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Duelund vs Jantzen Wire Final Assessment







Have now lived with the change from Duelund stranded tinned to Jantzen "Solid Core Full Range Speaker Cable" in speakers and external crossovers and links between for a few days. The improvement is not subtle. As mentioned earlier the difference is similar to an out of focus camera. The Duelund being ill-defined and 'fuzzy' in comparison to the solid copper Jantzen. It strikes me that the Duelund is not so much about tone as it is vintage in sound. The change in wire was similar to going from my old refurbed Dyna ST70 to a modern tube amp. I had a very definitive demo of this at one point listening to Cream's Cant Find My Way Home. Ginger Baker uses a high hat as a kind of exclamation mark throughout the song. As long as I can remember I've been bothered by the sound as it came out a very annoying hashy SSSHHH sound. Always chalked it up to bad miking but after the change to the Jantzen it sounds completely different and completely natural.

I originally wired much of the midrange circuit with .5mm/20AWG Jantzen and the sound was a bit lightweight. I went back in and rewired with the 1mm/17AWG Jantzen and body improved. I tried the .5 initially in response to comments about the .5mm being superior overall to the 1mm. I think I understand where the comments are coming from. There was very little burn-in with the .5 but the 1mm initially sounds flashy and harsh. Happy to say a few hours of burn-in completely eradicates that.

Overall one of the better changes. And I thank Duster for the pointer over to the Jantzen wire. I will leave this with one of the classic review comments. You know, the one about the wife comes in from the other room and says "your stereo sounds really good". Yeah that really happened.


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