Stealth Dream V18-T Loudspeaker Cable

$20,460.00

Length 1.5 m 2.0 m 2.5 m 3.0 m

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The Dream V18 is the 2021 revision of Stealth's Dream loudspeaker cable, the line below the flagship Royale, improving on the Dream V.14 and V10. It is a truly directional cable built on Stealth VariCross: the conductive core changes diameter along the cable while the outer jacket stays the same, improving impedance matching between amplifier and loudspeaker. Stealth reports much better midbass and deep bass, with no loss of midrange and treble clarity, plus lower colouration through reduced resonance Q.

The V18-T adds Stealth's sliding tuning collar. Visually it is larger than the earlier Dream and Dream V10, black with two red and two gold spiral stripes.

Construction

Stealth VariCross variable cross-section geometry; directional
Each wire assembly: 8 individually insulated wires in distributed LITZ, using two gauges each of solid-core copper and 99.997% silver
Each run in helium-filled white porous Teflon tubing, around a helium para-vacuum centre core; triple runs separated by foam Teflon spacers
Improved internal geometry and spacing over the Dream V.14
Terminations: silver spade lugs made by hand in-house
Tuning collar: a sliding ferromagnetic collar moved along the cable while listening; at the right spot the sound comes into focus, much like a lens. The best position differs for every pair of components, finding it can take an evening, and a poorly placed collar sounds worse than none.