Duelund speaker cable

Try tri-wiring your SCM40 speakers with DCA16GA for further improvement. Or DCA12GA on the woofers and DCA16A on the midrange and tweeters.

Thanks @vinylvalet .  Can I ask if you've tried it?  What advice I've found on this subject indicates that the Duelund cables are at their best when single-wired.

You're welcome. Yes I did on ATC SCM40 speakers among others. I used DCA16GA for all three. I'm just speculating the DCA12GA would be slightly better on the woofers.

BTW, Jim Smith of Get Better Sound uses DCA12GA speaker cable, which he prefers to DCA16GA, on the stereo he uses for his RoomPlay Reference sessions.

RoomPlay Reference

Thanks for sharing your efforts. Yep, that is how one learns about sound quality… components, wires… etc. it is the sum of it all.

I'm a big fan of Duelund 12 gage speaker cables and use them on both of my systems.   However, if you decide to try them, either buy a pair that is fully broken in, or be prepared for them to sound lousy until they reach the 200 hour mark of break-in.

I'm using DCA16GA for many years.

Does DCA12GA sound just warmer or also slower?

With which cable bass has better definition? 

@alexberger . My impression so far, after a day with the 16 is that the 12's bass is fuller, softer and a little slower. There appears to me a tighter faster, more textured bass with the 16s. For my system the balance of the 16s is spot on. The Goldilocks cable. 

I have been using the DCA16GA as speaker cable for about a year.  I recently changed to the Silversmith Fidelium which even second hand are ten times the price.  The Silversmith are fractionally better (say 5% at best, noticable but nothing exceptional), but certainly not in value for money terms. The Duelunds are truly awesome for the price.  A real hifi bargain

These sound like something that will have to be tried...I know alot of the diy guys like them here.Which is enough for me to be interested as well.Ive tried just about everything else...why not,thx guys.

I used Acrotec 6n 1040 before Duelund.

Acrotec it a old brand name of Acrolink. I bought  Acrotec 20 year ago. It costed $100/1m bulk. It isn't a bad cable. But in my system (300B amp and Altec 604E), Duelund DCA16GA sounds more organic. Acrotec is more refined on top, but Dueland is more vivid and fast. Acrotec has natural tone but Dueland is even better in this regard.

Good day,

Are the Dueland speaker cables offered with attached connectors?  Or are they purely offered as cables without connectors?

Thanks

You can order them as bare wire or custom order with connectors from PartsConnexion very inexpensively.   Bare wire connection is the best way to go if your speakers and amp(s) accept bare wire. 

Have you tried their power cords?

I have two of their power cords on my Quicksilver KT monoblocks, custom ordered from Parts Connexion.  I'm a fan... low cost, high value.

Has anyone done an A-B comparison between the Duelund and Jupiter speaker cables?

Does anyone know where I can get a set of Duelund Dual DCA12GA speaker cables to demo or tryouts?   I live in Philadelphia area.  

@sdberman I'm not aware of any brick and mortar selling Duelund or any entity offering demos. One of those deals where you purchase and sell used if not satisfied.

Just made a 2m set of speakers with Duelund DCA10GA.  I twisted + and - within  a 7mm cotton sleeve with bananas at the amp with bare wire at the speakers.  Out of the box without break-in these cables are just a “Wow” just great sounding. Music just sounds so real and lifelike.  Great Hi’s, Mid’s and Bass with nothing lacking…all for $175! These are a real deal and better than many cables I have owned that cost a whole lot more!