Effect Audio Cadmus II - The All-Rounder

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Timecodes:
00:00 Intro and The Numbers
01:43 Promotions and General Info
03:55 Side by Side w/Eros S:Noir
04:40 Close Up and Bling
07:01 Build
08:01 Sound
09:49 Noir on Eros S:Noir
11:56 Noir on Cadmus II
14:23 Cadmus vs Eros S:Noir

[@TheKb117]

An impedance graph would greatly help to visualize its frequency response.

[@darrellross8609]

P, Do you use Forza A W, cables? All my cans and iems have a Forza. Best, D.

[@PaulWasabii]

I don't have any of their cables but the quality looks great and their price is reasonable.

[@TheKb117]

Paul, is that an LCR meter, and what frequency range was the cable tested with?
Or, is it a VOA meter, and you measured the cable's DC resistance?🤔🧐

[@PaulWasabii]

The method goes back to Hakuzen on Head-Fi. I won't claim it is the best and it is more of curiosity years later. Like other bits of the hobby, people came up with approximations and concepts to triage cables back in the day. Like 711, there was an existing "database", we added to it, but no one cares. That being said, I still see it pop on some boutique brand's cables with really low numbers so if there was a more accurate measurement method, it might be worth trying. I also think over the years, stock cables have improved greatly and you have less QC issues as the makers are testing during assembly which might not have been the case in the past.

[@alexeiboukirev8357]

@@PaulWasabii Generally, stock cables are good these days, and I would be looking for a replacement for modularity, pliability, weight, color. However, some vendor still play tricks with stock cables. For instance, higher impedance may alter a combined FR similar to impedance converter adapter. Also, some vendors make common/ground wire impedance different from the channel wires impedance on SE cables to simulate bigger stage.