[sling5s]

Blue Jean says they use 2-channel coaxial cable with a 25AWG conductor size for each center conductor for the Audeze cable. What are your opinions?  
Is this superior to the Audeze stock cable and comparable to the 4 X 24 or 26AWG cables?

 

[DJScope]

  Blue Jean says they use 2-channel coaxial cable with a 25AWG conductor size for each center conductor for the Audeze cable. What are your opinions?  
Is this superior to the Audeze stock cable and comparable to the 4 X 24 or 26AWG cables?

 
Thicker cables are better in performance so a 24AWG wire will out perform a 25AWG wire of the same material. 
 
PS. 25AWG kind of an uncommon size.

 

[Kamakahah]

Thicker cables are better in performance so a 24AWG wire will out perform a 25AWG wire of the same material. 

PS. 25AWG kind of an uncommon size.

Umm... That statement might lead to some confusion. What do you mean specifically when you say," better in performance"?

If you mean that it has the ability to carry a slightly larger load, then Okay. Other than that, I'd wager a whole bunch of cash any day of the week that that there is no audible difference.

 

[DJScope]

Umm... That statement might lead to some confusion. What do you mean specifically when you say," better in performance"?

If you mean that it has the ability to carry a slightly larger load, then Okay. Other than that, I'd wager a whole bunch of cash any day of the week that that there is no audible difference.

I didn't say there will be an audible difference. Technically my statement was correct. As you said, it will carry more current, and will have less resistance over a longer span.

 

[Kamakahah]

I didn't say there will be an audible difference. Technically my statement was correct. As you said, it will carry more current, and will have less resistance over a longer span.

 
You did not. You're statement was confusing as an answer to the question to which you were responding. That's why I was simply asking for clarification to avoid confusion for the person asking:

  Blue Jean says they use 2-channel coaxial cable with a 25AWG conductor size for each center conductor for the Audeze cable. What are your opinions?  
Is this superior to the Audeze stock cable and comparable to the 4 X 24 or 26AWG cables?

 
In this particular example of using a cable with either 25awg conductors or 24 awg conductors there is be no practical difference to make one "perform better." 
 
Anyway, the point was so that sling wouldn't confuse "performance" with anything audible which is what I think he was asking. 
In short, the answer is no. The Audeze stock cable will not have an audible difference over the Blue Jean cable based on 1 awg difference in the conductors used. 

 

[DJScope]

You did not. You're statement was confusing as an answer to the question to which you were responding. That's why I was simply asking for clarification to avoid confusion for the person asking:

In this particular example of using a cable with either 25awg conductors or 24 awg conductors there is be no practical difference to make one "perform better." 

Anyway, the point was so that sling wouldn't confuse "performance" with anything audible which is what I think he was asking. 
In short, the answer is no. The Audeze stock cable will not have an audible difference over the Blue Jean cable based on 1 awg difference in the conductors used. 

The question was if it is superior, not if it sounded better. A thicker cable is superior to the thinner one. Nuff said.

 

[jodgey4]

Not true, thicker can be less flexible, in which case the subjective desire for ergonomics could win over any tiny difference in resistance and capacitance. But then there's strand count...

So let's just wait and listen to someone who had tried both, or avoid commenting.

 

[PETEREK]

I use Mogami wire that is 26awg because it is very flexible, I think 24awg is the absolute thickest you should use for a headphone cable, but I never use it. 

 

[creatip]

Not true, thicker can be less flexible, in which case the subjective desire for ergonomics could win over any tiny difference in resistance and capacitance. But then there's strand count...

So let's just wait and listen to someone who had tried both, or avoid commenting.

 
My Hifiman HE400's original cable was a Canare coaxial (the type that got 3 polarities all encased in 1 jacket). My DIY cable is 1 polarity/cable, so I ended up with 4 cables, braided. I'm not familiar with AWG measurement, so I'll just show it in this picture:
 

 
 
As far as audible differences, I can't hear any. It's heavier, that's the sure thing. Flexibility, I'd say more or less the same, as the original cable was quite stiff anyway. The main reason for using this cable is purely aesthetic, for me. 

 

[jodgey4]

Ya, I saw that in the cable gallery thread iirc. Freakin' gorgeous.

 

[DJScope]

I use Mogami wire that is 26awg because it is very flexible, I think 24awg is the absolute thickest you should use for a headphone cable, but I never use it. 

I've got a 3m cable made from 3x 18AWG cores. It has lower resistance that my 26AWG SPC 1.5m cable.

 

[musicinmymind]

 

Not true, thicker can be less flexible, in which case the subjective desire for ergonomics could win over any tiny difference in resistance and capacitance. But then there's strand count...

So let's just wait and listen to someone who had tried both, or avoid commenting.

 
My Hifiman HE400's original cable was a Canare coaxial (the type that got 3 polarities all encased in 1 jacket). My DIY cable is 1 polarity/cable, so I ended up with 4 cables, braided. I'm not familiar with AWG measurement, so I'll just show it in this picture:
 

 
 
As far as audible differences, I can't hear any. It's heavier, that's the sure thing. Flexibility, I'd say more or less the same, as the original cable was quite stiff anyway. The main reason for using this cable is purely aesthetic, for me. 

 
this cable looks awesome, please give the link where I can buy it

 

[creatip]

   
this cable looks awesome, please give the link where I can buy it

 
Found it in a local audio store in my country, dunno where they got it from.
 
This is something similar: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Acoustic-Silver-Copper-Twisted-Solid-Ribbon-Speaker-Cable-Dont-Pay-40-00-m-/251771020182?pt=AU_Television_Accessories&hash=item3a9eb8e396
 
And yes, they're both originally speaker cables, so you might want to think again to use it as a headphone cable, as it's heavy and bulky.

 

[PETEREK]

I've got a 3m cable made from 3x 18AWG cores. It has lower resistance that my 26AWG SPC 1.5m cable.

That has to be extremely stiff! Yikes.

 

[DJScope]

That has to be extremely stiff! Yikes.

Not exactly. I salvaged the cores from a fire rated flexi cable. Its suprisingly light as well.