| parrymike |
Has anybody got any opinions on the suitablility of using
'a Solid Molybdenum core with solid Silver return'
for interconnects? I saw a pair for auction on ebay but I've never heard of Molybdenum being used for interconnects.
Cheers
Mike |
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| analog_sa |
Another cable thread! Isn't that great! Hopefully someone will promptly warn us against snake oil merchants before one of us naive diyers parts with the hard earned cash :)
There seem to be a few manufacturers for molybdenum cables such as Black Rhodium. I wonder what the paramagnetic properties will do for the sound. It also seems difficult to achieve high purity due to the very high melting point.
I am a bit suspicious of exotic materials in cabling. Such cables are more likely to exhibit a strong 'personality' which may or may not be appealing. |
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| Upupa Epops |
| F... off Molybdenum - it is only about how to get money from your pockets. |
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| parrymike |
| Even when they cost ~15 pounds with Eichmann bullets? |
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| Upupa Epops |
| Buy it and you will have somethig extraordinary - psychoacoustic works :D . |
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| parrymike |
I have only previously made comparisons between 'freebie' interconnects and cheap interconnects (£30) and there was a vast difference. I'm not saying spending hundreds of pounds on interconnects will make cheap hifi sound like expensive hifi. Even my nan with a whistling hearing aid could tell the difference!
Anyway, I was really asking whether anybody had experience of interconnects being made from Molybdenum. I assume you haven't but thanks for your useful, insightful comments. |
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| analog_sa |
| quote: | | thanks for your useful, insightful comments |
It's just the first of many more to come. First you'll hear that molybdenum is not such a great conductor anyway and that paying more than 5c a metre is stupid beyond belief.
Btw, who's selling them for £15? It seems worth buying them just for the bullets. |
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| parrymike |
Subzero on ebay (uk user). Seems to have quite a few satisfied customers.
Like you say, thay are probably worth trying just for the bullets. I'll let you know if they improve the hi-fi beyond belief :D
After a bit of searching on Google I've found that Black Rhodium use Rhodium plated Molybdenum in some very, very expensive interconnects. Who knows! |
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| Mr Evil |
Somehow I can't imagine molybdenum making for particularly good wires; It has a conductivity only one third that of copper or silver.
For normal copper cables the resistance of interconnects is usually negligible, but raise it by a factor of three and it may begin to have a detrimental effect on frequency response. |
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