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| Cables, Power, Tweaks, Speakers, Accessories (DBT-Free Forum) Discussion of cables, power (the electric kind), tweaks, & accessories. |
05-24-2008, 05:24 AM
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Looks like the Iego is using different size wires to net the sonic benefits, ranging from the very very fine (in stranded wires) to relativly thick (solid magnet wires -- I am assuming those are magnet wires). Kind of a shotgun approach, pretty neat.
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05-24-2008, 07:02 AM
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Looks like the Iego is using different size wires to net the sonic benefits, ranging from the very very fine (in stranded wires) to relativly thick (solid magnet wires -- I am assuming those are magnet wires). Kind of a shotgun approach, pretty neat.
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Technically it is not magnet wire, as they require a coat of enamel paint on a wire to be one, and it is bare wire. :P But all wire in the cable are made with OCC single crystal process with proprietary copper/gold or copper/gold/sliver alloy, and some strands are silver plated to between 120 to 240um thickness as well. The extra thick plating is needed due to the fact that thin plating of silver will make it sound harsh, thus the plating thickness is roughly 10 times or thicker than what you commonly find elsewhere. 
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05-24-2008, 05:59 PM
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But all wire in the cable are made with OCC single crystal process
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even wires in those $90 lower-end power cords? 
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^ Yup...I was reading about that. Pretty substantial for a lower priced cable. Perhaps the reason why it sounds so good? There were alot of things (more than I thought would be atleast) packed into the cable.
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05-24-2008, 07:33 PM
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Did I mention that the conductors are all cryo processed at-240C/-400F for over 20 hours? And if the wire needs to be drawn into thinner gauge, it uses DIAMOND die without any lube, so that the wire drawn out of it will be pristine with much better surface profile than ones using regular metal die with lube.
The reason the cost can be lowered like that is that all major processes, metal processing, refining, casting, forging, etc are all done by IeGO. Injection molding and other "cheap and easy" stuff then is either out sourced (like injection molding) or done in factory (like bundling wire into the final cable). Thus the cost is kept low by having it almost all done in house.
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05-28-2008, 01:20 AM
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Any updates? I'm anxious to see the results!
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05-28-2008, 04:30 AM
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Another update coming soon. I've gotta burn in the other cable as I've been forced to only burning in one at a time while here on the road 
It's coming soon though...these cables blossom very nicely.
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05-28-2008, 08:37 AM
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How is this cable compare to something like the Volex 17604 (belden 19364)??? Is it worth the upgrade???
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06-08-2008, 05:33 AM
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Thanks for the link. Jon L is a member of Head-Fi (he posted in the first page of this thread), and his review of these is so detailed and thorough! 
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These Iego PCs are good. I have various versions (different Iego plugs and two versions of the cables)installed in my system and can vouch for the sonic improvement it has made. More transparency, greater tonal texturing and color, very organic/vinyl sounding, rich midrange, improved flow of music, delicate highs and strong, well controlled bass.
Any other impressions?
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