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In Reply to: Review: Venhaus DIY silver interconnects posted by Bill Way on December 14, 2006 at 16:27:29:
I have made two sets of these. I used the materials suggested in Chris' recipe. One set is a rather long (10.5') balanced run. This set cured a capacitance issue in this run between my amp and pre. I had tried all sorts of wires from a bunch of high end manufacturers. No names since they really didn't sound all that good in either single ended or balanced configurations. The next best sounding run was a Blue Jeans balanced cable using the Belden 1800F wire. It was good. The DIY Silvers, however, are excellent, transparent, and seem to get the signal from point A to point B with the least possible degradation.I also built a 1 meter set of single ended with Eichmann Silver bullets. Now these work really well, too. However in this set the older, teflon tube that Chris suggested seems to allow microphonic intrusion of the signal. The older tube is rather stiff. I still use them, but their signal transmission seems less effective than the longer run, which does run inside the wall most of its run. I think the idea of using cotton rope or possible a softer tubing would be the way to cure this minor ill, and I will be remaking these in the near future. On the positive side they still sound better than 99.9% of all the 1 meter cables I have tried. And that's a bunch.
All in all, Chris' recipe is a winner of the first order. Most people could just do this and stop the never ending quest for better wire. Any gains from here on up are rare and minor, IMHO.
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