Hi Steve. Thanks very much for your advice and recommendations. The
SonarQuest silver plated copper IEC looks like a really good connector for sensible money and clearly you know your stuff! I have also checked out your website and the Helix range you have developed. Interesting reading and was a great to help for me to understand both the basic principles and also how far you can take a DIY cable project. Very impressive. I am not quite as "handy" as you kindly suggested but i am definitely up for avoiding over paying for cables whilst also hitting a decent quality. Thanks again, I really enjoyed reading your post and website.
DH Labs Silver Sonic Power Plus Cable / DIY Power Cords
I would be grateful for any feedback from the forum with regard to the following.
There's a some positive reviews for DH Labs Silver Sonic Power Plus which looks like a well designed high quality cable (see link below). It has 3 x 12 AWG copper cores which I believe will be good for my amps (400W class A mono blocks).
I can buy this cable in the UK for £40 per metre (no doubt its cheaper in the US!) and so with a UK plug (silver £10) and an IEC (Silver £20) it looks like I could build two very decent quality, 1m power cords for £140.
Any advice please as to anything I should be taking into account?
Are IEC's any harder to wire up than a standard plug?
Should i use some CAIG deoxit gold on the connections?
Thanks very much for your advice
Silver IEC https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SILVER-IEC-mains-power-connector-for-hi-fi-audio-NEW/182746215299?hash=it...
Cable: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DH-Labs-Silver-Sonic-Power-Plus-Power-cable-1m-bulk/151329567982?_trkparm...
UK Plug: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Silver-Plated-UK-3-Pin-Mains-Power-Plug-Audio-Hi-Fi-Use-13a-silver-Conduct...
There's a some positive reviews for DH Labs Silver Sonic Power Plus which looks like a well designed high quality cable (see link below). It has 3 x 12 AWG copper cores which I believe will be good for my amps (400W class A mono blocks).
I can buy this cable in the UK for £40 per metre (no doubt its cheaper in the US!) and so with a UK plug (silver £10) and an IEC (Silver £20) it looks like I could build two very decent quality, 1m power cords for £140.
Any advice please as to anything I should be taking into account?
Are IEC's any harder to wire up than a standard plug?
Should i use some CAIG deoxit gold on the connections?
Thanks very much for your advice
Silver IEC https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SILVER-IEC-mains-power-connector-for-hi-fi-audio-NEW/182746215299?hash=it...
Cable: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DH-Labs-Silver-Sonic-Power-Plus-Power-cable-1m-bulk/151329567982?_trkparm...
UK Plug: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Silver-Plated-UK-3-Pin-Mains-Power-Plug-Audio-Hi-Fi-Use-13a-silver-Conduct...