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Some people don't necessarily like the effects of silver.. the differences are so small though, that it may take you quiet a while and a few different cables of experimentation till you figure out what you like most (I don't suggest this mod is where you try them all out though.. maybe some interconnects or something). I personally haven't figured out what I like most, so I just try use high quality stuff. Not over the wall expensive but not flimsy and cheap.. so, I'm not sure what's 'best', but that wire will probably be satisfactory
I actually did a test with a supposedly low quality copper interconnect about $17 and $100 silver interconnect just now... the effects, to tell the truth... are very minor and hard to pick out if there was any. Because these wirings are so short, there will be hardly any signal loss/disruption along the way. It's not like you're dragging a wire from your living room to your bedroom. The difference they make, after finally being convinced by my father, I conclude, is hardly audible in MOST cases. (I've never heard supposedly really exceptional ones, but my interconnect should be good - Ultimate Link Silver Reference) At the most, I'd say, there was a little higher clarity on certain tracks. I sound so skeptical for a DIYer =\ But still if I get my hands on some (supposedly zzz) good wires, I will try and get my dad to change the copper wires that I used in my mod for me, and hopefully make myself an interconnect at the same time. Music often sounds better simply cause you spent the cash on it and you know it's there even though the diff is minor minor minor hehe
Haha, I admit it myself. But you can't help it sometimes. I think now I'll try focusing more on headphone upgrades, those are the most significant... Btw, mod showdown in 2 days haha
I think 30awg is fine, depending on how you route the wire, if should not affect your click wheel that much. personally I find wires that are smaller than 30awg hard to work with, 30awg is already pushing my ability to solder small objects
The difference between wire gauge usually is to compensate for heat produced by current. The 5.5G chip can deliver 0.9W into 8 ohms which, if my calculation is correct, is 10.6mA by P = (I^2)R. That seems a bit low, but either way, the gauge is negligible. The differences we're talking here isn't even in the milliohms, so please don't fret too much about gauge in terms of sound. At this length and current rating, there is no reason to worry about gauge this much besides getting it to fit uniformly inside the diyMod 5.5G. Stepping further into dangerous territory here, I think people buy expensive cables just to look good, not for the sound. "I value my sound so much that I spent this many thousand dollars on my cables." While on the race track the road conditions make a huge difference, if you're driving a smart fortwo, you ought to be worrying about getting new tires or a faster car instead of paving 3 feet of new concrete. Spend your money where it'll make the most difference, like getting better caps or an assortment of caps to "roll" for your favourite sound.
I could be making mountains out of mole hills here, but it seems I don't ever to get my point across to some people =T
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