williewonka
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| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling @mbolek - sounds as though the VenHaus Mains Cable has identical Live and Neutral wires, with only the ground wires spiralled around the outside - correct? Cheers - Steve | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling @massagevermont - I have used two different tubes on each of the interconenct cables - both having 2 x 20 gauge UP-OCC solid Silver UP-OCC wire for the Double/Double interconnct with 2 x 20 gauge bare solid silver UP-OCC signal wires ... | |
| Should I upgrade the cable of my Line Conditioner? @xcool - I build my own high perofrmance DIY cables, so I have made all cables from the outlet to each component. In my case I have the following cables from the wall outlet to the components an 11 foot Extension cable with a dual socket outle... | |
| Thoughts on the various platter materials used in Pro-Ject's midrange turntables? @syr1990 - My Rega Planar II originally had a glass platter - it was tough to get a mat that worked really well. Finally settled on a 20 SRM/TECH Acrylic Platter DELUXE ACRYLIC PLATTER FOR REGA AND REGA CLONES | eBay Installed it and never look... | |
| Audiomods Tonearm..... @chipdelacalzada , @bigslacker , @jensmunk - how are you liking the Audiomods Series 6 arms ? Thanks - Steve | |
| Should I upgrade the cable of my Line Conditioner? @xcool - try a Zavfino UP-OCC power cable it will make a nice improvement in dynamic performance and imaging Regards - Steve | |
| Unity in cable manufacturers? @pianoconcert - I believe it depends on the brand of cable. If you consider cables from manuifacturers like Hijiri, Zavfino and InAkustik then the various cables (Interconnect, speaker and power) within one of those brands will perform to similar... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling @mbolek - here are the links to the wires I used for the interconects For the Neutral wire: https://www.partsconnexion.com/NEOTECH-71448.html For the Signal Wires ConneX Wire 20awg OCC5N Silver Wire Hook-up (partsconnexion.com) Regards - Steve | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling @pindac - it would appear that the wire you have provided links to is of a comparable (if not higher) quality to the UP-OCC solid copper wire available from other vendors mentioned in this thread The 0.9mm dia (19 gauge) would be ideal for the in... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling @mbolek - re: Also thinking about a hybrid version that uses Chris’ v-quad wire and then do a helix wrap The Vquad wire has a lot of insulation - and its the insulaton that impacts clarity and details in all cables. Whilst I was initially apr... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling @pindac - where do you buy this wire? I have only found both the wires you talk about listed as Mains bulk cables - which is much larger than required for interconencts. Are you using DUCC for Interconnects? 0 if so, do you seperate strands to ... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling The Ultimate Helix DIY Cable - Update! The wire/RCA’s arrived today so I was able to construct an Interconnect cable with 2 x 20 gauge UP-OCC solid silver signal with a 1 x 16 guage UP-OCC solid copper with teflon insulation. With just a few hou... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling @pindac - can you provide a link to this wire so I can take a look at it please - thanks The only thinng I have found to date is the Furutech CCC bulk power cable, which is stranded. Stranded wire does not perofrm to the same level as solid w... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling @bigslacker RE: I'm curious why you switched to smaller wires in the silver cable build? $COST was the main reason. I figured that if this combination provided noticeable improvements I could alway try the heavier gauge in the next cable i... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling @mbolek - Whilst I have not had the opportunity to try Zavfino cables for myelf I have read their product literature in depth regarding their application of: UP-OCC wire advaned insulations advanced cable geometry techniques However, the la... |