norco74
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| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling I have built the Helix cables for a few years now and have tried the many combinations suggested as they were made available on Steve’s site. I have recently switchover a Neotech 2 x AWG18 UPOCC power cable for a 14 AWG Duelund PVC on my Bryston 3... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling I am not sure what’s going on but TFA and PCX have been out of some of our favorite sizes of MIL Spec Silver Coated and UPOCC wires. The offer and availabilty have been less and less for many months now. Is there a supp’y chain issue for these typ... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling Well done @lemonhaze ! | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling Exactly. Expandable nylon is very durable compared to cheap PET sleeving and will give a very professionnal look to your PC, IC and speaker cables. As it is not as expandable as PET, it better installed as a loose fit Cheers Daniel | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling Does anyone have tried the Helix speaker cable to fire up a REL subwoofer using the high level input? Just curious if the improvement will be noticeable. | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling @tecknik Be careful here! What voltage and current this DC cable will handle? | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling I would wait after the 400 hours burn-in mark before making any fine tuning to the design. | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling I agree with Steve, there’s some noticeable degradation happening in SQ around the 25h mark that is slowly improving from H=45 to 100. From my experience on resoldering banana plugs on broken speaker cables, H=48 is usually how much time it takes ... | |
| Power cord length The 2 meter lenght is required so you can also tune the tonal balance of your speaker output by folding the AC power on itself according to some mystical patterns. Most of mine are 5 footers for connectivity purpose to anywhere from my furnitu... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling Double 18 AWG in teflon tubing for speaker cables was a real upgrade to my ears but not until I have swapped the KLE bananas plugs for some rolled berylium copper gold plated ones. The KLE were not compatible with my Bryston 4B amp. While I love K... | |
| Do you consider cables to be a "component" of your system? @Mitch2 and I seem to share some common experiences and hobby. I am quite done for the moment with DIY cables and interconnect as I think I have maxed out what could possibly be improved on the Helix DIY design vs the available core wire material... | |
| Do you consider cables to be a "component" of your system? I consider them as "accessories" . I have been making my own AC cords and interconnects for years now with great results. There’s some good DIY recipes out there that will cost you a fraction of a commercial available cable but still, it is not as... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling Hey Steve, Thanks for the clarifications. Before I move to the next stage of modifications, I will try to understand the cost differences between the OCC5N and the Neotech UPOCC silver wires. Looks like all the silver are created equal. Cheer... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling Hi Steve, For clarity, are you using the Neotech or the 5N 20 AWG wire? Cost of the latter is half of the Neotech. Don’t know what justifies it aside from the sleeving which will need to be stripped anyway. Also, how’s the cable stiffness betwee... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling In all fairness, I would install better XLR connectors to conduct the test. Furutech make excellent XLR connectors at the same price point than KLE. I would also give them the mandatory 150 hours soaked time before reviewing their performance. I ... |