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post #1 of 32
4/18/11 at 3:56pm
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hey everyone-one more question for all the amazin people here...haha i just needed to say it. ok. so i will be purchasing 16 feet of 28awg 5n silver and have found the best prices on partsconnexion.com-i was just wondering whether getting silver cable with a silk insulation is worth the extra price vs the silver with the cotton insulation. thanks!
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post #2 of 32
4/18/11 at 8:27pm

ouch, once you go silver there is no way back.

 

wallet warning.

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post #3 of 32
4/19/11 at 3:54pm
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Yeah, i know. I was just wondering, because im assuming you use it, does it affect the sq at all? im just looking for a bit crisper and clearer sound. thanks-by the way-silk or cotton?
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post #4 of 32
4/19/11 at 4:14pm

I just use teflon, but you can get whateer you want.  Just be sure to have a friend switch out cables behind your back when you're testing.  otherwise it's hard to evaluate sound..

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post #5 of 32
4/19/11 at 5:26pm

I'm thinking of building some copper and silver blend cables and sell um on here for a cheep price so that website really helped THANKS!!!

 

 

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post #6 of 32
4/19/11 at 6:04pm
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YOUR WELCOME! i just cant really figure out how random this was but whatever(it just doesnt make much sense because you have over 1000 posts).
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post #7 of 32
4/19/11 at 6:05pm
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Originally Posted by particleman14 View Post

I just use teflon, but you can get whateer you want.  Just be sure to have a friend switch out cables behind your back when you're testing.  otherwise it's hard to evaluate sound..


I have just been wondering whether the insulation can really make a difference in sound...anyone have any idea? i know this has somethin to do with the dielectric constant
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post #8 of 32
4/19/11 at 7:55pm

uah.... apparently I didn't post my helpful bit sorry about that. IMO Teflon=cotton=silk, trying about two hundred different interconnects I couldn't hear a difference with the different shielding and cables. BUT!!! Soldering will make a difference, if you can find some silver solder and solder the plug with that, then go over it with some steal*so it wont oxides* it will make all the difference. A soldering sandwich if you will Driver/Silver/wire/steal

 


Edited by WhiteCrow - 4/19/11 at 7:58pm
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post #9 of 32
4/20/11 at 8:15am
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Originally Posted by WhiteCrow View Post

uah.... apparently I didn't post my helpful bit sorry about that. IMO Teflon=cotton=silk, trying about two hundred different interconnects I couldn't hear a difference with the different shielding and cables. BUT!!! Soldering will make a difference, if you can find some silver solder and solder the plug with that, then go over it with some steal*so it wont oxides* it will make all the difference. A soldering sandwich if you will Driver/Silver/wire/steal

 


haha sorry didnt quite catch the fact that you were referring to me when you were thanking the site...i thought you were thanking headfi(which deserves it much more!). yeah i have got some cardas quad eutectic, but how do you put steal over it?
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post #10 of 32
4/20/11 at 2:06pm

all you have to do is make some cables using OFC and silver, with the same configuration. If they sound the same to you, congredulations, you just save yourself a lot of $$ !  Time to quit audio at together biggrin.gif


Edited by AudioCats - 4/20/11 at 2:07pm
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post #11 of 32
4/20/11 at 7:43pm
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Originally Posted by AudioCats View Post

all you have to do is make some cables using OFC and silver, with the same configuration. If they sound the same to you, congredulations, you just save yourself a lot of $$ !  Time to quit audio at together biggrin.gif


QUIT AUDIO? AHH? no. yeah i was thinking about that-the ground would not matter...can anyone else confirm this?
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post #12 of 32
4/20/11 at 7:57pm
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Ok. so im down to two options now-either get 16 feet(4x4)of 28awg silver insulated with cotton for $40 or 8 feet(4x2)of 28awg silver insulated with SILK for the signal and 8 feet of 28awg copper insulated with cotton for the ground, for exactly the same price of $40. which will bring better sound?
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post #13 of 32
4/20/11 at 8:02pm

Like I said solder the wire to the driver with silver, then solder some steel or metal the wont oxidize over the silver solder.

 

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post #14 of 32
4/21/11 at 6:48am
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Originally Posted by WhiteCrow View Post

Like I said solder the wire to the driver with silver, then solder some steel or metal the wont oxidize over the silver solder.

 


I did my first soldering yesterday, which was a small robot-ish thing. Pretty simple...but a lot of cold solders-still worked perfectly!
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post #15 of 32
4/21/11 at 7:53am

But do you understand what I'm saying? Like the process of using the silver solder.

 

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