How about try it yourself and find out 🙄
Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling
I have been an avid user of the Duelund cabling for over two years now and have used them exclusively in my system with great results. I have built many for friends and have used a full loom of interconnects, speaker cables, power cords and an extensive wiring modification for a previously owned balanced power conditioner utilizing Duelund 600V PolyCast wiring which was transformative. My cabling desires can be a little addictive as I have owned and evaluated 40+ brands of cabling costing more than an entire stereo system!
Over the past six months I stumbled upon a thread here on Audiogon in regards to a Helix designed cabling and as you probably already know, I just had to look a little deeper into this cable design…After a month of studying and sourcing parts, I decided to reach out to the designer/architect, Williewonka who gave more insights and philosophy on how the cable came into existence.
That conversation got the ball rolling in converting one of my KLE Duelund interconnects to Steve’s Helix designed which only entailed replacing the neutral with a Mil-Spec 16 AWG silver-plated copper wire with the neural wire being 3 times longer than the signal wire and of course the “Coiling” of the neutral wire : )
After the modification was complete, I was not sure what to expect from the Helix cabling but I was quite shocked with the results with “ZERO” burn-in time…The sound stage became much wider/deeper with a much tighter/focused image and clarity/transparency is like nothing I have ever heard in any cabling regardless of cost. In fact, I just sold a full loom of a commercially designed Helix Cable that’s renowned around the world and has more direct sale than any cable manufacturer; these $200 DIY Helix Cables walked all over them…
I believe you will hear the same results as I have and have heard back from friends who have already modified their Duelunds with the same results; WOW! Remember the cables will need 200+ hours to burn-in and settle into your system. My system is now 90% DIY Helix to include IC, SC, PC and Coax with each cabling adding its beauty of an organic and natural presentation that draws you into the fabric of the music.
You can tailor the sound of your cables using Duelund, Mundorf silver/1% gold, the outstanding Vh Audio OCC Solid Copper or Silver with Airlok Insulation or your favorite wiring and you can change it at any time…
http://www.image99.net/blog/files/category-diy-cables.html
https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/difference-in-sound-between-copper-and-silver-digital-cables
https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/adding-shielding-to-existing-cables
Enjoy,
Wig
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@camrector - no need for the Teflon tube - it would make the cables very stiff It is very easy to insert the finished cable into an expandable sleeve and it will not degrade performance at all. The cables on the web site are without sleeve so people can see how they are made I have tried both the plain nylon expandable sleeve and the more elaborate patterned sleeve. I will caution that on the interconnects you will probably not be able to get the sleeve inside the KLE RCA housing.. Hope that helps - Steve |
Thanks @williewonka. I’m using silk sleeve already but you can still see the lumpy helix through it. So maybe sliding the entire cable into a flexible silcon tube wouldn’t degrade anything. Power cables are 2x 16g for the live and 12g for the neutral and ground Neotech OCC with neotech connectors and the XLRs are 2x20g neotech silver live and 16g Neotech copper in Teflon for the ground with AECO silver connectors.
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@camrector - instead of teflon, use a nylon expandable sleeve, you wull not see the "lumps" and its' much more flexible
Regards - Steve |
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