Has anyone tried making their own interconnects?


Hey guys,

I've posted a few threads lately asking about DACs and Class D amplifiers and such. My current system consists of a recently acquired Marsh P2000 pre amp, Aragon 2004 amp, Emotiva XDA-1 DAC, Squeezebox Touch and Silverline Minuet Supreme Plus speakers. I'm also running all Blue Jeans cabling.

I was listening to some Diana Krall last night and it really hit me that I'm pretty comfortable with the synergy that I have with my components. I really enjoy listening to my system.

So, I was wondering if maybe I could try just a little bit of tweaking, since I'm no longer feeling an urgent need to change any components.

My interest is in making my own interconnects. I really have no desire to spend even $100 on an interconnect, but I've found that it is possible to get some good silver or silver plated copper wire at very reasonable prices.

I have a good soldering station and am fairly proficient with a soldering iron, so I figured that I could try my hand at making my own.

Have any of you tried this? What were your results? Which connectors did you use?

Thanks.
tonyangel

Showing 1 response by vegasears

Yes, I purchased some interconnect wire and soldered on connectors. Cardas Audio use to and still may sell cable only. I sourced connectors from Parts Express. Before buying Cardas cable I tried a lots of small gauge control wires found on construction job sites, mostly low voltage alarm, com and mechanical sensor wire. I had a lot of fun testing various gauges of multiple strand and solid wires. The results varied. My ears liked multiple stranded small gauge copper wire best. Your results may vary.

Then one dark day a local audio type collector handed me a large box of speaker and interconnect wires from various well respected cable manufacture's. I fell in lust with MIT's sound, hate the stupid looking boxes but loved the sound. These day I use Cardas Crosslink for pre>amps, I put on the ends and MIT interconnects, purchased used here on A'gon.

Good Luck