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Nostalgia Audio Pendragon Review

All of this is finished in a two-tone gunmetal and silver color with a smoky coffee brown colored braided custom SoftFlex PVC jacket protecting the wire.

There is a fairly noticeable block of silicone memory wire coating near the 0.78mm 2-pin connector barrels, though it’s relatively pliant and not too rigid.

I can also see a small sliver of silicone wrap for tension relief at the main jack barrel head, which is a sight I prefer to be internalized in the barrel rather than peaking its head outside.

Inside the jacket, the wire is a coaxial shielding structure with a 21.5AWG 4N OFC copper core in a Litz Type 4S four-wire configuration with a 5N silver-plated OFC copper inner shielding mesh.

It has a dense feel to the handling, though by no means a heavy cable. I have tested much heavier, such as Effect Audio’s 16AWG Code 24 monsters. Memory retention is low, as is microphonics, so it’s well behaved and nicely insulated.

My one nitpick is the choice of 2-pin enclosures at the base of the connector barrels. They are the type typically used for recessed sockets, giving them a fairly lengthy profile when connected in a flush socket.