[DecentLevi]

Yesterday my amp mysteriously became extremely dark (hardcore basshead) for the entire several hour listening session, then the next day restored back to the same very musical, detailed robust sound that I tuned my system for. I know it was the amp because when moving my same headphones with same source chain / same song back to the DAC's built-in amp, I got a linear sound once again. This precludes any change of my hearing, DAC, DDC, source or power chain to it. I thought it could be one of my Odin Gold AC cables towards the end of burn-in, but it seems less likely being that the only shared circuit between these and my current amp are with the one running to the central power conditioner which is already burned-in for around 500 hours, and the other going to the DDC. It may have been related to its' copper tape shielding but that doesn't explain anything how it's back to normal today and very indirectly connected.

My current amp is a Kenwood VR-406 integrated speaker/headphone amp which has a fixed 2-prong power chord (while my tube amp is out for repairs). I think either the Aliexpress RCA damping cylinders, or more likely: the 10 assorted RCA caps are responsible for such fluctuations, below. Again no issue for now being everything returned back to normal - just wondering about any opinions.

I'm actually thinking to try even more RCA caps being that the recent tinned copper braided metal wire shielding of the wire between my grounding box and DDC actually made my system somewhat darker, and the caps tend to add treble.

 

[cdacosta]

I was about to strip it and use it for the "Internal wiring" but I would still use these 3256801606656922 for grounding cables.

Could use it for internal wiring

 

[cdacosta]

I put the gold power cable on my amp and silver odin on wall and there is better body and slightly more warmth to the sound....I think it balances the silver well... note sounds a tad thick but lets see what brain burn brings

I am going a different direction than you. My system is already well tuned. Sound sick right now. As shocked as I am how easily I can use the materials within this signal grounding to tune the system further I am sticking with that. The silver plated OCC and OFC wire just sound absolutely inferior to the copper when applied to this project. So far that is. Obviously this is system, taste and component dependent. But I am always open to any suggestions and ideas! At one point I am going to try some high end wiring with the boxes once built.

 

[Dandoudou]

Hmmm, may it is the cable then.

I was looking at the pinouts and it looks like theres 4 different options, it should work if its one of the 4.

I bought this cable but now I'm thinking its queensway's second store. It works to play pcm but dsd doesn't work.

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256...2yHyFD0&gatewayAdapt=glo2usa&_randl_shipto=US

This HDMI incompatibility was discussed on the Audio-GD DI-20 thread, and on the Gustard R26 thread, by many forum members.
Hopefully, someone will find a reliable supplier who will fix correctly this issue.

I have the impression that I bought the same cable as you:
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/4000255873784.html?gatewayAdapt=glo2usa&_randl_shipto=FR

 

[iFi audio]

OFF TOPIC

Can i make a grounding cable for my ifi ac purifier with speaker wire?

I am going from ifi purifier (bare wire inserted in ifi) to rca connector amp side....

Also...does type of solder matter???

I want to mimic the cable on the left side...

Thanks for asking. Any cable with matching plugs (banana on one end, RCA on the other) will work fine

 

[dougms3]

This HDMI incompatibility was discussed on the Audio-GD DI-20 thread, and on the Gustard R26 thread, by many forum members.
Hopefully, someone will find a reliable supplier who will fix correctly this issue.

I have the impression that I bought the same cable as you:
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/4000255873784.html?gatewayAdapt=glo2usa&_randl_shipto=FR

I'm using it for audio-gd di20he to audio-gd r8mk2 and its not working properly lol.

 

[roberto2]

This HDMI incompatibility was discussed on the Audio-GD DI-20 thread, and on the Gustard R26 thread, by many forum members.
Hopefully, someone will find a reliable supplier who will fix correctly this issue.

I have the impression that I bought the same cable as you:
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/4000255873784.html?gatewayAdapt=glo2usa&_randl_shipto=FR

I have one between my DI20HE and Denafrips Terminator and it works very well. And I tried the same cable with an Holo Spring 3 and an Holo May with the DI20HE and it worked flawlessly…

 

[dougms3]

I have one between my DI20HE and Denafrips Terminator and it works very well. And I tried the same cable with an Holo Spring 3 and an Holo May with the DI20HE and it worked flawlessly…

Mine works fine for pcm. It's the dsd that's not working with the cable.

Did you try playing music with dsd upsampling?

