Interesting Interconnect Cables

Kamloopsalman · 1st January 2012, 02:54 PM

I've recently visited a Japanese website (–³‘èƒhƒLƒ…ƒƒ“ƒg) and am inspired by its interconnect cable design. Based on which, I used 30 awg magnet wires instead of silver wires as suggested by the website, strips cutting from a piece of table mat and 4 cheap rca plugs to make a pair of them, with very satisfactory results. The sound is amazingly good.

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I have made several rca cables with 30 awg magnet wires but with different designs from this one before; they all sound good to me. Would anyone of you like to tell me what are the benefits of this particular cable geometry design?

Thanks for your sharing.

janneman · 1st January 2012, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Kamloopsalman

I've recently visited a Japanese website (–³‘èƒhƒLƒ…ƒƒ“ƒg) and am inspired by its interconnect cable design. [snip]Would anyone of you like to tell me what are the benefits of this particular cable geometry design?

Thanks for your sharing.

Relatively low capacitance, relatively high inductance, relatively high sensitivity to EM interference?

jan didden

Speedskater · 2nd January 2012, 03:16 PM

I'm all for, un-balanced interconnects having a heavy return wire (14AWG or better) and shielding.
These interconnects miss on both counts.

DF96 · 2nd January 2012, 08:03 PM

The dafter it looks the 'better' it sounds?

Or low capacitance cables might work slightly better with a poorly designed source with a high and non-linear output impedance?

planet10 · 2nd January 2012, 08:26 PM

Interesting & clever variation on one of Allen Wright's receipes. Should be high value for the dollar.

Now you can improve them by using lower metal mass RCAs. Eichmann or WBT at the high end, the cheapies ($5 for 8 or 10) at The Source (aka Radio Shack) with the plastic shells punch way above their price.

You want to use natural material (cotton is good) for both the sunstrate and the cover.

dave

Kamloopsalman · 2nd January 2012, 11:14 PM

Thank you all for your input. Definitely worth trying different stuff and ways, so as to be "qualified" as a diyer.

1st January 2012, 02:54 PM	#1
Kamloopsalman diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2011	Interesting Interconnect Cables I've recently visited a Japanese website (–³‘èƒhƒLƒ…ƒƒ“ƒg) and am inspired by its interconnect cable design. Based on which, I used 30 awg magnet wires instead of silver wires as suggested by the website, strips cutting from a piece of table mat and 4 cheap rca plugs to make a pair of them, with very satisfactory results. The sound is amazingly good. http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25...erCable192.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25...erCable194.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25...erCable196.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25...erCable199.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25...erCable203.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25...erCable207.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25...erCable211.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25...erCable213.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25...erCable215.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25...erCable216.jpg I have made several rca cables with 30 awg magnet wires but with different designs from this one before; they all sound good to me. Would anyone of you like to tell me what are the benefits of this particular cable geometry design? Thanks for your sharing.

2nd January 2012, 03:16 PM	#3
Speedskater diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Lakewood, Ohio	I'm all for, un-balanced interconnects having a heavy return wire (14AWG or better) and shielding. These interconnects miss on both counts. __________________ Kevin

2nd January 2012, 08:26 PM	#5
planet10 frugal-phile(tm) diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Victoria, BC, NA, Sol III Blog Entries: 4	Interesting & clever variation on one of Allen Wright's receipes. Should be high value for the dollar. Now you can improve them by using lower metal mass RCAs. Eichmann or WBT at the high end, the cheapies ($5 for 8 or 10) at The Source (aka Radio Shack) with the plastic shells punch way above their price. You want to use natural material (cotton is good) for both the sunstrate and the cover. dave __________________ community sites t-linespeakers.org, frugal-horn.com ........ commercial site planet10-HiFi p10-hifi forum here at diyA

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DF96 diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2007	The dafter it looks the 'better' it sounds? Or low capacitance cables might work slightly better with a poorly designed source with a high and non-linear output impedance?

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Kamloopsalman diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2011	Thank you all for your input. Definitely worth trying different stuff and ways, so as to be "qualified" as a diyer.

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