I didn’t read all the way through this thread but my interest is piqued. I note that the posters here are DIY constructors making these cables for personal use, but are there any commercial manufacturers of cables with this geometry? I know that Grannyring made these for awhile but no longer does so. Otherwise, I haven’t seen anyone else offer them for sale. I am looking for a single XLR IC to start.
Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling
I have been an avid user of the Duelund cabling for over two years now and have used them exclusively in my system with great results. I have built many for friends and have used a full loom of interconnects, speaker cables, power cords and an extensive wiring modification for a previously owned balanced power conditioner utilizing Duelund 600V PolyCast wiring which was transformative. My cabling desires can be a little addictive as I have owned and evaluated 40+ brands of cabling costing more than an entire stereo system!
Over the past six months I stumbled upon a thread here on Audiogon in regards to a Helix designed cabling and as you probably already know, I just had to look a little deeper into this cable design…After a month of studying and sourcing parts, I decided to reach out to the designer/architect, Williewonka who gave more insights and philosophy on how the cable came into existence.
That conversation got the ball rolling in converting one of my KLE Duelund interconnects to Steve’s Helix designed which only entailed replacing the neutral with a Mil-Spec 16 AWG silver-plated copper wire with the neural wire being 3 times longer than the signal wire and of course the “Coiling” of the neutral wire : )
After the modification was complete, I was not sure what to expect from the Helix cabling but I was quite shocked with the results with “ZERO” burn-in time…The sound stage became much wider/deeper with a much tighter/focused image and clarity/transparency is like nothing I have ever heard in any cabling regardless of cost. In fact, I just sold a full loom of a commercially designed Helix Cable that’s renowned around the world and has more direct sale than any cable manufacturer; these $200 DIY Helix Cables walked all over them…
I believe you will hear the same results as I have and have heard back from friends who have already modified their Duelunds with the same results; WOW! Remember the cables will need 200+ hours to burn-in and settle into your system. My system is now 90% DIY Helix to include IC, SC, PC and Coax with each cabling adding its beauty of an organic and natural presentation that draws you into the fabric of the music.
You can tailor the sound of your cables using Duelund, Mundorf silver/1% gold, the outstanding Vh Audio OCC Solid Copper or Silver with Airlok Insulation or your favorite wiring and you can change it at any time…
http://www.image99.net/blog/files/category-diy-cables.html
https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/difference-in-sound-between-copper-and-silver-digital-cables
https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/adding-shielding-to-existing-cables
Enjoy,
Wig
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@mikerubin The XR 5000 is the XLR version of this Cable. |
Williewonka I’ve been playing around with this helix geometry for sometime now and have found what works best for me and that’s for PC powering source equipment I use 8 strands of 18 awg solid core pure Japanese copper in Teflon tubing for both live and neutral for a combined 9 awg. It’s not the awg so much has the number of conductors. I would like to use 20 awg solid but difficult to find here in Vietnam. For ground I use 2x 12 awg stranded. I didn’t do this by chance but from studying how cables like Nordost Odin and Audioquest use multiple solid wires on both live and neutral. I use Furutech Rhodium mini spades to connect with there Rhodium NCF plugs. These are stunningly good cables for reasonable cost. |
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