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In Reply to: RE: Fluid filled damping of cables posted by unclestu on March 12, 2015 at 19:05:20
Stu, even the PADs lose their juice after a while. I've had a pair of the original PAD Elementa ICs for like 15 years and have had them refilled twice and they could stand to go back for a third filling. They don't leak per se, but as I understand it the fluid leaches out through the tubing and evaporates. I agree with you though. Keeping home brew versions sealed tight for the long haul will be the trick.
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Curious as to what fluid PAD uses. I'm pretty sure it's not $500/gal.
Interesting concept guys. How did you guys like the sound of these fluid-filled cables/cords?
The fact that it's still in daily use after 15 years ought to tell you something.
very smooth sounding. They are hard to get a fix on their sound because any movement of the cables will necessitate another break in period, frustrating at atime.
Holding the cable up to a strong light one can see a dark particulate ( ferrite powder ?) and some brighter particulate which looks to be copper particles.I am sure they use other material also.
I have built a few cables with ferrofluid around the negative conductors. The increase in sound quality was quite noticeable: better dynamics , more detail, but issues of leakage is an issue.
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