hirakawa

[razaw]

Hi
I have a Hirakawa AWM E35664 signal cable in my sony cdp 20es
does anybody know if it is worth replacing with something better?
I looked on manufacturers home page but it is japaneese (
is it teflon coated ofc??
THX
RAZAW

 

[fdegrove]

HIRAKAWA

Hi,

Aren't these the people that used only "natural" insulators?
It was reported to be a fine interconnect made of OFC.
I wouldn't know what to suggest to you unless you could point to some consistent sonic flaws.

Regards,

 

[dhaen]

Razaw,

If I've got the right URl:

http://www.hewtech.co.jp/pdf/cable_do_3839.pdf

It says the inner insulation is "poriechiren", which I guess is probably polyethelene.

 

[fdegrove]

CABLE

John,

I can't make much out of the pdf file but it looks suspiciously similar to a bog standard RG58 cable:solid central copper core,polyethylene insulator,copper shield and pvc sheet.
Impedance,I'm guessing,75Ohm.

Cheers,

 

[dhaen]

Frank,

It says in English that it's available in both 50 and 75 ohm versions.
Probably isn't anything special.
I'll probably get a hiding for this; but what difference will 50mm of cable make?

 

[fdegrove]

Oops.

John,

I missed that part.
50mm inside the player,you mean?
If it's in the digital section it should not be 50 Ohm,and I wouldn't loose sleep over it if its terminated correctly.
If it's in the analogue section and the user has ultrasonic hearing,err...he won't be listening to CD then,would he?

Cheers,

 

[razaw]

The Hirakawa cable has written on it TC-C I wonder if it means teflon coated. I wonder if replacing it with teflon coated silver military cable will make sens.

 

[dhaen]

Razaw,

It doesn't say anything about teflon on the data sheet, just polyethelene.

Personally I am a cable sceptic. I just answered this one because I know a little Japanese.

Cheers,