Black Cat Lectraline Xe (Report updated)

johndoe1234

前2日收到 Hercules兄 通知, 等左4個月既 Black Cat Lectraline Rca 終於到貨, 點解要咁耐   根據 Hercules 資料, 因為條 cable 生產時出了意外, 所以,designer Chris 要重新生產, 這段期間, Chris 更將 Lectraline改良了. 小弟只知道原本既 Lectraline 使用單支5N銀線作導體, 新version 係 5N x 2. 名字改為 Lectraline Xe   據 Hercules 所講, 今次 Chris 只做左大約 10對並已全部運到香港, 所以 香港既師兄會是全球首批用家
Lectraline Xe 沒有萬元級cable 既華麗外表, 但手功四平八穩, 線身好柔軟.
由於心急關係, 此線只由 Hercules 兄煲線機煲了一晚就拿回家試聽.


放左2日假, 終於可以慢慢比較一下 Lectraline xe 同用開既 rca (Taralab air3, air2, Telos Black reference, Neotech 3001) 有乜分別, 以下都係聽得比較多既曲目.:
怒濤萬里 track 2
Vivaldi the Four Seasons track 1-6
Carmen Ballet track 1-13
Belafonte at Carnegie Hall  track 7, 15
Aaron Neville Warm your heart  track 2, 12
趙鵬 再低音一次 　track 5, 12
總結一下 Lectraline xe 在我系統既表現:
背景好寧靜, 弱音同細節交代得好清楚, 特別係音場方面, 之前比較平面而模糊, 現在音場清晰浮現, 樂器分佈清楚, 最重要係立體感, 感覺到有層次, 而左右兩邊都拉開. 聽爆棚樂曲都唔會亂,不經不覺已聽完一張cd.. 耐聽.
人聲方面, 歌手企位較後, 但咀型清晰可見, 厚暖度冇增加. 但亦冇乾同薄既感覺.
本身系統聲音唔算厚暖, 最初都擔心用銀線會唔會有”吉耳”感覺, 答案係唔會, Lectraline xe 高頻有種飄逸感覺.
低頻”量”收左好多, 正如之前有師兄講, Lectraline xe既低頻係着重質, 好有層次,有線條, 彈跳力一流, 聽鬼太鼓好”過忍”.
Lectraline xe 唔係令自己系統音色"改變", 而係"改善", 我會用有音樂感, 分析力強, 耐聽 形容 Lectraline xe.

一直都好相信一分錢一分貨既道理, 直至接觸到 Lectraline xe, 無話可說, 只可用”超值”來形容. 唔想”吹”到Lectraline xe 好似神線一樣. 畢竟器材匹配係非常重要既一環, 而且條 cable 只係 run 左20小時左右, 所以以上報告只可作為一個小小既參考. 好期望 Hercules兄能引入多d既有質素價錢又親民既器材, 令到一d 喜愛音樂而又唔夠能負擔高昂價錢既朋友, 提高欣賞音樂既樂趣.
小小申報, 小弟同Hercules唔係朋友, 大家只見過一次面.

medjohn

which part of the system are you putting this cable into?

johndoe1234

medjohn 發表於 2014-3-12 13:16
which part of the system are you putting this cable into?

I'm just put it for connecting CD player and Pre-amp and i will try to connect pre-amp and power amp later

johndoe1234

多謝咁多位師兄加分

obee

看上去好正. 等睇報告

ok102006

may consider the Master Reference...

johndoe1234

obee 發表於 2014-3-12 14:11
看上去好正. 等睇報告

多謝加分

johndoe1234

ok102006 發表於 2014-3-12 15:32
may consider the Master Reference...

Let's do it

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nagramen

請問Lectraline Xe RCA 純銀線芯是乜size ? What is the wire diameter or cross sectional area in square mm per each core?

johndoe1234

nagramen 發表於 2014-3-12 18:55
請問Lectraline Xe RCA 純銀線芯是乜size ? What is the wire diameter or cross sectional area in square ...

it should be 24 AWG 5N Pure silver

nagramen

AWG24 = 0.51mm diameter (0.2 square mm).

This may mean a total of 4 wires (+ve and -ve wires x 2 channels).  I wonder how the wires are arranged to form co-axial cable.    

Kondo LPz's construction structure is very clearly shown with 288 silver wires of 0.1mm and 0.2mm diameter (資料清楚供買家知道, 值得一贊!)

johndoe1234

nagramen 發表於 2014-3-13 14:00
AWG24 = 0.51mm diameter (0.2 square mm).

This may mean a total of 4 wires (+ve and -ve wires x 2 ch ...

Hi Nagramen c hing,
As i know Lectraline xe is composed by 2 core of 24 AWG 5N Pure silver only and i think u 'd better contact Hercules or designer Chris directly.

hercules

nagramen 發表於 2014-3-13 14:00
AWG24 = 0.51mm diameter (0.2 square mm).

This may mean a total of 4 wires (+ve and -ve wires x 2 ch ...

It's from Classic Lectraline, Lectraline Xe just too new not even available on website. This figure gives more details than Kondo (and Kondo way more expensive!!!)

http://www.hiendy.com/hififorum/ ... &extra=page%3D1



Here is Lectraline Xe photo lend from above



You can see there are two split from the main cable of Xe, each cable is Co-axial design, consist of one core one shield, so Lectraline Micro using one 1 Core 1 Shield Cable, Xe using two individual 1 Core 1 Shield Cable, that's why I said it's Double Co-axial design.

johndoe1234

nagramen 發表於 2014-3-13 14:00
AWG24 = 0.51mm diameter (0.2 square mm).

This may mean a total of 4 wires (+ve and -ve wires x 2 ch ...

完全同意, 對消費者會是一個好有用既參考指標
我對這線有興趣最主要係見到之前有好多師兄, 對這線有好高同正面既評價, 於結構方面反而匆略了

hercules

This is Lectraline Micro, to replace Classic Lectraline

nagramen

多謝兩位師兄說明，in fact the photos are self explanatory. I can see how Double Coaxial is arranged for Xe. Thsnks!

Hope to try Xe when next lot of goods have arrived!

johndoe1234

nagramen 發表於 2014-3-13 19:07
多謝兩位師兄說明，in fact the photos are self explanatory. I can see how Double Coaxial is arranged  ...

U welcome

medjohn

The analogy I came across is crown to double crown. Haha
I'm cooking my cables at home at the moment