At the 265 hour mark, I am still loving the 4S11 cables. I have temporarily disconnected them to break in another 25 foot pair of 4S11 cables. Once some playing time are on these, they will go into my main system and I will reconnect the previously broken in pair of 4S11 to my secondary system. So far, I see no negatives.
Canare 4S11
I am taking delivery tomorrow of a 15 foot pair of Canare 4S11 cables which I will incorporate into my secondary system. I do not expect much from them as I only paid $106.00 for the 15 foot pair with locking bananas on both ends from Ram Electronics. I am putting these cables up against my Groneberg Quattro Reference cables that go for $25.00 a foot plus termination. I am hoping for the best but am not expecting too much. We shall see. I will report on what I hear after the 200hr break in as that is what I am being told it takes to break them in.
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Good to hear. You might be surprised how good the Canare Digital coax cable is with their own True 75 ohm RCA plugs or BNC if you equipment has that’s even better. Had one probably twenty years ago, well maybe not that many years ago but close I bet. No idea where it is but I just might have to pick one up again. I recall it was a very smooth cable but that was many years ago on old digital equipment so I might have to see how it fares against my Nordost Silver Shadow that probably cost 5-10x the price. |
This is the final report on the Canare 4S11 cables. I let the 25 foot pair break in on my secondary system for almost 19 days 24/7. At the 445 hour mark, I reinserted them into my main system. I first removed the $1500.00 Groneberg Quattro Reference speaker cables and coiled them up under the floor in case I decided to go back to them. After my son helped me install the Canare cables (I had to make larger holes in the floor for the banana plugs to fit) and routing them perfectly, I am happy to say my system now sounds much better. I no longer have the softness in highs I had with the Groneberg cable and the bass is tighter and deeper. I was always under the impression that the higher the price, the better the cable. The fact that a $130.00 pair of speaker cables bested a $1500.00 pair should be a lesson for everyone regarding price VS performance. Now I have the Canare in both of my systems and I am one happy audiophile. |
@stereo5...I'm so glad you put in the time and effort on these! I've been touting this cable for years and years on here, but never had any luck because most people think because they are so inexpensive and/or require a long break-in period, they can't be any good. Over the years, I've become friends with a couple of guys from Canare. Even they don't know why they take so long to break-in, but if you're willing to put the time on them, they are richly rewarding. I run mine in a shot-gun configuration and they are even better. See this thread about how I do it. https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/need-20-25-foot-spk-cables/post?postid=1846157#1846157 |
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