williewonka
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| 209 or not to I use these, they provide a longer crimped surface area and are easy on the hands Crimping Pliers Regards | |
| If I wanted to make my own speaker cables, is this a good choice for wire? @tubeguy76 - 2 x 16 gauge would make a good signal conductor for a speaker cable. But for the neutral I would recommend a 12 gauge wire. Take a look at this thread - it’s very educational with lots of great DIY ideas for cables/conncetors that ou... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling @lemonhaze - having a slightly smaller neutral will not impact performance singificantly. You could add a second 18 gauge Neutral which would make it larger than the revised signal conductor, but I would wait until you’ve listened to it and then ... | |
| 12 AWG Mains Power Cable From Wall To Power Conditioner Sufficient? @ryder - as someone above posted - the Gauge of the power cable is not the full story The wire in the wall is genrally solid wire it is capable of delivernig better/cleaner power than a normal power cable Power cables generally use a ... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling @lemonhaze - I would NOT recomemnd mixing copper and silver wires for a single signal conductor - the speed of transmission of the two metals is different and the resolution/clarity will suffer Adding the 20 gauge Ag to the 2 x 24 Ag wires is a m... | |
| Questions about Resolving Systems @lanx0003 - there is no Phase issue with the helix cables due to it’s longer neutral conductor because the neutral is a thicker gauge, which balances the resistance of both neutral and signal conductors to the same level (approximately) Howev... | |
| Questions about Resolving Systems @cdc - RE: "Okay, I gotta ask what is it???" Its a yamaha integrated rado/CD/usb/amp unit with seperate speakers I upgraded the speaker cables and it resolved all of the distortions and improved bass perofrmance coming out of the silly little sp... | |
| Questions about Resolving Systems @lanx0003 - I responded to your question via the Private Message function Hope that helps - Steve | |
| Questions about Resolving Systems jay73 - To answer you last question first i.e. Is that only for system that employ high end components? Tha answer is no - you do not have to have high end components - but you will need some pretty darn good cables My modest System MSRP arou... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling @tecknik - I've found shileding on cables impacts the openess, so I never use it. Also the Helix coil acts like a faraday cage, which makes the need for a shield redundant. I've clenched a Helix power cable next to a Helix interconnect in my fis... | |
| Budget re-cabling @kraftwerkturbo - 30 years ago "audio cable science" was in it’s infancy - even the good ones were bad compared to todays cables Some comanies, like Nordost, introduced cable geometries that provided improvements, but they still used OFC copper a... | |
| Budget re-cabling @kraftwerkturbo - Many years ago I was in your position and dabbled in DIY solutions, thinking I could do a better job for less money. Since then, and many cables later, not to mention thousands of audition hours, I realized that most of the cab... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling @tecknik - apologies for the delay in answering the following Williewonka@ what’s the influence of sound by the twisted neutral and ground”does a tighter twist over the live wires increase focus, air or timber of the ac cable.Williewonka@ what’s... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling @pindac - apologies in the delay of my reply. Regarding... The Power Amp’ EE has asked for all devices to be in use, to be made available for the final testing to take place, as well as be supplied XLR Cables that can have a Earth Shield det... | |
| Speaker Cable Recomendations @densen17 - I'm with @lak I rate Audio Envy as best bang for the buck and Zavfino if you want a little better details and image, but they do get a little expensive in thier upper end of their range Regards - Steve |