 

[roberto2]

Mine works fine for pcm. It's the dsd that's not working with the cable.

Did you try playing music with dsd upsampling?

Yes with my Terminator

 

[Oswolrf]

Hi guys my AKG 712 pro cable died today. Could you recommend me some good and cheap aliexpress cables? Thank you.

There are a lot but i am not sure about if they are ok or not so that why i am asking.

EDIT: I need it 2 metters long.

 

[dougms3]

Yes with my Terminator

It may have something to do with the complexity of the r8mk2.

In any case, after reading through the audio-gd dac thread, it seems to be a known issue. Unfortunately for me and dandoudou we didnt know before purchasing.

I'm not 100% sure its the cable, I have an hdmi cable incoming so I'll post an update once I'm able to verify.

 

[kingoftown1]

fwiw re: ground cables -- I started with 1 run of 17awg stranded Neotech OCC copper in PVC (pulled from no longer used NES-3004, some of the strands are silver-plated) + 1 run of 30awg no-name tin-plated copper stripped out of a sata cable. It was pretty good.

Next I tried 2 runs of the same 17awg stranded PVC Neotech. Intense bass, but overall bloated and severely lacking transparency.

3rd attempt is 1 run of 28awg Neotech OCC silver (solid), 1 run of 24 awg solid Neotech OCC copper, 1 run of 18awg solid Neotech OCC copper. All 3 with PTFE insulation instead of PVC. The soundstage exploded with this combination, but sounded a bit bass-light and thin for about 2 weeks. Now it's really well-rounded with nice tonal density and no bass deficiency. no complaints.


Another attempt was mixing 1 run of the 18awg Neotech PTFE copper with braided multi-strand occ headphone wire:
https://www.audiophonics.fr/en/unba...adphone-occ-copper-ptfe-isolated-p-10545.html
https://www.audiophonics.fr/en/unba...headphone-occ-silver-ptfe-o186mm-p-10546.html
On these, I haven't compared to any other recipes but I like what I'm hearing from the system as a whole, so I probably won't make any changes in the near future.

 

[szore]

I'm thinking of getting this grounding mat for under the transformer and Gr. box that's sitting on the carpet. I can clip it to the ground post on the transformer.

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/2251832553678649.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.740d1244DD48IV&algo_pvid=03130de5-7c36-437c-b44d-35f0f56e79d5&algo_exp_id=03130de5-7c36-437c-b44d-35f0f56e79d5-4&pdp_ext_f={"sku_id":"12000028697209419"}&pdp_npi=2@dis!USD!29.37!24.38!!!!!@2103399116705660391847883e68ff!12000028697209419!sea&curPageLogUid=GQbfJ0ayB11L

 

[cdacosta]

fwiw re: ground cables -- I started with 1 run of 17awg stranded Neotech OCC copper in PVC (pulled from no longer used NES-3004, some of the strands are silver-plated) + 1 run of 30awg no-name tin-plated copper stripped out of a sata cable. It was pretty good.

Next I tried 2 runs of the same 17awg stranded PVC Neotech. Intense bass, but overall bloated and severely lacking transparency.

3rd attempt is 1 run of 28awg Neotech OCC silver (solid), 1 run of 24 awg solid Neotech OCC copper, 1 run of 18awg solid Neotech OCC copper. All 3 with PTFE insulation instead of PVC. The soundstage exploded with this combination, but sounded a bit bass-light and thin for about 2 weeks. Now it's really well-rounded with nice tonal density and no bass deficiency. no complaints.


Another attempt was mixing 1 run of the 18awg Neotech PTFE copper with braided multi-strand occ headphone wire:
https://www.audiophonics.fr/en/unba...adphone-occ-copper-ptfe-isolated-p-10545.html
https://www.audiophonics.fr/en/unba...headphone-occ-silver-ptfe-o186mm-p-10546.html
On these, I haven't compared to any other recipes but I like what I'm hearing from the system as a whole, so I probably won't make any changes in the near future.

I am assuming you are referring ground cables for a passive ground box, or are you referring to another use? Took two weeks for it all to settle in after installing the cable?

 

[kingoftown1]

Yeah, the same ground boxes we were talking about a few pages back. In my experience, Neotech's copper in PTFE takes a few days to settle. This was my first time using their silver, so I didn't really know what to expect there. I also had bananas & binding posts, so more mass there too.