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I am about to rewire a Morch UP4 armwand.I wanted to use a solid core 30 gauge silver, but due to the way I need to connect the wires at the pivot end, I am going to need to use stranded cable.
Any recommendations?
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If your combo sounds thin and hard, then go with the Cardas. Personally I find that all copper interconnects compress the midrange, exagerate the low bass and remove all the details of the recording. That is simply one audiophiles opinion.If your combo is neutral or slanted to the dark side, then you OWE it to yourself to try solid core silver electrode wire in teflon from A-M Systems. I paid 51.00 for 25 ft of .015 silver with a .004 teflon shield for a total diameter of .019 inches. The silver is 99.99 pure, perfectly round, polished and annealed. It is highly flexible and easy to work with. 25 ft allows me to run 6 ft lengths from tonearm leads to the preamp. I shield the cable from tonearm base to preamp. And I use Homegrown Audio's pure silver tipped RCA's at 36.00 a pair. So for 87.00, and about 8.00 in shielding and pretty nylon braid I have a wide tall and deep soundstage with air around each instrument or voice, detail in the sound like hearing the rosin on the bow, hearing the piano pedals creak and grown, and hearing tonal accuracy that copper only hints at.
There is no break in time for this wire. It sounds superb from the first second. No harshness, no brittleness, just sonic truth. You have to run the solid tip RCAs! This is mandatory. I have used a dozen or so high quality RCA's over my 43 years of audiophile pursuits and nothing comes close to the sound of pure silver from tip to tip. It is so seductive you cannot begin to believe it only cost 95 dollars.
System matching is critical, so if your system leans to the bright, silver will probably be an unwelcome addition.
Email me if you have any questions. My silver interconnects at 100 to 125.00 cost for 1M and 2M runs sound literally identical to the Audioquest SKY cables costing 2100 dollars for a 1 meter pair.
You gotta give these a try if you really love the experience of realistic musical high fidelity reproduction. It is easy to do this yourself as long as you can disassemble the tonearm to the point where the wiring can be pulled through. On my Rega project this was a major pain. Still well worth it.
Or just do the copper thing and hope it sounds better than the other copper junk you just threw out.
" Personally I find that all copper interconnects compress the midrange, exagerate the low bass and remove all the details of the recording."Not that I don't overload my Butt with some regularity, but that's quite the sweeping generalization considering the fact that so many
extremely knowledgeable folks feel quality copper is on balance THE WAY to fly, If silver was that inherently superior I would think any premium wideband Video Coax would be silver, and yet every higher end wideband Video coax I can think of is Copper.The one superior aspect of Silver I can conjure up, is that it's oxide is very conductive compared to Copper.
At least with my own DIY I didn't find Silver to have a particular
different sonic nature beyond the configuration differences, all things being equal I couldn't differentiate between them, then again my ears are far from Golden, but the folks I know that have great ears and all kinds of experience and impressive knowledge bases
seem to find Quality copper to their liking.I agree with Teflon dielectrics BTW, but then again Silk and Cotton are better and air is the best.
I have VdH silver wired arm tubes with a Discovery Essence cable from DIN to my preamp's phono inputs. Somehow the combination sounds damn good. A number of arms use Discovery wire, and I use it throughout my system. The Plus Four or higher model Essence would be a good choice for your UP-4. Detail and extension, body etc. Joe DePhilips is about as far away from a snake oil kind of guy as you can get.
I think partsconnexion sells discovery cable - is that what you mean?
908-359-0950 in Florida. I haven't spoken to him in a while, so in case the # has changed go to his website discoverycable.com
Cardas. It is cheap, and it works. Google for Michael Percy. He sells it along with the clips, etc.
Just how painfull is stripping the litz wiring? I was thinking Cardas but since I am going to DIY I am concerned that the stripping is going top be difficult.
Solder through it. It is actually the easiest way to go. Teflon is the hardest.
Couldn't believe how much better my WTRP arm sounded, after they rewired it with that. You've got steadier hand and better eyes than I do, taking on a project like that.
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