In Reply to: Changing internal output wiring of DAC posted by DAVID on August 9, 2014 at 23:53:33:
I'll give you my spin on your questions. I have a Juicy Music Peach 2 that originally had 3 Alps blue velvet controls, left gain, right gain and volume. After about 4 years or so I found that the left gain pot needed constant cleaning or it got scratchy sounding. The gain controls are up off of the board connected via three 2" silver 24awg jumper wires for each. I ordered 2 100k mono attenuators from Goldpoint. They were great to deal with and I had them quickly. After slight mods to the faceplate I installed and connected them. There was a positive change. It wasn't earth shattering or nite and day but it was there. Everything was focused just a little better. In retrospect the less than $200.00 and about 4 hours of my time that I spent was well worth it. The only reason that the stock volume pot is still in there is it is a major undertaking to replace as it is soldered directly to the board and as the Goldpoint control is physically larger, the hole for the shaft would need to be relocated about 10mm higher. I will get to this but is a much more time consuming project.
As far as wire goes I'm about to completely rebuild the Hafler DH-200 which powers my 2nd system using Musical Concepts Elite level components. I will be wiring this with some good Vampire cast chassis wire that is no longer made due to it's cost to manufacture. I have this in 18awg and 14awg, both are too large for the input signal wiring. I called Jeff at Sonic Craft and had a long talk with him about wire. To make a long story short he advised me that ultra pure silver takes on the best qualities of silver and copper, the detail and bass control of silver and the body and warmth of copper. He defined ultra pure silver as 7/9's or better. He advises me that 4/9 or even 5/9 will have the "silver sound". Jeff has NEVER steered me wrong, so I ordered some Neotech 7/9 solid core silver in teflon wire for my project. I encourage you to call Jeff as he not only will give you his opinion but he will always explain why.
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