SOTA diy speaker cables

What exactly do these formulas allow you to calculate?

How do they relate to
- interconnect
- speaker
- power cable's

Thanks

Recipe?

Are you asking for suggestions of cable "ingredients" Iike - for example the construction of cables using cat5 telecoms or network cable and how to braid them for best results etc...

Something like this..-

http://www.mejiatryti.com/SpeakerCable/fivebraid.html

Thanks

One thing to remember - some amps do not like high capacitance speaker cables - it can cause some of them to oscillate, degrading the sound

In the u-byte2 article I looked at, the cables were rated at 800pf for a 5.5 meter cable - that's 145pf/meter

By comparison my DIY Van den Hul D-352 cables would be approximately 180pf for 5.5 meter cable - that's 32.5pf/meter.

Naim is one of those amps that performs better with low capacitance cables and they state this on their web site. Naim speaker cable is slightly lower - I believe around 20pf/meter

I did email Naim about the D-352 and they confirmed that although it was higher than their cable it was well within the operating limits of the amp

Just something to consider.

Is anyone able to any identify any brands for which high or low capacitance cables present problems?

My own personal belief is that some amps sound best with low capacitance cables and some amps sound best with higher capacitance cables regardless of whether they are solid state or tube.

But the type of speaker cable an amp works best with is seldom identified by amp manufacturers and this is one factor when trying to decide on which cable to purchase that should be understood by the owner of the amp before they commit.

To serve as a benchmark...
- Naim speaker cable is low capacitance rated at 20 pf/meter
- Kimber Kable - 8TC is high capacitance rated at 320 pf/meter
(Based on their web site - 2.5 meter is 820 pf)

I know you should always try to audition first, but as an example - Naim owners should not buy Kimber Kable based on Naim's own web site!

Or is Naim just trying to put the frightners on owners of their amps?

Are there any Naim amp owners running Kimber Kable out there?

Back to the music :-)

Csontos - you might find this site DIY cables a little more in tune with your needs - it has a whole host of audio DIY projects

Enjoy

Oooops - That should have been DIY Cables

Along the same lines as Mitch2 - here are my current preferences...

Interconnects - I use Stagger Silver Solids - added my own ETI Silver Bullets- - low capacitance and very transparant with lots of detail

Speaker cables - Van Den Jul d-352 bulk cable with Furez silver plated bananas - excellent resolution and well balanced sound

Power cables - Furutech (personal favourite) shielded 10 gauge for the heavy lifting and DH Labs Encore shielded for the source components - both with Sonar Quest silver plated copper iec/mains connectors.

Prefer shielded power cables and connect the shield only at the mains connector.

With the power cables I found better performance was attained by crimping spades onto cables instead of just clamping the conductor in the connector - especially the 10 gauge cable. I have a quality crimping tool that crimps a 6mm wide joint.

Power Distribution Centre - a DIY project using Pass and Seymour outlets
With DhH Labs internal wiring. I used a "star" wiring scheme as opposed to wiring the outlets in parallel - prevents contamination across outlets.

Good luck with your projects