the resulting inductance would still be at least 2 to 3 orders of magnitude less than anything that would affect frequency response.
In order to produce Goertz-like capacitance with the Fidelium, a user would have to somehow press the positive and negative conductors together (perhaps sandwich them between two boards) and maintain a consistent spacing of a couple thousandths of an inch. Obviously, no one is going to do that. With the undulations of the ribbons, even if a user were to perfectly align the ribbons on top of each other, the resulting natural space between the ribbons would maintain a capacitance at least an order of magnitude less than the Goertz. Again, high capacitance is simply not a concern with the Fidelium.
Thanks for your feedback.
Speedskater offers good advice. These cables will act like excellent antennas. In fact if you wanted on purpose to create an antenna in order to pick up stray signals and emi noise you probably couldn’t do better than these cables. So you should be very careful in locating and routing them based on what other cables, power supplies, and other electrical noise sources are nearby.
@Speedskater & @hifiguy1
EMI is not an issue with any speaker cables. EMI is noise and we hear it a hiss, buzz, or hum. EMI does not cause any temporal or frequency alterations to the musical signal so therefore does not contribute to a harsh treble, boomy bass, ill-defined soundstage or imaging, poor perceived macro/micro dynamics, poor resolution, etc. Those issues are all due time smearing of the musical signal caused by the cable itself.
The reason we hear the hiss, buzz, or hum is because it is picked up by line level and/or phono interconnect cables, which convey far lower level signals, and then amplified. Any EMI picked up by the speaker cables is obviously post-amplifier and therefore unamplified. If the EMI picked up by the speaker cable was audible during playback, it would also be audible with no playback. An easy way to test this is to disconnect the speaker cables from the amp and check to see if you can hear noise from your speakers. You will not. Further, while the Fidelium alloy’s characteristics make it far superior to copper, silver, or any of their alloys in terms of skin-effect induced time smearing, they also make the Fidelium alloy a poor choice to use in an antenna. Adding a shield to a speaker cable introduces metal into the electromagnetic field within the dielectric and causes additional time smearing of the musical signal. So not only is a shield on a speaker cables not needed, a shield degrades speaker cable performance.
Lastly, in actual use, several Fidelium owners who have provided feedback on my website, have specifically mentioned a lower perceived noise floor. https://silversmithaudio.com/blog/ (https://silversmithaudio.com/blog/)
Objectively, I am confident in the physics from which I designed the Palladium and now the new Fidelium cables. I’m thrilled that the objective science and subjective professional and customer reviews are in agreement.
Thanks to you as well for your feedback.
Happy listening!
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First of all thank you for your expert input on this matter.
I’m sure you would agree that if a conductor such as a wire is in close proximity to an alternating magnetic field that a current will be induced into that conductor. The science here is irrefutable. However, the magnitude of that current may be so small that is of no consequence in the particular circuit of interest. And I believe that is what you are claiming in the case of your speaker wires.
Some of us, me included, have been under the impression that the induced current could be audible. But I’m perfectly willing to stand corrected on that matter, and appreciate the clarification.
So it seems safe to conclude that regardless of their individual physical makeup speaker wires are all the same with regard to picking up noise from nearby AC sources. It is interesting, however, that some other speaker wire manufactures continue to claim their particular designs offer immunity to RFI/EMI interference. Claims which I think the rest of us can promptly ignore as being of no significance.
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@hifiguy1,
Thanks for your comments. Some geometries are better than others and some shielding methods are better than others in rejecting noise, especially RFI. 60hz EMI, on the other hand, is more difficult to tame. But as you alluded to, and as I opined above, the effects of RFI/EMI on speaker cables, regardless of geometry, should be dismissed as inconsequential and inaudible.
Cable science has been the subject of debate for decades. Readers and potential customers should collect nuggets of information like this in forums, reviews, white papers, testimonials, etc., and use them as tools. Apply some critical thinking. Ask the ‘why?’ and ‘what if?’ questions. Perhaps even go to the silly extreme of wrapping your speaker cable around your power cord just to see if you can induce some 60hz hum out of your speakers. Use all of this to narrow down your list of cables, components, and/or tweaks that you want to experience. At the end of the day, it is not the science that matters. What matters is which one makes you happy? Which one increases your enjoyment of your music? The demise of so many brick and mortar dealers has certainly made it more difficult to access those items which made the short list. Fortunately, there are quite a few companies like mine and DaveC113’s (ZenWave) that offer risk free trials. I certainly encourage everyone to avail themselves of these opportunities.
