Effect Audio Cadmus II - The All-Rounder

[@TheKb117]

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

[@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.