Hang tight till I finish before you start. There are a few pointer that will make the construction much easier. I'll have some of that later on. We haven't even got to the application of the shielding part yet
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Choose the appropriate length of interconnect that you want to construct...then roll out some tape a little past the final length of cable. Fold the tape over itself, then roll it out...then fold the other end over itself. Use little pieces to "tension" the tape. Not too tight. Just enough to keep it it from crinkling.
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OK...so start wrapping the foil around the cotton. Prior to doing so...slice the folded tape at both ends of the run, just a few mm. This will allow the foil to wrap around the cotton...and will continue to separate on its own from the taped down end. When you get to where the tension tape is...slice a little more in that area. I use to do this process without the paino wire... believe it or not, I was successful. Adding the wire is so much easier though. Start at one end AND GO SLOWLY. The slower you move towards the opposite direction the more control you will have over how even the foil wrap is distributed along the cotton. This takes practice to get the shielding done without any wrinkles or kinks. TAKE YOUR TIME I SAID!!!!
...sorry for sceaming, I don't take my Zoloft till 7am.
NEEEEEEXT!!!!!!!
OK...so start wrapping the foil around the cotton. Prior to doing so...slice the folded tape at both ends of the run, just a few mm. This will allow the foil to wrap around the cotton...and will continue to separate on its own from the taped down end. When you get to where the tension tape is...slice a little more in that area. I use to do this process without the paino wire... believe it or not, I was successful. Adding the wire is so much easier though. Start at one end AND GO SLOWLY. The slower you move towards the opposite direction the more control you will have over how even the foil wrap is distributed along the cotton. This takes practice to get the shielding done without any wrinkles or kinks. TAKE YOUR TIME I SAID!!!!
...sorry for sceaming, I don't take my Zoloft till 7am.
NEEEEEEXT!!!!!!!
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Now push your conductor through. Bend the end slightly so it doesn't catch itself inside the cotton and prohibit the wire from moving further. A 28 gauge wire will slide through very easily. Shown here is my 28 gauge silver/copper wound wires. I will show you how to do this later on.
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Later I will continue with the connectors. This is a little tricky because you are now working with a completed cable (including the texflex jacket you see pictured), and are somewhat limited to how you can manipulate the ends. The difficulty will depend on what type of RCA's you use.
Don't start building these yet...I haven't show the little trick I use to keep the cable from breaking.
Adiós for now.
Don't start building these yet...I haven't show the little trick I use to keep the cable from breaking.
Adiós for now.
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There are many who will tell you that transistors do sound better. That said, if I'm not mistaken, resistance affects frequencies differently. High frequencies, even within the audible range, are affected more than low frequencies. Resistance also causes time domain issues. See e.g. Skin Effect and cable impedance
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Hey i have a whole PILE of cotton tube rope you can have, if you pay the shipping you can have it or trade for something. Its just sitting here collecting dust about 75 feet of it.
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I use silver teflon wire from a guy in the states, its like coax but smaller
i like it and its what i have been using, i also use silver wire braided for my speaker cables.
its a fact that water always runs/turns th same way, due to earth magnet field
it can be seen when draining a bathtub
but I believe it turns differently in different parts of the world
any idea if this also affects the way wires are twisted
and its not a joke
After having experimented with single solid core 28 gauge cables, I wanted to try a few alternatives like a thicker gauge, combining Au and Cu together, and using different positive and negative return configurations. I believe that the Au/Cu wound wires have the best overall balanced sound. I could hear a subtle difference when using my Gamut amp. The Gamut is a strange beast. Many say that it lacks in bass resolution. And at first, I wanted to agree. BUT, after listening to quite a few albums...this is not the case. It has a unique way of delivering precisely how the material was mastered. For example, I find RADIOHEAD to be strangely mastered. Over emphasis on the bass guitar, yet weak in bass drum expression. Don't get me wrong...they rock of course. But for some reason, the Gamut balances this out, and produces a more balanced sound between the two. The Au/Cu combination extended the bass drum signature and, for the first time, I was pleased with the representation. I tried more albums that I found to be mastered similarly. And sure enough, I observed the same characteristics. Technically, I think that it has to do with the slightly larger gauge that the Au/Cu combination allows BUT configured in a twisted morphology. Oddly, running Au and Cu in a paralleled fashion did not produce the same result. Another interesting note is that I also noticed that using a Au/Cu twisted positive conductor WITH a single Cu negative conductor displayed no difference than a Au/Cu double run. Initially, choosing the 28 gauge size was due to my belief that it would reduce skin effect issues. Possibly, the larger gauge combination of the Au/Cu provided less resistance, thus producing the above mentioned differences in signature. Unfortunately, real means of technically measuring this is out of my league. But my ears don't lie. I'm also a strict believer in controlled experiments.
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I thought I remember reading that it was the spinning of Earth on it's axis that determined the direction of plughole drainage.
I also thought the northern Hemisphere behaved in opposite direction to the Southern Hemisphere.
Are you suggesting that the Brazilian and Ossie Members should twist their cables differently from us Northerners? Surely not?
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