I didn't like the cable or the power supply that came with my Sennheiser Lucas so I built my own adapter and battery power supply. Wiring for the adapter is Kimber and the RCA jacks are WBT. Movies sound much better now!
Wow! Talk about some overbuilt cables. You all like your bling.
Here are mine made from 16 ga. MIL-W-16878/4 with Switchcraft 1502 short-body connectors. Simply effective, but not nearly as nice as my 10 ga. variety. I estimate the total cost for the pair to be about $8. It hurts to know how much of a rip-off the commerical cables are!
NGF
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Enoch Light Brigade Brigadooner General
you know what hurts even more??? commercial cables are all hype and looks. Up to the 20.00 ones there is some performance increase after that the cost is 98% marketing and 2% performance.
My blumenco BOG / Other site I can't remember inspired interconnects...
Single twisted pair of cat5 wrapped in teflon / aluminum foil shield (that's right, the kind that you wrap food in) w/ cheapy rat-shack RCAs ($3.99 for 3 pairs...). IMO, they sound more transparent than my canare star quad cables.
You're not joking. Even forgoing the barrel with those Switchcrafts, I can't use a cable with that OD. Not even close. I need a narrow connector for my Sherwood's cramped jack panel which means the large wires have to wait for use on a different amp. (I'll try the cheap-o Neutrik before I stop entertaining the idea.) Welding cable for interconnects--I know, it's odd, but it's much cleaner and a whole lot more together-sounding than the smaller wire. I really miss the freedom it allows my system in the bass region. Listening to the hair-thin recipes that are so popular isn't the same mainly for this reason.
NGF
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Those must be a real bear to solder.
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