williewonka
Responses from williewonka
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling Speaker Cable Update. Bare 14 gauge Neotech Solid wire inside PVC tube...First - I would NOT recommend the PVC tube for any cable over 6-7ft long, simply because the PVC is quite supple and "grippy", which makes inserting the bare wire quite troub... | |
| Excess speaker wire @ludwig99 It may be better to use a shorter cable for one side.- - some people will not agree- it does make using those cables elsewhere a problem- a friend has the same problem so he used a shorter cable on one channel and is very happyCoiling an... | |
| Bluesound Vault Combined with Node 2 @llary - You can improve the sound of the Bluesound considerably - if you use good power cable and IC's - to the point where a separate DAC is no longer required. Good power cables are the best bang for the buckAll my Bluesound devices have great ... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling Power Cable UPDATE: So today’s venture replaced the Cotton Sleeve on the power cable to my amp with the PVC tube mentioned above.The cable had been completely burned in- I removed one of the Spade connectors- inserted the wire into the tube- place... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling @rx8man - I didn't realize that - that just makes it "messy" - no [problem :-)Enjoy - Steve | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling @grannyring - thanks for the thoughts - as always very useful.Initially my thought was to try 2 x 18 gauge because it would be a direct comparison of the two brands of wiresBUT - After giving this more thought, I think I am going to try a 2 x 16 g... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling @grannyring - re:... Speaker cables would be far too expensive for me with this wire. Since my experience replacing the VH Audio with the Neotech copper in my power cables has been so positive, I’m wondering if the same improvements could be achie... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling @grannyring - congrats on the upgrade to VH Audio Solid silver. Sounds like it was worth the effort and expense.I've used a single strand of the VH Audio 18 gauge for the live conductor in the Power Cables to the source components - today I heard ... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling Power Cable Update.So today I just completed the last Power Cable upgrade - to the Neotech OCC 12 gauge solid copper. So basically from the outlet I have...- 1 x 11ft extension cables with 12 gauge Neotech wire in cotton insulation, that has a d... | |
| Magnepan + live music = 🔥 @bwang29 - if your Maggies are still not performing to your liking when you connect the Class A/B amp, then, perhaps the speaker cables are limiting their true prowess?In the last 6 years I have come to realize the importance of speaker cables and... | |
| Has anybody tried using single solid core cables? Quite the mixed bag of opinions in this thread - so here’s my observations of wires tried in the past year :-)In order of preference (Good to Best) by cable typeInterconnects (signal wire)...- 1 x16 and 2 x 16 gauge Duelund stranded - Tinned Coppe... | |
| Amazon Music - how does it compare??? @ozzy62 - I'm using the BluOS interface that comes with the Node 2i. it has an Amazon menu item and shows graphics. Quite niceRegards | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling UPDATE- RE: the Classic RCA.After about 100 hours there seemed to be no more improvements, but then the wires had been used for some weeks, so it was just the RCA’s and solder that needed burn-inWhile this is a very capable RCA plug i.e. compared ... | |
| Pangea Ethernet cable. I have not tried the Pangea cable, but I did upgrade my cables to a CAT8 cable purchased from Amazon.I did notice a slight sonic improvement - not sure if it was the CAT 8 geometry that improved things or whether the old cables were perhaps flawed... | |
| Bought some 14/2 “speaker wire” from Home Depot @zavato - It's not only about the metal in a wire...I started with a "nice looking" wire with clear insulation. Had it in the system for about 4 years, until one day, I wanted to change the length of the wire.First thing I noticed - the previously... |