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In Reply to: Hmm. My soldering is pretty pathetic, but ... posted by Dave Pogue on December 28, 2006 at 05:44:35:
Like you, I find the the Bullet Plugs the easiest to solder. It's almost like tinning a wire rather than soldering a connector.I've not had a problem with melting the Eichmanns' housing, though that's been mentioned as a problem before.
I've not tried commercially available IC cable besides the ubiquitous Belden coax. How do you find the Oyaide wire vs. other DIY designs, like Chris' twisted helix?
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I have not tried any Belden recipes. All of my ICs (admittedly, I have only been DIY'ing for about 3 years now) have been made with bulk wire, both silver and copper. So I can't comment on Belden, but I do have experience with/opinions on copper versus silver using bulk wire. BTW, I also buy uninsulated so I insulate it myself as well.
Bevo , What are your opinions concerning silver vs copper on building IC's and why one over the other . I'm always interested .Also what are your impresions Dave , of the Oyaide IC cable .
TIA
My opinion is nothing that has not been said here before. I find that *to my ears and on my system* silver provides a more transparent and life-like sound. Use all the cliches you choose - more air, the speakers disappear, blah blah blah. Copper sounds muddied, veiled and slow (insert additional cliches here _______). Interestingly, up until 4-5 years ago, I was a non-believer with regard to sonic properties of cabling. Then I experienced my own personal epiphany in my basement. But - as with all else - my opinions are simply that. Other folks have different opinions and experiences which I respect completely.
I like the Oyaide wire a lot -- very open, great bass, just plain musical once you get past its frightful sounding break-in period. The downside is that doesn't seem to be freely available as finished cable (i.e., with connectors), but the nice thing is that you can make cables to length and the price is right. Besides these, I haven't done much IC DIY beyond playing around with magnet wire and reterminating Music Boy/Petra cables. Would like to try the Chris VH stuff one of these days.
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