[zmorris]

What's the best combination of wire tubes and sleeves to minimize microphonics and maximize durability for pure 24 awg silver wire used in headphone recabling? I have never tested the flexibility of pure silver wire so I am concerned how I should sleeve it.

Is it better to do:

silver wire -> teflon -> silk -> cotton

or

silver wire -> silk -> teflon -> cotton

or any other combination using any of these teflon, cotton and silk components?

 

[BrianDonegan]

How is wire microphonic? I don't think you need to worry about that.

Teflon offers great durability and electrical isolation.

 

[nikongod]

Quote:

Originally Posted by BrianDonegan /img/forum/go_quote.gif How is wire microphonic? I don't think you need to worry about that.

the word is used differently here than in tubes & other components. It is when sound travels along the cable and causes noise. I have had noise travel down interconnects and headphone cables and set off tubes because both were micro-phonic.

To the op:
I generally use "highly engineered" cut-to-length shoelace. there are multi-filament tech-flex type products made specifically for this, but they can be expensive.