AJ,
I do appreciate the compliment. What you see was totally made from scratch. The boards were made from Corian that I had in the shop. They were then scribed with an awl to make a grid to work with. Epoxy was used to set certain parts in place after drilling part way into the board. When I was about finished, I did the thump test, and sure enough could feel a good amount of vibration from the suspended wire wound resistors. A ceramic support was used to stop that. In other words, more time (and hopefully quality) went into this than I anticipated from the start.
I do appreciate the compliment. What you see was totally made from scratch. The boards were made from Corian that I had in the shop. They were then scribed with an awl to make a grid to work with. Epoxy was used to set certain parts in place after drilling part way into the board. When I was about finished, I did the thump test, and sure enough could feel a good amount of vibration from the suspended wire wound resistors. A ceramic support was used to stop that. In other words, more time (and hopefully quality) went into this than I anticipated from the start.
Nordost Valhalla 1, and Heimdall 2. My jbl sing like never before. The cables are soldered directly on the crossovers, to avoid the speaker terminals.
I have never come across a measurement that shows silver or copper favours and frequency range over another, but I'd have to want a comparison to what was used in the mastering equipment during prepping a recording for release. Assuming I happen to use the same speakers, and playback equipment chain.
And assuming I wished to match what was intended.
I noticed that when I switched to silver wire on my tweeters, it threw off the highs so much I had to recalibrate my XO and change some components.
I reverted to copper and all was well.
I reverted to copper and all was well.
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I rather like the cable from Canford in the UK. It is made by them for pro audio installations and is available in a variety of CSA. It has nicely flexible outer jacket and cores and the strands are not too fine. It is black rubber with brown conductors marked for polarity. Since this is used internally the aesthetics are less important.
I use this in my active speakers, so the length is less than 1m to each drive unit.
In this application I have not observed any difference to the sound when changing cables, nor would I expect to. Expectation bias perhaps 🙂.
My amps have no output coil so the connection from amp to speaker is about as direct as it could be.
I use this in my active speakers, so the length is less than 1m to each drive unit.
In this application I have not observed any difference to the sound when changing cables, nor would I expect to. Expectation bias perhaps 🙂.
My amps have no output coil so the connection from amp to speaker is about as direct as it could be.
Nothing fancy, 8 or 10/2 or 10/4 SOOW. It’s nice and flexible, covered with rubber insulation, stranded. I’ve never been able to hear cables so I just use power cables. The only time I heard cables was when I lived in the humid south and my cables turned green due to the humidity. I swapped them out and the highs came back and the midrange cleared up. I’ve experimented with many cables and I can’t hear any difference. I made some custom braided cat 5 cables and was seriously disappointed after all that work when I didn’t hear any difference. I don’t have the budget to mess with $1,000 silver cables wrapped in cellophane. I think they’re silly anyway. After all, most of the classic loudspeakers simply used lamp cord and screw on terminals and they sounded great.
Yes wire wrap is a great way to make connections. I worked on missile defense and missile warning systems in Cheyenne Mountain and they were connected by wire wrapping and installed in Air Force blue earthquake cabinets. Everything was safety wired and bundled with waxed string, no zip ties.
You get a big thank you from me for the use of waxed string! Most all zip ties are a joke, with the exception of the stainless steel ones. And when you got done bundling, the result looked like a pack of cigarettes, nicely tied together.
When the lights are low and we have the candles lit, a glass of wine and some caviar, my wife likes to lean over and whisper:
'I kinda like when you are a bit reverted'.
Up here in the great white north, our green cables steal the bass. A little snip here, a little tuck there and...
Not all silver sounds gd.suffers same grain problems as ordinary copper which also sounds congested,diffuse and grainey.uppocc cu an ag from neotect are fabulos.there silver has crushing dynamics,transperancey in spades and treble harmonic illumination.downside,yes there has to be one,cost. Use neotech wire everywere. Dont shot the messanger.
Cal,, no, no, you got it wrong man. Cleaning your teeth with a laser is the only responsible thing to do in this age of technology.
But I will tell you, that for those of us out there that know the difference, the 9 cord as we called it was unbeatable for so many things.
When it comes to the internal cabling on most anything that can be a pain to access, I don't give it a second thought as to spending a bit more if needed. The choice of conductors to use is of course up to you.
But I will tell you, that for those of us out there that know the difference, the 9 cord as we called it was unbeatable for so many things.
When it comes to the internal cabling on most anything that can be a pain to access, I don't give it a second thought as to spending a bit more if needed. The choice of conductors to use is of course up to you.