Description
Designed and handcrafted with multiple combinations of Duelund tinned copper cables, carefully fine-tuned to achieve the highest sound quality and minimize signal transmission loss.
Audiolund Interconnect Cable, XLR to RCA/RCA to XLR ~ Xtreme Series
- Upgrade Version: The constructions of XLR/RCA cables are revised to improve sound quality
1. Standard XLR to RCA format
- It is constructed as per the standard XLR to RCA with Pin-1 and Pin-3 connected to ground (Transformer coupled outputs)
- Use 12GA + 16GA + 2*20GA Duelund tinned copper wire in both the positive signal and negative signal of multiple wire combinations
- A total of 4m*12GA + 4m*16GA + 8m*20GA Duelund tinned copper wire are used for 1.0 meter pair + 2m x silver plated/copper wires for grounding
2. XLR to RCA with Pin-3 Open
- It is constructed as per the MERGING+NADAC’s method, same for Benchmark, Weiss and others
- Use 12GA + 16GA + 20GA Duelund tinned copper wire in both the positive signal
- A total of 2m*12GA + 2m*16GA + 2m*20GA Duelund tinned copper wire are used for 1.0 meter pair + tinned copper shields for grounding
3. XLR to RCA with Pin-3 Open added 10K Ohm resistor to ground
- 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
XLR to RCA/RCA to XLR Interconnect Cable Xtreme Series have the same sound quality and characteristics of the Xtreme Series of RCA and XLR. XLR connector is better in dynamics while RCA connector is a more refined sound. Using a combination of XLR to RCA plugs to create an Interconnect Cable, it achieve a more balanced sound using both XLR and RCA plugs.
Xtreme series RCA/XLR Interconnect cable cross sectional area per meter per +/- channel in square millimeters is est. 5.65mm2 (Duelund copper).
My Humble Comments: Audiolund XLR to RCA/RCA to XLR Interconnect Cable Xtreme series has a very comprehensive and almost perfect sound, with a very strong sound characteristic of Western Electric. The sound is very natural, details and smooth with a quiet background, and most importantly very musical. We strongly believe that this cable can challenge any expensive and branded audiophile cables.
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
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.
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