Post by zappytheviking on Oct 25, 2017 0:12:00 GMT
Changed out my old Interconnect in a system I thought was hopeless, I was wrong.
In preparation for a new poweramp (Nord hypex NC500) , had ordered some teflon tubing and 0.5mm silver etc to make a stepped volume attenuator.
What the heck I thought, ordered some extra bits, I will make an interconnect while waiting.
Auditioned it for my mother, played her Celine Dion - Tell Him, duet with Barbra Streisand.
With the olden monster cable, comment was, yes I saw her live last year.
Pop in the new interconnect............not a sound out of her, after the song, takes off glasses and wipes a tear.
Play me Fleetwood- Albatros......louder please
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I have been using the Monster cable and random no name "it was in the box" connectors, recently bought a Haim brand cable, looks pretty with braided shielding etc, about 25gbp. They all sound somewhat similar, veiled , unengaging , lifeless, flat.
But this is another level. I might be cable naive to the extreme but this, did not expect it at all.
Why is this happening? Reduced capacitance, no shielding to drag down HF??
Smeared mids come into focus, bass is snappy, highs are so clear and everything is distinctly placed in a gigantic soundscape.
That little bell in the background, the high hat in the distance and so forth.
Roger Waters amused to death, Q-sound leaps into action, suddenly there are sounds way back in the left corner of the room, never happened before.
Sound stage and clarity are immensly improved.
Just spent a good chunk of change on a new amp, now this, 40gbp DIY cables utterly changed the sound from unappealing to full of emotion, decent slam, holographic and straight up enjoyable.
I was thinking my 25yo Pioneer amp was rubbish or at the least in need of new electrolytics, boy was I wrong.
For the interested, Battery powered Arcam R-Dac, Pioneer A 550-R feeding Troels Gravesen 3Way Mk2.
Also tried with a newer Pioneer A509R and JPW-510s, same there, magic.
Perhaps the take home message is, dont use rubbish cables, they will make you buy expensive gear
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Zippy edit, yes magic can happen with just a slight bump up, doesnt have to cost a mint, certainly worth considering if it is something you've neglected.
stores.ebay.co.uk/achtung-audio?_trksid=p2047675.l2563 , he does somewhat similar cables at reasonable prices for the less DIY minded.
Recipe: 3mm teflon tube, 0.5mm Elec audio 99.99 silver wire, cotton sleeve for each PTFE tube, twist conductors a few times so they stay together nicely, another larger cottons sleeve, TechFlex carbon for the pretty, W & M Audio CS-306G RCA plugs, 10% mundorf silver solder, shrink wrap to taste.
Old vs. New
In preparation for a new poweramp (Nord hypex NC500) , had ordered some teflon tubing and 0.5mm silver etc to make a stepped volume attenuator.
What the heck I thought, ordered some extra bits, I will make an interconnect while waiting.
Auditioned it for my mother, played her Celine Dion - Tell Him, duet with Barbra Streisand.
With the olden monster cable, comment was, yes I saw her live last year.
Pop in the new interconnect............not a sound out of her, after the song, takes off glasses and wipes a tear.
Play me Fleetwood- Albatros......louder please
.I have been using the Monster cable and random no name "it was in the box" connectors, recently bought a Haim brand cable, looks pretty with braided shielding etc, about 25gbp. They all sound somewhat similar, veiled , unengaging , lifeless, flat.
But this is another level. I might be cable naive to the extreme but this, did not expect it at all.
Why is this happening? Reduced capacitance, no shielding to drag down HF??
Smeared mids come into focus, bass is snappy, highs are so clear and everything is distinctly placed in a gigantic soundscape.
That little bell in the background, the high hat in the distance and so forth.
Roger Waters amused to death, Q-sound leaps into action, suddenly there are sounds way back in the left corner of the room, never happened before.
Sound stage and clarity are immensly improved.
Just spent a good chunk of change on a new amp, now this, 40gbp DIY cables utterly changed the sound from unappealing to full of emotion, decent slam, holographic and straight up enjoyable.
I was thinking my 25yo Pioneer amp was rubbish or at the least in need of new electrolytics, boy was I wrong.
For the interested, Battery powered Arcam R-Dac, Pioneer A 550-R feeding Troels Gravesen 3Way Mk2.
Also tried with a newer Pioneer A509R and JPW-510s, same there, magic.
Perhaps the take home message is, dont use rubbish cables, they will make you buy expensive gear
. Zippy edit, yes magic can happen with just a slight bump up, doesnt have to cost a mint, certainly worth considering if it is something you've neglected.
stores.ebay.co.uk/achtung-audio?_trksid=p2047675.l2563 , he does somewhat similar cables at reasonable prices for the less DIY minded.
Recipe: 3mm teflon tube, 0.5mm Elec audio 99.99 silver wire, cotton sleeve for each PTFE tube, twist conductors a few times so they stay together nicely, another larger cottons sleeve, TechFlex carbon for the pretty, W & M Audio CS-306G RCA plugs, 10% mundorf silver solder, shrink wrap to taste.
Old vs. New
