Red Dawn Specialty Cables
(price for 1.25m)
Red Dawn Specialty Cables are the solutions that NAIM® owners have awaited for decades: a path to upgrade their highly coveted components. Using Nordost’s technology and design philosophy, Red Dawn Specialty Cables provide an impressive improvement to NAIM® electronics.
Red Dawn Specialty Cables use technology found in Nordost’s Leif Series to create a custom aftermarket solution. This includes a fully-shielded design which employs six, heavy-gauge 24 AWG, silver-plated 99.9999% OFC solid core conductors. These conductors are precisely wound in a minimum cross-section configuration to eliminate unnecessary fillers or padding elements, and then insulated using high-grade FEP, selected for its superior dielectric performance. The result is a high-speed, low-loss cable which will allow NAIM® components to reach their next level in performance capabilities.
Red Dawn Specialty Cables are available in various configurations and terminations to suit a variety of components.
Red Dawn
Nordost’s Red Dawn range is the top tier of our entry-level, Leif family. Thanks to Nordost’s core cable design, including silver-plated, solid core conductors and FEP extrusion, as well as patented Micro Mono-Filament technology integrated throughout the line, Red Dawn cables provide a natural and articulated performance from your home audio system. Red Dawn cables allow your system to take that final leap from creating enjoyable music to experiencing a true performance that will make standard cabling seem intolerable.
Specialty Cables Specifications
Insulation: Fluorinated Ethylene Propylene (FEP)
Construction: Mechanically tuned lay
Conductors: 6 x 24 AWG
Material: Silver-plated 99.9999% solid core OFC
Capacitance: 60.0pF/ft
Inductance: 0.035μH/ft
Overall Shield Coverage: 95%
Termination Options:
4 Pin Din to Neutrik XLR (male) Set
4 Pin Din to Neutrik XLR (male)
5 Pin Din (240) to 5 Pin Din (240)
4 Pin Din to 4 Pin Din
Red Dawn Specialty 4 Pin Din to XLR (M) Cable
£470 for 1.25m (add £150 per additional 1/2 meter pair)
Use From:
Supercap to NAP 250
Highcap to NAP 250
SNAXO 242 to NAP 250 (uses two cables)
SNAXO 362 to NAP 250 (uses three cables)
Red Dawn Specialty 4 Pin Din to 4 Pin Din Cable
£470 for 1.25m (add £150 per additional 1/2 meter pair)
Use From (SNAIC Applications):
NAC 552 PS to Supercap
Supercap to Highcap
NAP 200 Power Amp to NAC 282 Pre-Amp or NAC 202 Pre-Amp
High-Cap to NAP 200 Power Amp
Flat-Cap to NAP 200 Power Amp
Warranty
Limited lifetime warranty
Red Dawn Specialty 4 Pin Din to XLR (M) Cable Set
£780 for 1.25m (add £300 per additional 1/2 meter pair)
Use From:
NAC 552 PS to NAP 500
Supercap to NAP 300
SNAXO 362 to NAP 300 or NAP 500 (uses three pairs)
SNAXO 242 to NAP 300 or NAP 500 (uses two pairs)
Red Dawn Specialty 5 Pin Din to 5 Pin Din (240) Cable
£470 for 1.25m (add £150 per additional 1/2 meter pair)
Use From (SNAIC Applications):
NAC 552 PS to NAC 552 Pre
Supercap to NAP 252
NAC 252 to Superline
High-Cap to SNAXO 362, SNAXO 242, NAC 282, or NAC 202
Flat-Cap to SNAXO 362, SNAXO 242, NAC 282, or NAC 202
My experience with the Nordost cables leaves me speechless, if that is even possible. Overall, the difference is nothing short of spectacular. In fact, during the review several friends and colleagues remarked that the reference system for this review has never sounded nearly as good. Personally, I have to agree with them wholeheartedly.
Brett Rudolph, Enjoy The Music.com
