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Certainly reasonable enough.
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FWIW, that is long before the Pangea interconnects were introduced. They used to produce only power cords.
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I appreciate the comments but am still waiting :-)I do like their power cords. Was routinely reterminating the AC-14s with Furutech ends but the latest version doesn't need them IMHO.
EDIT: I know i'm stacking the deck here, a little, but I'd REALLY like to hear from someone with a cable cooker, It does make a difference. Or someone who has burned them in his/her system for more than a couple days. Sorry to be a nut about this. And my application does require a shielded cable.
Edits: 12/22/15
Yes lots of speculation in recent threads here vs actual testing/proof. Very common on these boards as I'm sure you know. Merry Christmas and enjoy your much lower than normal December utility bills. But shields do mostly suck too. My unshielded RCA cables were noise free even between my Rabco tonearm and 54db gain phono stage with a high output Grado. The real benefit is in the soundstage IMO.
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Earl, this is for the link from Otari tape heads (VERY low output) to a deHavilland tape head preamp. Trust me, unshielded cables do NOT work there.
Merry Christmas to you and Monica. Hope you're up and at 'em sometime soon.
Yep....have never been able to use an unshielded IC in the phono app myself.
My guess is it is due to having no safety grounds in my system. I can't think of how my system differs from anyone else's other than that.
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Gotcha. I did see the deHavalind has 55db gain and puts out about a volt with a 1.4mV tape head so it isn't that different measurement-wise than my phono rig. I had also used my phono rig with a 2.0 mV out cart w/o noise but the overall level was too low with a passive linestage.
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I was considering a pair of 5m, but I really am happy with the cables I have.
Audio Advisor is a good company, and they will give you 30 day trial. I say try a set. It is really good copper, I wouldn't worry about the sheilding, as a deterrent to trying a set. At that price you could take the sheilding off.
"...you could take the shielding off"
Please explain.
Well, I would unscrew the plugs, and check to see that it has two wires plus the shielding. If so, carefully remove the shielding. Put some of that expanding webbing [can't think of it's correct name, I have some from building diy power cords] and some shrink wrap for stress relief and to hold cover in place.
Yes, it would void any warranty, but you would now have an unshielded cable with the good Cardas copper. At $70 for a 1m pair, I would be tempted to do some diy on it.
A good idea, maybe not. What do you think?
I have become a fan of Audioquest cables, but from preamp to power amp, I have a 15ft pair of Signature Tech Siglynx, which is a silver wire, for positive, and the shield is used as the second wire. I recently read somewhere how using two identical wires is a better way to go.
I was considering trying the Pangea ICs, but I am very happy with the sound I'm getting, and I am having no noise issues. When I upgraded my preamp, the noise floor dropped substantially. Old preamp had a little tube hiss, only audible within a foot of the speakers, but when it was gone, I really heard the difference with so much better resolution of fine details.
I would be concerned about the three layer shielding design of the interconnect cable. The cable features an extra layer of shielding surrounding each conductor:
"Pangea Premier interconnects are triple-shielded. Each conductor has it's own shield and then the entire cable is encased in separate foil and braided shields."
It seems like overkill for a line-level signal, since the best sounding rca interconnect cables tend to actually be unshielded designs, IME. Due to the extensive shielding method interacting with the PE (polyethylene) dielectric, it would be interesting to measure the cable to find out if it might be a high-capacitance interconnect cable. just my 2 cents
Pangea seems to believe that shielding is a panacea.
You should understand that, in the audio business, the buzzwords you can attach to your product are often more important for sales than the product itself.
Since shielding protects stuff, more shielding MUST be a good thing, so let's advertise more (triple = three times better!) and audiofools will be strongly attracted.
Pangea should spend their money on proofreading ITS ad copy instead.
Peace,
Tom E
Some cable designers might play with LCR and reactance in order to "tune" a cable in a fashion that may subjectively present a more euphonic sonic signature. Otherwise, I see no sonic benefit in heavy-handed shielding for audiophile interconnect cables.
I'm with you, my interconnects and power cords are unshielded.
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