In Reply to: Re: Jon Risch or others, help with DIY power cords posted by j.burtt@verizon.net on May 29, 2005 at 19:29:27:
PC's, as well as his IC's and his recipe for braided Belden 1585A speaker cable. I've been quite pleased with all of them.I can't speak about the difference between the cryo'd and non-cryo'd wire in his PC's, becaue all I've used is the cryo'd version. However I did build his version of the 83802 with a counter wrapped ground, as well as the non-grounded version before the advent of his current wire; his newer wires (the star quad flavor 4 and the flavor 2) absolutely blow these away. And I only used cheap marinco connectors.
If I had it to do over I would use the cryo'd flavor 4 on everything - it is that good; and it's star quad design is a little better at rejecting noise.
As for IC's I highly recommend the Finesilvers. I believe you can buy most of the components from him, though when I built mine he did not offer the silver wire. These made a simply stunning improvement. I originally built them with copper eichmanns; when I replaced them with the silvers (same IC's) performance went up yet again. The extra money was well worth it IMO.
I've also built Jon Risch's 89259/1506A IC's (unshielded) with copper bullets. This is also a very fine IC; I still use it to connect pre to sub.
Both Jon and Chris are very helpful if you should run into any problems.
Hope this helps!
Fred
PS: I have no affiliation with either person, just a satisfied DIY'er.
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- I've built many of the Venhaus. . . - drumminman 07:53:43 05/30/05 (0)