Does it matter the wire gauge used in interconnects?

Hi Steve,

Good stuff. I’m now trying to eliminate as much of the cabling as possible. Trust me as an engineer, less is more. I’m sure you understand the KISS.

I have transitioned to a streaming front end, no more tubes/vinyl...sorry.

I still love building cables and UP-OCC copper still floats my boat.

m

@mbolek - a really simple cable geometry that also performs very well, uses a Ribbon geometry

• Two Teflon tubes held apart using some sort of tape
  • the brown paper tape used for parcels is quite good
• The tubes should be spaced at least 1" apart for the length of the cables, for good separation
• insert the bare UP-OCC wire into the Teflon tubes and attach connectors
• allow 2"-3" at each end to get the connectors on (for interconencts)
• You could put a Mylar tube around the signal wire for improved RFI/EMI protection

It is good for Interconnects and Speaker cables

The only drawbacks with this style of cable

• there is no protection against RFI/EMI
• it is only flexible in one plain.

But it does perform very well - fast dynamics and good clarity and details.

It is basically a straight version of the DIY cables that are on the VH Audio website

Regards - Steve

@ozzy if by matter do you mean, does it affect the sound of the cable? Yes, it most certainly does.

Thank you, Ted. Yes, I agree, so does the type of wire used.

ozzy

I know this not super helpful, but 47 labs made a IC kit using single strand of what I think is 26g. It is a great cable, better than all the audiophile entry level cables I have tried, in that it has great tone throughout the whole frequency band. The caveat is that it has to be cut under two feet otherwise the bass rolls off badly.