I have received my Skoll Sleeved Brown 5ft cables from Trevor for my LCD-2's!
First and Formost, a shout out to Trevor for being the most Welcoming/Hospitable/Caring Person I've ever had the pleasure to deal with, Bar none.
He has gone above and beyond in satisfying me with my purchase and always left me with a smile on face.
Thank you so much for your amazing service Trevor.
Onto the cables.
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Now my Audiophile vocabulary is slightly on the pathetic side but I'll try and explain the differences I've experienced after burning them in for 8 hours.
(A short note about the build quality, Simply fantastic, feels premium through and through, I don't see myself owning a pair of cables from anyone else for a long time.)
Highs: Now my LCD-2's were leaning towards a bright sound signature in the higher frequencies, to the point of sometimes making me flinch in surprise.
The Skoll's helped tame the higher frequencies by a mild amount but it decreased the amount of fatigue I get after 1-2 hours of listening, which makes it all so worth it.
One might even say it slightly recessed the highs (around 5-7%).
Mid-range: Oh the mids, the delicious mids, I never knew the LCD-2's could be so punchy/revealing. Now i critically listened to an album for the past week to keep tabs on the burn in of the LCD-2, so I know every single track by heart.
When I started hearing sounds that were hidden deep within the tracks I knew these cables were something special, not only that, but they made electronic music a joy to listen to! It's like my headphones are being ripped apart with the sheer amount of emphasis being produced.
The LCD-2's already had these characteristics before the cables, but they weren't fully fleshed out, so to speak, a bit restricted, North Korean government style. Now though, it's just performing at its fullest potential.
The simplest way to describe the difference is to say that It took everything amazing about the LCD-2's, and pushed the envelope by 15%.
Low-end: As others have noted, these cables did not drastically increase the amount of bass that is produced by the LCD-2's, but it did Tighten them up greatly, from flabby to controlled is the easiest way I can describe it without getting a brain aneurysm.
Now I don't know if this a placebo effect, but it feels like the LCD-2's able to produce bass that's a bit deeper down the depths of the track, It might be the cables transparent nature that brings out the deepest confines of a tracks bass pit.
Another way of describing it to people who may have owned Denon's D#000 Line up some time in their lives is to compare it with Mark-lawton's Dyna-mat mod, But unlike MarkL's mod, the amount of bass produced did not decrease in the slightest, instead, it increased it!
Soundstage: I wont lie, my DacMagic Plus is not so great with instrument separation and there is no feeling of...Air, it's a bit of a flunky in this department.
Hope you actually understood that, so on to the cables effect regarding this matter, They did not improve the feeling of Openness/Airiness by a whole lot, its barely noticeable on my setup to be honest, instrument separation though? yeah, it improved that, in spades.
From jumbled to discernible is the simplest way to describe it, my setup thoroughly needed it, the effect might not be so pronounced for other avid listeners due to different combinations of amplifying/sources, or I might be going insane!!
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Well, that's it for my first ever cable review, I hope i explained everything in a manner which does not make a person want to break his monitor in frustration.
Feel free to ask any questions regarding the cables!