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What is the width of the cable? I use a ARC tube amp with negative and 4 and 8 ohm posts fairly close together.
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What is the width of the cable? I use a ARC tube amp with negative and 4 and 8 ohm posts fairly close together.
@Mike B.,
Thanks for your question. The label ends are 2.5 in wide and very flexible. Most binding posts are situated fairly close together and it is expected that the label ends will overlap the adjacent cable or rest against the adjacent binding post. They are entirely nonconductive except for the notched 3/4 in square conductor material on one side that will slide under the binding post nut. The flexibility of the label end will allow you to bend and hold it in a 'U' shape to easily slide it into place. You should not have any difficulties in connecting the Fidelium to your ARC amp.
Thanks again.
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Well, so much for inductance, capacitance and antenna issues.....
Try the cables for yourself.
I believe you will be shocked by a totally different sound than you are used to.
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Got around 80 hrs on the Fideliums and they have improved a tad bit.
The Bass is a little tighter and the Mids are a little sweeter.
I'm lovin' these cables!
I've never been a big proponent of significant cable improvement over time.
I thought perhaps that the Cable/Amp & Cable /Speaker metal interfaces became more "intimate" with each other over time (at a molecular level).
At any rate, there was a subtle, but decided improvement.....
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Here are the Fidelium Cables hooked up to GoldenEar Triton Reference speakers and Pass Labs INT 250 amp.
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=216163)
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=216164)
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Here are the Fidelium Cables hooked up to GoldenEar Triton Reference speakers and Pass Labs INT 250 amp.
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=216163)
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=216164)
Damn!
Your Amp and Speaker terminal configurations were made for these cables!
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Seems that way. I also think that they are an amazing sounding cable as well and an improvement over the Synergistic Research Atmosphere X Alive I was running.
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New Review!
http://enjoythemusic.com/magazine/equipment/1120/Silversmith_Audio_Fidelium_Loudspeaker_Cables_Review.htm
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Yeah, I'm glad I didn't try to explain myself. These words resonated with me:
"Not only did extension improve at both frequency extremes, and my ULTRA 9s play down to 16Hz and up to 60 kHz, but pitch definition at the lower end, and effortlessness, air, and ease of the topmost registers, were being handled more accurately than they had been with my muy bueno reference cables.
None of the previously mentioned low-frequency roll-off I'd heard with the earlier Nordost or Goertz cables here...in fact, just the opposite. With the Fidelium, bass not only seemed to extend deeper, but the precision of pitch definition. Its' attack and decay were as realistic as I've ever noted from any loudspeaker cables. In particular, the leading edge of bass transients is rendered in an especially lifelike way — one that delivers an inescapably authentic weight, texture, and power to the music."
And most importantly:
"All this results in the most authentic expression of the recorded information I've ever experienced, and gang, I've been doing this for over four decades. They deliver a host of tangible and captivating performance advantages, including their seemingly uninhibited speed of transmission, broadband, and their alluringly undeniable accuracy of pitch, their authentic sense of timbre and rightness of tone, combined with coherence, a dimensionality, a presence, a texture, and an immediacy that is so evocative of the live event. They are the paradigm of proper voicing, with an unswervingly musical accord, no band accentuated or minimized."
I have had 3 Audiogon members ping me for my opinion on these since I posted one time that they were the cat's pajamas a few months ago.
Can't wait for the IC's!!!
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Fidelium speaker cable connection to Linear Tube Audio UltraLinear WBT binding posts - folded as 2 "U"'s on inner posts, folded as 2 opposite "L"'s on outside left and right posts
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=216475)
Fidelium speaker cable connection to Spatial Audio X5 WBT binding posts both folded as opposite "L"'s on left and right posts
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=216476)
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And here is a U-Tube review by the same reviewer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paPNUOhWPdA
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Jeffrey Smith's patent application provides useful background to the design and hints at the alloy that he uses. some of the possible alloys include lead so anyone willing to buy a lead paint test kit should be able to confirm or rule out those alloys.
The basic idea behind the invention is that by using LOWER conductivity than copper metals propagation velocities can be made to be uniform across the audio band; i.e., no phase shift within the cable as a function of frequency.
I would like to try a pair but I have never spent over $100 for cables so $1000 is a big jump up rather than down for me. And my bank account is still recovering from new amps.
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Jeffrey Smith's patent application provides useful background to the design and hints at the alloy that he uses. some of the possible alloys include lead so anyone willing to buy a lead paint test kit should be able to confirm or rule out those alloys.
