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Interesting. But it doesn't sound like something I'd want to use to recable my Grados. Regular cable making sounds okay though. I'll try to pick one up this week.
I just got my first shippment of parts for cabling. 18AWG and 22AWG silver plated copper wire w/ teflon coating. Plugs, and loads of techflex. So here they are with a short spiel after each one:
I'm a great fan of eichmann cables which I use for my speakers, so i've carried over the eichmann ratio onto my own personal cables.
Obvious what this is. My hd580s deserved a nice rewire since they now have a nice amp. 18/22AWG wire for GND/Sig respectively, covered in black and clear techflex. Terminated to a cheap and nasty gold plug which is to be replaced with a nice one next week. Oh and other end terminated to senn connectors
This one runs from my computer to my amp. 18/22AWG silver wire again Covered in black and white techflex, and terminated to a 3.5mm cheap plug and some cheap and nasty RCAs.
This one runs from my main amp to my headphone amp. 18/22 wire with black/white and red/white techflex. Terminated to Cardas gold plugs.
My fav from the bunch These run from my cdplayer to main amp. 18/22 wire with Black/Clear and red/clear techflex. Terminated to WBT midline locking plugs which are much nicer to deal with then cardas. I feel like i'm not scraping the gold clean off em.
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good job, is that a stain I see on the wbt cables! keep them prestine!
I like the white mesh look
regarding the silver copper wire, I suppose you litzed it, but why not just even guages rather then varying?
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There is no stain on the cables. It's just coloured techflex covered with clear techflex. I love the end presentation of this combination. It does strange and wonderful things when the light bounces off it just right.
The two different wire thicknesses 18awg and 22awg are an application of the Eichmann ratio which is used in Eichmann series 4 and 6 interconnects, and the series 2 speaker cables (which I use at home). The theory is by making the ground conducter larger the current flow is eased and sound is improved. In practice they simply sound good and I think a lot of the muddy bass that is normally associated with interconnects is eliminated.
The ratio is not mentioned on the site however one of the reviews on another site chopped it up and put up the cable specs. 22/18 awg for signal/ground
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My wishes are simple. I demand only the best - Oscar Wilde
There is no stain on the cables. It's just coloured techflex covered with clear techflex. I love the end presentation of this combination. It does strange and wonderful things when the light bounces off it just right.
The two different wire thicknesses 18awg and 22awg are an application of the Eichmann ratio which is used in Eichmann series 4 and 6 interconnects, and the series 2 speaker cables (which I use at home). The theory is by making the ground conducter larger the current flow is eased and sound is improved. In practice they simply sound good and I think a lot of the muddy bass that is normally associated with interconnects is eliminated.
The ratio is not mentioned on the site however one of the reviews on another site chopped it up and put up the cable specs. 22/18 awg for signal/ground
Sounds like a good idea to me. Your ground can never be too big. Unless of course it's too large to attach.
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-Albert Einstein my headfi feedback
Weird, my LOK plugs had a ground solder pad on the back side of the plug. Took me a while to notice it but I'm glad I did. Way easier than trying to solder to the side of the barrel.
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Did you get those from Home Grown Audio or is there somewhere less expensive to buy them from?
Yet another "my first cable" - still waiting on the missing jack for the others that should have been done by now...
Simple but effective, Blue canare starquad, Calrad 30-319 male and female jacks, black flexwrap - which as you can see is run over the strain reliefs on the jacks, which show through at the ends.
The blue just barely peeks through, kind of cool looking. Took longer than it should have, but at least it works and sounds great
Did you get those from Home Grown Audio or is there somewhere less expensive to buy them from?
Yup, I got them from HGA. They ended up being cheap for me cause the shipped me 4 when I ordered 2! I offered to send them back and they said to just keep them.
These run from my cdplayer to main amp. 18/22 wire with Black/Clear and red/clear techflex. Terminated to WBT midline locking plugs which are much nicer to deal with then cardas. I feel like i'm not scraping the gold clean off em.
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