williewonka
Responses from williewonka
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling I haven't had cause to buy and bare OCC copper wire in a while and I'm now finding that it appears to be scarce. Does anyone know a supplier for 12/14/16 gauge bare OCC solid copper wire? Parts Connexion, my goto store, only has 18 gauge oe sma... | |
| Synergistic element copper good for power amp? I;ve seen tungston mentioned in a few high end acables and it puzzles me because copper is a better conductor - OCC copper even better using a metal that does not conduct as well as copper would degrade dymanic performance degrade clarit... | |
| Phono cable (RCA-RCA) from TT to Phono Pre Question @mmcgill829 - while zavfino does not post values, several reviews state that all their cables are described as low capacitance in several reviewse. I would think they would b lower than 38 pf per meter, probably closer to Nordost cables. Hope ... | |
| Synergistic element copper good for power amp? @gte357s - Take a look at the higher end of the product line from Zavfino - they are well designed cables that perform extremely well They should provide a noticealble improvement in dynamic performance and bass detail and depth. Regards - St... | |
| Phono cable (RCA-RCA) from TT to Phono Pre Question @mmcgill829 - rarther than simply replace the cables with another basic interconnect, I would take a look at Zavfino cables. They have a lot of experience with well designed phono cables. Cable science gets complicated and the capacitance of a ca... | |
| Question: What are some of your best pieces of advise to someone new to the hobby? @mmcgill829 - what makes a good cable? Cables are surrounded by a lot of misinformation - e.g. people talk about resistance, capacitance and Inductance as being key, which is in fact far from the entire story! Read this thread for some basic kno... | |
| Need some help picking my first MC Cartridge One thing about the Denon 103 that is not discussed above - tweaking ! I started with the 103-conical stylus and loved it over the other MM/MI carts I had tried But @jasonbourne71 is right about the Shibata stylus - it recovers more details I h... | |
| Upgrade from Bluesound Node What cables (power and IC's) are you using on the Node? The Node ups it's game considerably when treated to very good cables Take a look at Audio Envy or better still, Zavfino - select cables that have OCC copper or silver in their contruction ... | |
| Any point in upgrading stock cables for a LPS? WRT @yoby’s post above - if you construct DC power cables using solid OCC copper or OCC Silver (even better) you should notice an improvement in dynamic performance, compared to the more standard OFC copper wire generally used. Even though we are... | |
| Speaker cable lifters. @tattooedtrackman - the answer depends on your cables - you said they are thick,which suggests a complex cable geometry They probably take into account the effect of different floor coverings I doubt if risrs would make any improvement ... | |
| Any point in upgrading stock cables for a LPS? @macg19 - thanks, hope you can make use of the info If you have some spare time - take a look at https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/duelund-conversion-to-diy-helix-geometry-cabling to see what others have contributed to the Helix Cable d... | |
| Any point in upgrading stock cables for a LPS? @macg19 - from what I can see the Node N130 has a mains 2 pin power socket did the LHY LPS noticeably improve performance? I have the Node 2i and I have replaced the stock power cable with an excellent DIY cable of my own design - it significa... | |
| Any point in upgrading stock cables for a LPS? @macg19 - anything that needs to be plugged into the main supply will benefit from a good power cable I’ve heard benefits from my $350 mini system to a $70k system My own "Audio system" is around $20k (MSRP) and it sounds amazing Here’s my site... | |
| MM Phono Stages With Greater Than 40 dB of Gain? @neonknight - Take a look at Simaudio Moon phono stages Their gain is selectable to match almost an cartridge and exceeds 40db They are dead quiet and extremely detailed without sacrificing musicality they produce exquisite music they requir... | |
| Mains Power Cable DIY @smaarch1 - take a look at this DIY cable - it is excellent http://www.image99.net/blog/files/be8de0c383c5434907610d6b55049e69-75.html Here are some member reviews of the Helix Cables https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/duelund-conversion-to... |