Hi,
A twisted pair of PTFE insulated pure (4N or better) Ag SOLID CORE 0.4 mm (or 0.5mm) wires.
Also excellent FEP as a dielectricum iso PTFE.
Haven't found a source for foamed (extruded a la Gore) Ag wire yet but that should be great for very low level sources such as headamps (MC) or low level phonoboards.
Why?
Because it sounds better than anything else I've tried so far.
Cheers,
A twisted pair of PTFE insulated pure (4N or better) Ag SOLID CORE 0.4 mm (or 0.5mm) wires.
Also excellent FEP as a dielectricum iso PTFE.
Haven't found a source for foamed (extruded a la Gore) Ag wire yet but that should be great for very low level sources such as headamps (MC) or low level phonoboards.
Why?
Because it sounds better than anything else I've tried so far.
Cheers,
Hi
I use solid core 0,5mm coper wire, so if you realy want to spend your money on silver go for the 0,5mm.
PTFE is the abreviation for Poli tetra fluoro ethylene, known as teflon by the average bloke... An expensive dielectric material, not very important on sigle cable runs.
Anyway, use single core untwisted wire. Save money, use Cu
Why?
You wont hear the diference, but it wil cost you more.
When you start woring with cables and Cu Vs Ag, you are going the wrong way.
Cheers
I use solid core 0,5mm coper wire, so if you realy want to spend your money on silver go for the 0,5mm.
PTFE is the abreviation for Poli tetra fluoro ethylene, known as teflon by the average bloke... An expensive dielectric material, not very important on sigle cable runs.
Anyway, use single core untwisted wire. Save money, use Cu
Why?
You wont hear the diference, but it wil cost you more.
When you start woring with cables and Cu Vs Ag, you are going the wrong way.
Cheers
Hi,
Just one for signal, one for ground.
Be ware of the added capacitance created by the twisting, this can make for a HF filter in conjunction with the input impedance of the next stage.
Polytetra fluor ethylene AKA Teflon (Dupont De Nemours TM) is an excellent dielectricum second to air only. Extruded PTFE is slightly better on the DA scale as it contains airbubbles.
Enjoy.
Cheers,
Just one for signal, one for ground.
Be ware of the added capacitance created by the twisting, this can make for a HF filter in conjunction with the input impedance of the next stage.
Polytetra fluor ethylene AKA Teflon (Dupont De Nemours TM) is an excellent dielectricum second to air only. Extruded PTFE is slightly better on the DA scale as it contains airbubbles.
Enjoy.
Cheers,
COOLfdegrove said:
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So, the 0.5mm is enough? Even better
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Hi,
For hook-up wire it should be.
The reason I suggested using twisted pairs is simply because it shields against EMI fields and it's easier to control (measure) stray capacitances than it is to measure inductances.
You may not need to use twisted pairs. Much depends on your circuit layout, application and so on but we're not designing for RF transmitters so you'd be fine without twisting most of the time.
Should you go for the twisted pair, try to use one colour for each conductor.
That way you don't need to sort out polarity issues with an ohmmeter....Mistakes are easy enough to make already.
I suppose you mean well but I OTOH do hear the difference clearly. I can only assume that there are some more clo(w)n(e)s like myself....Maybe not....
Cheers,
For hook-up wire it should be.
The reason I suggested using twisted pairs is simply because it shields against EMI fields and it's easier to control (measure) stray capacitances than it is to measure inductances.
You may not need to use twisted pairs. Much depends on your circuit layout, application and so on but we're not designing for RF transmitters so you'd be fine without twisting most of the time.
Should you go for the twisted pair, try to use one colour for each conductor.
That way you don't need to sort out polarity issues with an ohmmeter....Mistakes are easy enough to make already.
I suppose you mean well but I OTOH do hear the difference clearly. I can only assume that there are some more clo(w)n(e)s like myself....Maybe not....
Cheers,
The teflon tubing I have is red and transparent, so I'll be able to distinguish between the two wiresfdegrove said:
Should you go for the twisted pair, try to use one colour for each conductor.
That way you don't need to sort out polarity issues with an ohmmeter....Mistakes are easy enough to make already.
I suppose you mean well but I OTOH do hear the difference clearly. I can only assume that there are some more clo(w)n(e)s like myself....Maybe not....
As about the difference, I never had pure copper, but compared to what I had made out of copper, the silver is clearly better. Also did some DBT with someone switching between the two. The hights a much better, "crystal clear", the bass is tighter(and tighter is better almost for eveything
).Just a side note: I don't want an ag vs cu debate since I already made up my mind
Hi,
Its a matter of taste I guess.
Apart from the diferent resistance of Cu and Ag the only diference is price
And if you have it, use it! No point in going back.
I'm more on the objective side of things, not the subjective. What can I say numbers speak to me and in that sense Ag is better than Cu.
In a no compromise situation I would use Ag, for that last 0,01% improvement.
Clowns? Arent we all...
Cheers
Its a matter of taste I guess.
Apart from the diferent resistance of Cu and Ag the only diference is price
And if you have it, use it! No point in going back.
I'm more on the objective side of things, not the subjective. What can I say numbers speak to me
and in that sense Ag is better than Cu. In a no compromise situation I would use Ag, for that last 0,01% improvement.
Clowns? Arent we all...
Cheers
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