Description
Designed and handcrafted with multiple combinations of 5N OCC silver wires mixed with Duelund tinned copper wires, carefully fine-tuned to achieve the highest sound quality.
Audiolund SPDIF Coaxial Digital/Clock Cable ~ Flagship Series
- Improved version: use multiple solid cores 1*15GA + 7 solid cores (24GA+26GA+28GA+29GA+29GA+32GA+32A) + 3*0.7mm 16GA of 5N OCC silver wires, combined with 1*12GA + 1*20GA of Duelund tinned copper wires as main core wire signal
- Use various types and multiple layers of shielding materials for shielding to reduce noise and RFI/EMI interference
- With unique damping design, use various types of anti-vibration/damping materials to suppress vibration and isolation
- 1.0m standard length with other length options
We do not use a precision measurement equipment to measure, however, the Flagship Series SPDIF Coaxial Digital Cable is tested and verified on a few different high-end systems (Transport/DAC), with no signal error, perform better and comparably with other famous branded SPDIF coaxial 75 ohm cables and thus, it is confirmed meeting the 75 ohm specification. The Flagship series SPDIF Coaxial Digital Cable is designed to have both the sound characteristics of WE and modern pure silver sound characteristic. It is a balance sound characteristic of WE and pure silver, thus could likely match well with most of the High-end system.
Flagship Series – Ultra High-End Version
- Add extra 1*Duelund Silver Foil V1, to the 11 solid cores of 15GA to 32GA of 5N OCC silver wires combined with 1*12GA + extra 16GA + 1*20GA of Duelund tinned copper wires.
- Flagship series SPDIF Coaxial Digital/Clock cable cross sectional area in square millimeters is est. 3.61mm2 (OCC Silver) and 3.82mm2 (Duelund copper).
- Flagship Ultra High-End series SPDIF Coaxial Digital/Clock cable cross sectional area in square millimetres is est. 3.61mm2 (OCC Silver), 5.14mm2 (Duelund copper) and 0.82mm2 (Duelund Silver Foil).
A simple term for the selection of top 5 series with different sound characteristics:
- If you like vintage Duelund Western Electric sound, can select Xtreme series
- If you like modern 5N pure silver sound, can select True Silver series
- If you like Duelund Western Electric sound, but would like to add pure silver sound characteristic too, can select Xtreme Silver series
- If you like 5N pure silver sound, but would like to add Duelund vintage WE sound characteristic too, can select Ultimate Silver series
- If you like both the Duelund Western Electric sound and the modern pure silver sound equally, can select Flagship series
We aim to have a balance and best sounds from both the Vintage Western Electric sound reproduced by Duelund Tinned Copper wires and modern Pure Silver sound reproduced by 5N OCC Silver wires. It is designed for owner with super high end system and for those who demand for utmost best sounds of SPDIF digital cable.
My humble comments: If you like both the WE sounds and the Pure Silver sounds equally, Flagship series is your ultimate choice. Flagship series is my utmost recommendation if price is not a concern. Alternatively, can consider the other top 4 series because they are equally good sounds but with different sound characteristics. My personal favorites are the Xtreme Silver series, Ultimate Silver series and Flagship series with a mixture of Duelund tinned copper wires and 5N OCC silver/Duelund silver wires.
OPTION: Select Cable Sleeve Color:
1) Default: Gold Foil + Black Strip on Black Background (Weak wear resistance for Gold Foil, handle with care)
2) Gold Foil + Transparent Strip on White Background (Weak wear resistance for Gold Foil, handle with care)
3) Red Copper + White Strip on Black Background (Better wear resistance for Red Copper and plastic strips)
4) Black + Grey Strip on White Background (Better wear resistance for this plastic strips sleeve)
Cable Run-In: Audiolund cables are mostly multi-core design with various combinations of wires. Thus, all Audiolund cables will require a long time to run in. OCC Silver wires are thick solid core wires, will take even longer time to run in than Duelund tinned copper multi-strands of parallel thin core wires. The general guideline for run-in time, estimated 100 – 200 hours. For Flagship series, will need to spend even more hours for cable run-in.
I recently purchased another one of Audiolund’s cables – this time the top specification Digital Cable known as Flagship. I specified mine with the silver WBT Next Gen Ag locking RCA plugs as this cable is relatively heavy at around 500 grams, and the German plug can be tightened onto the RCA sockets. The appearance is of course, immaculate. I own a Ultimate Silver Series DC cable too – and the construction is on that is exquisite as well. The cables are shielded and use multiple cores of cable so as a result appear initially to be gently unyielding, but they can be teased into shape if you are patient and respectful of the construction. This Flagship Cable has a gold and black foil outer covering that looks and feels elegant and expensive. And expensive, they are not, not in the seemingly unhinged world of high-end audio cables. What you pay for here is total attention to detail and a level of interaction and service that can’t be faulted.
I installed the cable and then set about to deliberately not listen, but this is not an easy task as this cable allows a magical combination of sound that is both very revealing and transparent, but totally easy to listen to at the same time, music sounds three dimensional and spacious as if it has time for you to listen. Which you will do, as recordings that may have sounded constricted or not that compelling are shown in a new light, not bright in the hi-fi cliché sense of the term, but definitely illuminated. This is a superb sounding cable and betters all I have bought so far. Buy with confidence, listen with pleasure.
I have almost a full set of cables from Audiolund. To complete my digital Flagship cables, I have ordered this new Coax cable for a my Master clock. As always, Danny’s cables are best in class and can rival the very best in the market !