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In Reply to: insulator sound. posted by Arbelos on March 06, 2003 at 09:58:15:
Hi,I absolutely agree with your statement that plastic insulators can be a problem (even teflon). However if you wish to use really thin
foil as I do(.5 mil is far too thick in my opinion) there is little alternative for strength reasons. Fortunately IME there is also an easy cure for most of the sonic sins of teflon insulation. Simply rub anti static foam on the exterior of the cable. I use Electrolube antistatic foam which is effective an will last a long time as long as
it is not rubbed off. The sonic effect is as you describe for the cotton- bettr frequency extension at both extremes and a considerable improvement in dynamics at both the loud and soft ends of the scale.BTW this stuff also works superbly on the plastic sleeves of electrolytic and plastic film caps...
Rob.
Follow Ups:
Hello, that's interesting! Is it the black antistatic foam? I asume it works by releasing the antistatic content onto theother plastic.Did you try the caps sonically without sleeves too? This is also amazing in effect.
Hi,The anti-static foam is white in colour. The name is Electrolube
A.F.C.(antistatic foam cleaner).Yes I have tried taking the plastic off capacitors and it works really well, particularly in low level signal areas such as phono preamps. I use the antistatic foam on caps that are difficult to get at to remove the plastic. It works nearly as well as removing the plastic IME. Identical sonic benefits to those I described for applying the stuff to interconnects.
Rob.
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