any sources similar to homegrown audio that went out of business?

RE: any sources similar to homegrown audio that went out of business?, posted on January 14, 2017 at 20:56:08
Duster Manufacturer Posts: 17117 Location: Pacific Northwest Joined: August 25, 2002	What type of cable, and with what type of parts do you wish to build?

RE: any sources similar to homegrown audio that went out of business?, posted on January 14, 2017 at 22:23:06
ahendler Audiophile Posts: 5151 Location: San Antonio, Texas Joined: January 24, 2003	Parts express Alan

RE: any sources similar to homegrown audio that went out of business?, posted on January 14, 2017 at 22:32:59
Duster Manufacturer Posts: 17117 Location: Pacific Northwest Joined: August 25, 2002	Parts Express is rather limited in terms of parts quality to choose from.

RE: any sources similar to homegrown audio that went out of business?, posted on January 15, 2017 at 05:48:09
bcowen Audiophile Posts: 1076 Location: North Carolina Joined: December 19, 2015	Here's a few in no particular order. I've done business with all of them and consider each a high quality vendor: https://www.vhaudio.com/ http://www.douglasconnection.com/ http://www.takefiveaudio.com/ http://soniccraft.com/ http://partsconnexion.com/

primarily interconnects, posted on January 15, 2017 at 05:57:30

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Many years ago there was a link here at AA that described a method of creating DIY interconnects using pure silver (teflon coated wire) and teflon outter casing (found at any hardware or HD). I really liked the results. Once source mentioned was homegrown audio which was basically a one-stop shopping website but it has since closed.

I know there are many places online to get the pure silver, but is there a site (other than Parts Express) that is one stop shopping for all the parts needed (RCA's, wire, interconnects, etc.,) SIMILAR to homegrownAudio or DIYcable.com?

thank you- nt, posted on January 15, 2017 at 06:00:29
Green Lantern Audiophile Posts: 16952 Location: San Diego, Ca Joined: November 12, 2002 Contributor Since: June 17, 2003

thanks all, I found a site; now I have a quick question regarding wire gauge, posted on January 15, 2017 at 06:12:40
Green Lantern Audiophile Posts: 16952 Location: San Diego, Ca Joined: November 12, 2002 Contributor Since: June 17, 2003	What would be the smallest gauge when using a single, silver strand in a RCA interconnect? Length varying between 3ft-8ft. Would 30ga be too thin? Thanks all in advance-

RE: thanks all, I found a site; now I have a quick question regarding wire gauge, posted on January 15, 2017 at 06:46:20

bcowen
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I don't have much experience with DIY interconnects (although I do have a creation on the Cooker right now), but the very best sounding commercial interconnects I currently have are the (admittedly dated) Stealth PGS cables that use a 42 (!) gauge gold conductor. As silver is far more conductive than gold, I don't think 30 gauge is too thin at all from a conduction standpoint, so long as you can work with it (and use it) without breaking it.

Stealth PGS

RE: primarily interconnects, posted on January 16, 2017 at 14:05:20

Duster
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VH Audio's AirLok insulated (cellular FEP Teflon dielectric) wire sounds great; better than solid Teflon, and the selection of rca connectors are of better quality than what Homegrown Audio offered.

See link:

https://www.vhaudio.com/

CableCo has any wire in bulk which brand name cable makers sell. Cardas, Kimber.. etc., posted on January 16, 2017 at 14:51:52
3+4=5	I have purchased bulk Kimber wire from The Cable Co. online. Small discount, over xx dollars free shipping, and the wire is drop shipped from the maker. IE Kimber ships the wire to you direct.

So, th don't actually have it, posted on January 16, 2017 at 15:02:00
Jack G Audiophile Posts: 9739 Joined: September 24, 1999	They just order it from the manufacturer. They don't actually have much of a stock, they pretty much just have everything drop shipped. You don't get much of a break in price for it. Jack

RE: So, th don't actually have it, posted on January 18, 2017 at 13:39:55
Duster Manufacturer Posts: 17117 Location: Pacific Northwest Joined: August 25, 2002	True. I've not bothered ordering anything from The Cable Company since the 1990s.

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