Using Carbon Sleeve Shield in DIY cables

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I made a DIY power cable using Monosaudio copper connectors and Audioquest SLiP XTRM 14/4 star-quad cable, which is quite a bit more expensive than Audioquest regular SLip 14/4, but I was curious what the addition of "perfect surface copper" adds to the 14/4.

The end result was almost ridiculously "fast" and transparent cable with great extension on top and bottom. The problem was I lost midrange body and density relative to the old legend Black Sands Violet Z1 cord when powering linear power supply for my music server. This is one position I have not been able to find a better synergy with other cords over the years. However, DIY cable was superior everywhere else other than body.

In my experience, Violet's body sounded like an effect one gains with good shielding. However, I tend to dislike certain sound aspects of the usual foil and/or steel braided shields, i.e. excessive reduction of top-end air and sense of speed.

I used an oversized conductive carbon sleeve instead (not nylon braid), and this does seem to result in more body and density while not reducing the air and speed much. Normally, one would add the ground wire outside this carbon shield, but since I ground my components directly to a DIY Star-ground, I don't add ground wire to my DIY power cords. I also made this carbon shield telescoping freely on one end, to experiment with its effects by covering the cable fully vs. partially.

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Topic - Using Carbon Sleeve Shield in DIY cables - Jon L 20:28:46 03/09/21 (7)

RE: Using Carbon Sleeve Shield in DIY cables - Duster 15:37:59 03/10/21 (6)

Rhodium plug - Jon L 13:30:17 03/11/21 (5)

Received Monosaudio Rhodium Plugs - Jon L 10:45:09 03/19/21 (4)

RE: Received Monosaudio Rhodium Plugs - Duster 16:32:12 03/19/21 (3)

RE: Received Monosaudio Rhodium Plugs - Jon L 21:15:53 03/19/21 (2)

RE: Received Monosaudio Rhodium Plugs - Duster 22:56:42 03/19/21 (1)

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