williewonka
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| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling No problem...In "single ended" designed cables there is...a conductor (or signal wire) to carry the "signal" (or the "live" in the case of a power cables)and a second conductor (or wire) to connect the neutral sides of the circuits of the connecte... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling @pumpwheel - whilst I prefer silver plated connectors, I have found copper wire without any plating to provide the better sound quality when used for the signal conductors in the Helix Cables.WRT: copper vs silver - silver has better conductivity ... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling @pindac - thanks for the linksThe first one is "corrosion resistant" OFC or OCC copper - no mention of plating Atlas 3 Pin OCC Male XLR Plug | Future Shop The second one has the silver plating over OCC copper pins Atlas All Cu XLR Plugs - Analogue... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling I have not tried them and while I like DH Labs products for their value, it looks like (from reading) that the pins are not plated, just pure copper - this can lead to oxidation in the future, which will degrade signal transfer.I prefer silver pla... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling @ghettocowboy : +1 what @mawe saidDeltron and Switchcraft also make XLR’s with silver plated pins at a reasonable price point.I would probably stay with the Neutrik mentioned above because they literally "own this space" and on the plugs from Neut... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling @pumpwheel - whilst I have not tried these RCA's, I must point out that the contacts are made from Tellurium Copper which has a lower level of IACS conductivity of 93% as opposed to pure copper as used in the KLE Innovations Harmony range, also ... | |
| Bluesound Tech Support @llarry I have the opposite experience with Bluesound.I currently have the Node 2i, the power Node 2 and the PulseMini speaker.I did have a small problem about 5 years ago that was related to my router and NOT my first Node 2 but the tech support ... | |
| DIY PCs @jtucker Take a look at this design- http://image99.net/blog/files/be8de0c383c5434907610d6b55049e69-75.htmlThey may appear a little more complex that you would like, but once you wind the first coil it becomes much easierMost of their performance ... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling So, I am not one for "Gadgets’, especially gadgets that come in really small sizes and make claims of improving sound quality, just by simply plugging them into the mains outletBut a contact assured me that this particular gadget would make a diff... | |
| When someone listens to your system for the first time. One friend asked... "so how many speakers do you have in this system now?""just the two" - I repliedThen he got up and looked behind my system - just to see for himself:-))) | |
| How to isolate turntable from footstep shake or vibration @mijostyn - I was thinking more along the lines of actual magnetic feet - not a DIY solution - like these... Maglev HiFi isolation feet | Solid Air Audio And the link to the other Agon discussion has more examples of commercially available magneti... | |
| How to isolate turntable from footstep shake or vibration @esputnix - I searched through this thread and could not find any mention of Magnetic Feet i.e. each footer uses two magnets positioned to repel each other - the table effectively "floats".Of course there might be a reason for NOT using them i.e. ... | |
| Record in and out jacks? I use them to record content via a digital interface, e.g. if I have an old vinyl album I want to play via one of my streaming units.So I am glad to see they are still provided, at least on my amp :-)The digitizer is a Behringer UP-222 unit that c... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling @mawe - RE: Wire Purity..- there is one minor addition to your purity rating99.995% is represented as 4N5.- please see this linkExplanation of “Nines” Regarding Metal Purity | Indium Corporation® | Indium Corporation Blogs | Indium Unfortunately ... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling Being .999 grade of silver I would think this would not perform as well as the UP-OCC copper, which is 6-nines (6N) purity.I had previously used Mundorf solid silver with 1% gold for signal wires, but I found the 6N UP-OCC copper superior for dyna... |