williewonka
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| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling @b_mueller - Thanks for the feedback, especially pertaining to the use ferrites - good to know.I've seen other posts that promote them, but I have never used them on my audio system cables.Cheers - Steve | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling @mawe - thanks - I was NOT taking into consideration the implications associated with the number of strands and the width of each strand, together with the dielectric constant of the insulation - I was merely looking at the relative conductivity o... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling @tomic601 - A friend of mine made a 24 ft long Helix cableHe actually used a 24ft long piece of COAX - stripped the outer sleeve and the shielding. - wound transformer wire around the outside of the insulation for the helix coil- added RCA's - not... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling Can anyone throw some light on this conundrum please - it's bugging me :-)I decided to replace the Live conductor inside my power distribution box.- the neutral wires are the same 2 x 12 gauge Mil-Spec wire I use in the power cables- the wire bei... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling I've just heard back from my European contact and he endorses a stranded Silver plated wire from Jantzen Audio and provided the following linkshttps://www.hificollective.co.uk/catalog/006-0051-jantzen-speaker-cable-13awg.htmlhttps://www.audiophoni... | |
| Dedicated Vinyl system next upgrade? @paulgardner ...Nordost was my first exposure to Power cables that made an easily discernible improvement- I was in a demo room at a show with about 15 other audio guys - so it was less than "ideal" listening conditions.- - The Nordost guy played ... | |
| Digital XLR vs Digital RCA @auxinput re:... Well, it was the previous Eichmann Silver Bullet plugs (which are the same thing). Actually - when you get down to the nitty-gritty, these are two "similar looking" RCA designs, that do have quite different levels of performance.... | |
| Dedicated Vinyl system next upgrade? I'm with the guys above that mentioned replacing the cables.The right Cables will make a huge improvement to any system and without great cables you are not hearing the best possible performance from your components.I have spent the last 6 years a... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling I’ll ask one of the European DIYer’s where he got his wire fromHe may have a couple of optionsStay posted - Steve | |
| Which cardas IC for Ayre components? Be aware of the consequences speaker cables can have on an amp... An acquaintance once used TOTL Cardas speaker cables on his Ayre amp and due to their very high capacitance it damaged the amp - it caused the amp to oscillate.He then tried those s... | |
| Digital XLR vs Digital RCA @auxinput - re: your statement I have done many tests on different RCA connectors, using RCA that are designed specifically for digital (i.e. DH Labs RCA-75) as well as several extremely expensive and high end analog RCA (such as WBT, Furutech, et... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling Bruno - just re-reading your post and was wondering which of the wires you mentioned do you intend to intend to use for the LIVE conductor, and which wire you intend to use for the neutral and ground wires?Either the VH Audio wire or Duelund will ... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling Bruno - Winding the neutral and ground in opposite directions will complicate the build process and will make the cable much thicker. But - Will it make an audible difference? If you wound the ground around the Live wire and then would the Neutra... | |
| Question For Those That Watch Movies/TV Through Your Two Channel System @ericsch - I use a PowerNode for my A/V system and it rocks. Imaging is so good that it sounds better than the 5.1 system I had previous.Unfortunately the imaging on my Denon 5.1 amp is no match for the PowerNode, which is so much betterThe sound ... | |
| Digital XLR vs Digital RCA I’m with @rego on this one - the type of connector i.e. whether you use IEC, BNC or XLR, is mostly immaterial when it comes to cable performance.The cable’s geometry, the quality of the wire and the capacitance of the insulations used AND the qual... |