Alright, sorry this is getting done so late, but here it is!
After a listening session, I noticed a minor problem had popped up with one of my Hart cables. Nothing drastic or that effected performance. Instantly made sure @brux was aware, and from my understanding, this problem should be fixed. I can honestly say, he’s been one of the fastest I’ve seen respond to a customer complaint.
I was immediately sent a replacement, this time using the “Darkside” sleeving rather then the “Black w/ Imperial Red X”. Decided to pick up a new dual 2.5mm cable in charcoal grey as well.
Now, for a bit of comparison:
My first impression of the newer cables where: is the cable thinner?
Apperently, this isn’t exactly the case. While they are using the same cable, the design has just been tweeked to make it lighter and more flexable. To be honest, I don’t have a scale, but it feels lighter, and is definatly more flexable.
Here I coiled the new cable as small as I was comfortable doing(probably could have gone smaller), and the older one started feeling like I was straining something if I tried going any smaller.
Now if you didn’t notice, the tips on the two pin cable is different. Heat shrink is gone, and so are the knurling around the tip. I like the sleeker look without the heat shrink, though I’ll say I can see how knurling could be nice, particularly if there is a tighter fit.
Now, I don’t remember the color of the older dual 2.5mm, but the newer one does feel softer. The difference doesn’t seem to be the same with the 2-pin cables.
Finally, the split. I had some complaints about the newer split last time, which I’m happy to say that they seem to have been addressed. The hole for the bit securing the split is smaller, and everything is blacked out (rather then the “fill with resin” idea I had, but this works too!). The split itself has more of a glossy finish to it, rather then the satin of the older one. To be honest, I’m still partial to the older carbon fiber look split from the beginning:
. The IEM collection is completed for now. Just downsized my desktop gear (traded Ares II DAC and RS08 (and soon to be my Raptor)) for a Hugo 2. Now fully ‘portable’ lol.
