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In Reply to: Solid core sounds best to me... posted by tigweld on December 4, 2006 at 09:21:27:
Thanks a lot for your very kind and interesting reply.
I see that the Audioconsulting silver wires are enamelled and come in two different diameters.
Which exact wire have you used?
Few turns or a lot of for let's say 1m cable ?Thank you very much indeed.
Kind regards,
Follow Ups:
24AWG with cotton tubing for each wire and twists about every inch maybe. Since the wire is coated with polyesterimide the cotton is for resonance control and gives some spacing of the conductors. The bass this wire can deliver is astounding. I use this wire for speaker cabling as well. I have Kyle Takenaga of Reference Audio Mods to thank for turning me onto this stuff.
Kyle at RAM also converted me to Audio Consulting interconnects with Eichmann Silver Bullet RCA plugs and speaker cables made of the same AC 24 awg wire which I use unterminated. I completely agree with Tigweld about resolution and detail in the bass region. These are the qualities in silver that were especially engaging for me. These cables take very little time to break in (maybe 10 hours), and sound very neutral and resolved. The polysterimide coating and cotton combination effectively addresses problems with dielectric absorption and smearing of signal.
Ken
Thanks a lot for your kind advice.
Just a question: which is the best way to remove the wires' coating before soldering to a RCA ?
Kind regards,
bg
Hi Beppe - I use the flame of a lighter and thoroughly cook the tip of the cable. Then I use a very fine grit sandpaper to lightly scrape anything still on the cable. I follow this with a few iterations of spraying the tip with Caig Pro-gold and wiping clean with a soft towel. Works great.
Ken
Thank you very much indeed Sir.
Very interesting and helpful advice.
I will try then.
Thank you sincerely again for this very interesting advice.
Kind regards,
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