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In Reply to: RE: Boards are Complete posted by atkinsonrr on August 12, 2020 at 13:23:51
Great. I'm glad that the 1.0mm (17 AWG) wire was used for the midrange after all, since I think it should provide more body that you sought, and better integration with the low-frequency driver than the 0.5mm (20 AWG) wire would have provided for the application. BTW, the solder joints and wire will take some time to burn-in. I'm looking forward to your reports about the upcoming DIY Oyaide Black Mamba V2 with Viborg AC connectors power cord projects, atkinsonrr.
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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.
nice! congrats on the project, it's great when a plan comes together!
btw ... 'Cream's Cant Find My Way Home' ... ?
the only version I have is Blind Faith ... is yours from a bootleg or
??
regards,
Hahaha... Cream and Blind Faith always morph together in my mind. Might have something to do with the "sound enhancement products" I was ingesting back when the supergroups were popular?
yeah, could be the self 'tweaks' ...
at least I didn't miss an obscure recording
thanks for your reply and enjoy your new cross over town traffic
with regards,
Fantastic! Very nice transparent display of the crossover components. A finer gauge wire tends to be used for a capacitor lead and an inductor wire intended for a tweeter for good reason, while a larger gauge wire tends to be used as an inductor wire intended for a midrange and woofer for good reason. I think you made the right choice for your DIY crossover project, atkinsonrr.
Hey Duster -- Thanks for the compliment on the crossover boxes. I inherited a sheet of plexiglass when we moved into this house in France. So just had to find a project for it. The learning curve for cutting plexi without chipping or shattering was steep! Now am determined to get a piano black lacquer finish on those boxes. Again, steep learning curve, but I will get it eventually.
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