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In Reply to: RE: Cardas Clear Tonearm Wire posted by bjh on May 16, 2015 at 17:46:36
Try Kevin's KAB Superflex wire if you want something ultra flexible with litz wire. Pricewise, it's a steal and I've used it in several of my arms. I have Cardas PTFE coated tonearm wires and was appalled at the stiffness of the insulation. The Superflex loses nothing against the Cardas sonically IMO.
Regards Anthony
"Beauty is Truth, Truth Beauty.." Keats
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I was on KAB reading up on that wire ... Great news hear it's good!!
There is no exaggeration when I say that the wires have no discernible effect on affecting arm movement - you will effectively be seeing the effect of bearing friction or levelling errors if you see either restricted movement or a bias in one direction. This was the main motivation for this project - with the stock wires in my Technics arm or the Cardas Teflon wires (which were worse), I simply couldn't get free movement of the arm over the entire side of a record.
Sonically, I am unable to discern any audible effect due to the insulation change from Teflon either by measurement or aural comparison. The capacitance per unit length is marginally higher, but I assume you are using an MC?
The reason for the Teflon wires being worse (mechanically) is partly related to the fact that process is very hard to control to get a uniform coating.
As soon as I tested the final version, I told Kevin he was on to a winner!
Regards Anthony
"Beauty is Truth, Truth Beauty.." Keats
I agree, but I believe the best solution is not running the wires down by the bearings, period ... like VPI arms, no exp. with their arm's, just referencing the wire routing.
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