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Review Driade Flow Reference 808 speaker cable – The Flow Master

5

Pros

  • Nice big image
  • Fine, smooth playback
  • Lots of detail

Cons

  • Can sound tad up-front
  • Pricey

Price: € 1600

Build quality
Usability
Sound
Price
Alpha-Audio Approved
Draide Flow Reference 808

Measurements and conclusion

Contents

We see pretty big differences in terms of resistance and conduction. That’s where the 808 “wins” by a wide margin over the 405. Conduction goes times two and resistance halves (logically). And it should, since the 808 has twice as many conductors.

Capacitance is also much lower than the 405. Perhaps because of the better sheathing Arnold uses? The impedance is – rather surprisingly – almost the same: it is half in the beginning (0.043 OHm for the 808 and 0.084 Ohm for the 405), but it ends up at almost 8 Ohm in both cases, which is still high, we think (probably due to the somewhat higher inductance). Also, the phase shift of the 405 and 808 is different. Most likely due to the different pattern the 405 shows in the capacitance measurement.

The inductance is almost the same, but that is not surprising since the construction and type of conductors are the same.

Bottom line, the 808 simply measures better than the 405.

Conclusion

Driade has another great cable in its range with the Reference Flow 808. It is a cable with a slightly different character to the 'regular' Flow 405. More air and a slightly pointier, deeper layer can be heard with the Flow 808. The image is larger and slightly more forward. Depth is retained. And that makes it so that the music shows more space and 'acoustics'.
Type test
Single Test
Accessory type
Cabling
Conductor material
Copper
Type of conductor
Stranded
Shielding
No
Possible plugs
  • Banana
  • Spade
Cable length
300 cm
Production country
Netherlands
Measurements
Induction
Induction
Impedance
Impedance
Impedance Phase
Impedance Phase
Conductance
Conductance
Capacity
Capacity
Resistance
Resistance
Capcity - 808 vs 405
Capcity - 808 vs 405
Conductance 808 vs 405
Conductance 808 vs 405
Impedance - 808 vs 405
Impedance - 808 vs 405
Induction - 808 vs 405
Induction - 808 vs 405
Resistance - 808 vs 405
Resistance - 808 vs 405

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Price

Driade
1600EUR

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