Paladin79
Previously MOT: Cables For Less
well, I tried a different pattern for the 16 strand braid. This time a spiral
and the square braid for reference:
Hard to tell which I like better. I'm just gonna have to make one. I don't look forward to stripping 84 feet of quad.
I would be curious if you noticed any difference in sound compared to say the original quad cable when you get one built.
Many years ago there was a local guy who sold all brands of speakers, some he designed and built himself. He would use a switch box to go from one set of speakers to another so the customer could actually hear one set compared to AR's or Infinity's or whatever. I try to use that same approach with headphone cables and headphones. Cables are easier of course because you do not have the impedance differences but cables are another matter. It is not that hard to use a known headphone, run a four pin mini xlr and switch between cables going to a headphone amp. I wish I could just remember and say oh this one had a V shape or a U shape but it is never easy for me. If I have some listen to my setup, I can go to different switch designations and they never know if it is a braided cable, star quad, or dual conductor with a ground. It is just the way I learned and I try to duplicate some of that, I can switch between star quad and occ or litz. Mind you there is always a short cable going to the headphones but that remains constant, as do the dac and amp and music. To me looks are a factor but so is the end result. If I put the most money in a specific cable and people consistently like two cheaper cables or stock cables better, I start wondering if it is worth the bother. I just like to get it down to the same headphones on the same music so I can rapidly switch back and forth when comparing.