The basic idea behind the invention is that by using LOWER conductivity than copper metals propagation velocities can be made to be uniform across the audio band; i.e., no phase shift within the cable as a function of frequency.
I would like to try a pair but I have never spent over $100 for cables so $1000 is a big jump up rather than down for me. And my bank account is still recovering from new amps.
Remember that there is a 30-day trial period!
It's free to try.
I suspect that after having them in your system a couple of weeks, you'll find a way to come up with the dough.
They are like no other cable I've ever experienced...
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The basic idea behind the invention is that by using LOWER conductivity than copper metals propagation velocities can be made to be uniform across the audio band; i.e., no phase shift within the cable as a function of frequency.
The famous Magnan signature interconnects used non-metallic conductive coating on teflon ribbons with very high 30,000 Ohm resistance. By all accounts, this cable sounded very good.
We patiently await Fidelium interconnects :popcorn:
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While I'm awaiting my new preamp and amp and dismantling my Wilsons, I took advantage of the downtime to modify my cable lifts to better control the routing of my Fideliums.
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=217042)
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=217043)
We'll see how well this works sometime later this week.
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If you made those you might be interested in a DIY Shakti Hallowgraph.
https://db.audioasylum.com/mhtml/m.html?forum=tweaks&n=148747&highlight=hallograph+link&search_url=%2Fcgi%2Fsearch.mpl%3Fsearchtext%3Dhallograph%2Blink%26b%3DAND%26topic%3D%26topics_only%3DN%26author%3D%26date1%3D%26date2%3D%26slowmessage%3D%26sort%3Dscore%26sortOrder%3DDESC%26forum%3Dtweaks
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So here are my cable lifters that go between my Pass Labs INT-250 and my GoldenEar Triton Reference speakers. I had a local glass artist make them and each one is as much an art piece as functional. Please forgive the wire clutter as I am in the process of upgrading some components.
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=217259)
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=217260)
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=217261)
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:bowdown:
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So here are my cable lifters that go between my Pass Labs INT-250 and my GoldenEar Triton Reference speakers. I had a local glass artist make them and each one is as much an art piece as functional. Please forgive the wire clutter as I am in the process of upgrading some components.
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=217259)
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=217260)
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=217261)
very 'purdy' ! :D
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A tweak that improved the sound:The Enacom Noise Filter (speaker type).
Placed across the speaker terminals (across the tweeter terminals if you bi-wire), I heard an improvement in the critical Upper Midrange/ Lower Treble response.
Sweeter, but with added clarity.
Note: Do not attach this device between the Fidelium and the speaker post. This defeats the purpose of the cable's novel direct interconnect topology.
With my Edison Price terminal posts, I was able to jam the two Enacom leads into it's open top, thus avoiding contacting the Fidelium itself.
If you don't have this capability, I would recommend not doing it.
The Enacoms are pretty cheap on EBAY and as such are worth a shot.
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Not sure how you are connecting. Can you share an image?
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Not sure how you are connecting. Can you share an image?
For instance, some speaker terminals have the option of a lug connection and a banana jack connection.
Connect the Fidelium to the lug connection and the Enacom to the banana jack connection.
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Enacom and others are simple RF filters that typically use a cap and resistor across the plus and minus terminals. A inductor might also be part of the filter. Some SS amps have the filter on their speaker outputs also.
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Enacom and others are simple RF filters that typically use a cap and resistor across the plus and minus terminals. A inductor might also be part of the filter. Some SS amps have the filter on their speaker outputs also.
Known as a Zobel network, sometimes on the amp sometimes on the speaker.
Good article explaining theory and practice https://audioxpress.com/article/voice-coil-lab-notes-improved-zobel-network (https://audioxpress.com/article/voice-coil-lab-notes-improved-zobel-network)
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Just got the rest of my custom made glass cable lifters installed. They work great for these cables.
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=217666)
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It was noted recently how the Fidelium Cables sounded great on piano music.
My Hales Signature Twos were once described by Robert Harley as having the most accurate portrayal of piano he had ever heard.
Well these two coupled together along with the two Reference Recordings of Minoru Nojima (Liszt and Ravel) was nothing short of scary.....
This virtuoso only has about a half dozen recorded examples of his work.
These RR CDs are readily available on EBAY.
Scoop them up!
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Old thread, but perhaps A.J. Smith, I assume the designer, can comment on what I expect is a high DC resistance. Nickel/Copper alloy I would expect, likely an offshore formulation of Constantan / Monel or similar. I would expect loop resistance around 1-1.2 ohms.