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Have You Tried Cabledyne Interconnects?

They are offering promotional prices right now. I can find no reviews of their products. Would you recommend taking a chance on them? I'm thinking in particular of some balanced 1-meter interconnects for $205.
http://app.audiogon.com/listings/interconnects-introducing-cabledyne-reference-cables-introductory-offer-2012-08-08-cables-86351-sedona-az
http://www.cabledyne.com/xlr-cables.html

"Our Design Philosophy
Cabledyne cables are a synergistic assembly of precision component parts based on our specific engineering and performance testing requirements. Our products reflect many years of in-field use and positive customer feedback. We sell only one cable line, our very best product.

Solid copper flat-wire conductors: Super-refined 6N monocrystal copper has a superior sonic quality compared to silver, gold, palladium, and plated conductors. The monocrystal structure allows unimpeded signal propagation by eliminating grain boundaries. Flat-wire has lower distortion and better high frequency extension than ordinary round wire. We employ only optimally sized single conductors per phase as multiple conductors create time smearing of the audio signal.

Fluoropolymer dielectrics: Hyflon MFA air core tubing with no fillers for the absolute lowest signal dissipation next to a perfect vacuum.

True EMI shield: Our exclusive Inconel cable sheath is a passive shield that prevents damaging noise-induced currents. The durable, non-magnetic metallic sheath also prevents additional signal dissipation loss of plastic cable jackets (PVC and braids).

Select connectors: Sonically screened and design matched plugs and spades by Cardas, Wattgate, Furutech, Heico, Hubbell, and KLS. Termination methods employ machined-crimped contact points (where applicable) and soldering with eutectic formulated solder. Power products are cryogenically treated."
franz456
sonic_genius
528 posts
 
Hell no, no affiliation with that company.

Cardas RCAs are all brass, no copper. Check out their site. I was able to scrape the edge of my RCAs (Golden Cross) and I see brass, not copper.

See:http://www.cardas.com/content.php?area=oem&content_id=4&pagestring=Male+RCAs

Also:

"Q.) Why not use copper RCA plugs, as opposed to low conductivity brass with silver plating and rhodium flash?

A.) The reason for brass is simple, you must keep the connector as much like the conductor that feeds it as possible. In the case of our RCA connectors, low current high impedance transfers are best served by small conductors. Large cross-section conductors ring and are of no positive value. Our RCA's conductor is essentially a thin silver tube (the plating) protected with a Rhodium surface, the low conductivity brass is simply good structure. In the case of speaker spades we use thick, ultra pure copper with a silver/rhodium plate to suit the high current, low impedance application. - George "

http://www.cardas.com/content.php?area=faqs&content_id=6&pagestring=Cable
jburidan
803 posts
 
Good info, thanks. I'll be sure to avoid ICs with Cardas plugs.
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cabledyne
1 posts
 
Hello all,

Yes, we use the "brass body" silver plated RCA plugs that George Cardas uses in his top products. Since a 1m RCA pair is $195, high quality OFC (copper) plugs were price prohibitive.

We do listen to our customers and there are a few that want a copper plug. We now offer as an upgrade option the excellent Xhadow OFC silver coated RCA plugs. Additionally, we now offer unplated copper spades as an upgrade option for our speaker cables.

Ed Bowman
Cabledyne
sonic_genius
528 posts
 
Thanks Ed for confirming this. I prefer silver cables, in fact I have owned a few that used the Cardas plugs and they sounded perfect. Xhadows are even better.
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mantis007
113 posts
 
I think one of the partners was from Purenote Cables. The cables bare quiet a resemblence to some of their models IMO. I always liked Purenote.
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