Measurements and conclusion
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We measured the Audiomica Silver Signature with our Sourcetronic LCR meter as well as the Prism dScope III. The latter measurement was done with the speaker cable on a real speaker. We look at the differences with the Van den Hul Nova, Driade Flow Reference and Art Speak Solid Core Silver.
Audiomica Silver Signature Cristal – LCR measurements
The impedance of the cable is nice and low. And it doesn’t rise high either with a maximum of 1.7 Ohms at 300 kHz. At 20 KHz we’re at 1.4 Ohms approximately. Perfect. Phase is also within limits. Certainly within the audio range.
Because impedance is low, conduction is high. That’s how it goes. We see about 50 Siemens, indicating quite a bit of copper and silver.
Inductance is well under control. It sits around a healthy average in this case. The Nova sits lower, but this is certainly within a healthy range.
Capacitance is low. Lower than the Nova. And well below average.
Audiomica Silver Signature Cristal – measurement on speaker
We see an interesting behavior in this measurement. The Audiomica is right in between the Art Speak, Driade and the Nova. The Nova makes almost a straight line. The Audiomica in the beginning at the bottom, but pulls through straighter from 10 KHz than the Driade and Art Speak. The Driade has a lot of high roll-off (which is audible). All in all, we see here that the Audiomica speaker cable has a relaxed midrange and a healthy high extension.
Audiomica Silver Signature Veroni – LCR measurements
We see a couple of things here: the conduction is healthy. This is due to the use of nice silver. Partly because of that, impedance is low. Inductance is also very low, which is nice. Capacitance is a bit higher than we see on average. This is definitely a result of the shielding and geometry. To what extent that is audible is, of course, the question.