Military grade

Sorry guys, but I am of a different opinion - I just concluded a years  quest to find good wire for Interconnects, speaker cables and Power cables

I ended up with Mil-spec wire from Take Five Audio - see
https://www.takefiveaudio.com/categories/100-deep-cryo-treated-cablewire

The 24 guage stranded silver plated "Mil-Spec" trounced the solid silver wire I had used in my Interconnects

The 12 and 10 gauge silver plated wire trounced wire from Furutech and DH Labs when used on the power cables.

And the 16 an 10 gauge silver plated wire trounced high quality wire from Van Den Hul when used on my speaker cables.

So I have to disagree with ...

Military grade is a fashion statement by the marketing departments nothing more

I'm not going to debate this ad nau·se·am - just letting you know what I found and observed.

Hope you find it useful - Steve 

@qeoffkait - re...

I take it the cryo was just window dressing.

Unfortnately I have not tried a "non-cryo" version of this wire, so I am unable to make any comparable observations.

Some people on this forum swear by its effectiveness, others condem it as snake oil.

Having built "military grade" products in the past I have experienced first hand the additional efforts put into those products, so the term "Mil-Spec’ for me indicates a much higher quality product - and this led to me to try the wire from Take Five Audio.

Here’s what TFA has to say about their Cryo process
https://www.takefiveaudio.com/contents/89-cryo

The improvements I observed between the varoius wires I have tried on cables of similar length, gauge and cable geometry were easily discernable and considering I had previously used, what I regard as very high quality wire from Van den Hul, Furutech and DH Labs, I found the degree of improvement very surprising.

Was it the insulation, silver plating, the Cryo treatment or the quality of the copper?

Perhaps the level of improvements is an indication of the effectiveness of cryo treating?

The Cryo treatment was an added bonus - but at this time, it is yet to be "proven" (i.e. in my case) by my own observations.

But I do keep an open mind when it comes to all things audio :-)

Regards - Steve






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