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RE: Using Carbon Sleeve Shield in DIY cables

Posted by Duster (M) on March 10, 2021 at 15:37:59

In Reply to: Using Carbon Sleeve Shield in DIY cables posted by Jon L on March 9, 2021 at 20:28:46:

Glad to see the Monosaudio unplated copper AC connectors perform so well. Since unplated copper AC connectors have no influence of a plating that tends to provide an increased level of body (other than silver plating which tends to do the opposite), the speed and lack of additional tonal bloom tends to be perceived as less body/image weight, but tends to provide the benefit of increased speed and image size, soundstage dimensions, and well-articulated spatial cues of unplated copper AC connectors.

Use of a gold plated copper AC outlet, and gold plated IEC inlet can increase the sense of fullness without an issue of lushness when used with unplated copper AC connectors. Otherwise, the gold-plated Monosaudio AC connectors should better provide what you seek for the audio component, while using the power cord with the unplated copper version elsewhere for better synergy.

There is no need to ground a carbon content sleeve, since the material is a semi-conductive energy dissipator that has nothing to do with being connected to ground, which will provide no benefit. The energy travels slowly through the semi-conductive sleeve, which in effect dissipates the energy without being connected to ground. Think of it as an absorber rather than a conventional shield.

Cheers, Duster

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