Silver inter connect wires

ben62670

Vr3MxStyler2k3 wrote: »

Its good stuff

I left you feedback as well --

Just a fwiw

Thanks Again
I have PBJ's, and Straight wire Encore II's sitting in a drawer. I just gave away some other Straight wire IC's. I have replaced all my IC's with Silver. The silver wire PBJ braid style kicks butt.

I have also been working on some silver speaker wire building lately. I have come to the conclusion I want to build 2 different designs. One includes using 2 14ga silver plated connectors, and the other would use 4 16ga silver plated wires in a star quad configuration like the Canare S411's, and the Audio Quest Type 4's. The later could be used as a regular speaker wire, or be setup for a Bi-Wire setup.

ben62670

Well I have just received the Nuetrik black XLR's with gold plated contacts. I liked gold over the standard connectors, and the nickle looks ghetto compared to black. I will post picks when done.

venomclan

All wire sounds the same....j/k

Face

venomclan wrote: »

All wire sounds the same....j/k

As long as you have 200 watts going to your speakers, it doesn't matter.

Sorry for going OT Ben. Next time I need a a pair of I/C, I have you in mind.

ben62670

Well I had a couple request for shielded cables. These use Teflon like the rest, but have 4 conductors, and boots on either end. The wire is stranded 24ga silver plated.


I am using 3.5mm plug for computer to receiver on these;)
See post 1 for a larger pic.
Thanks Ben

lightman1

Checked out your website. I'm interested in some of those RCA's

ben62670

lightman1 wrote: »

Checked out your website. I'm interested in some of those RCA's

PM sent

ben62670

Well I did a set of XLR's for a guy with the new Neutrik connectors, and they look much better. They are black with gold contacts. I'm much happier than the nickel bodied XLR's I had before.


Post 1 has the larger version.

ben62670

The new Neutrik RCA's
The ones I was using previously didn't have that great of a grip. I switched to these, they grab much better, and I like the spring strain relief.


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Face

Can't wait to try mine out this week.

schwarcw

Those look real nice! Like Halloween!:D;)

ben62670

Well I had a Polkie who wanted something with a more traditional shield, still silver, and Teflon. I made a Silver star quad configuration with a silver plated full braid shield. Well here they are.


Post 1 has the larger version.

hearingimpared

I really can't wait to get these Ben!

ben62670

Well farting around with cables again. I have had request for 3.5mm to RCA. I was using an adapter before to convert to 3.5mm. Now I have my 3.5 plugs in. Some have wanted them for MP3 players to the inputs on the font of there Pre's, or receivers. I am using a couple pairs for my computer. My puter allows me to assign the jacks for what ever purpose I need. I have my SACD changer, and my CD changer hooked up to my puter for now. I just select which input I want to use, and I am in business:)



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schwarcw

ben62670 wrote: »

Well I had a Polkie who wanted something with a more traditional shield, still silver, and Teflon. I made a Silver star quad configuration with a silver plated full braid shield. Well here they are.


Post 1 has the larger version.

Tell us more about the quad configuration, braid and the teflon. This stuff is interesting.

Carl

ben62670

The Star Quad is a more traditional shielding. Built similarly to the Encore II's except I use 2 24ga wires instead of 4 24ga wires. I use 2 for the signal, and 2 for the ground like the AQ star Quad speaker cables. I did try both combinations, and found that the Straight wire setup had way too much capacitance, and veiled the highs. And again I also use Silver wire with Teflon for their conductors.

http://www.straightwire.com/

The Braid uses a third wire as the shield. You can read up on it here.

http://www.kimber.com/Products/Interconnects/PBJ/PBJ.aspx

If RF is not a major issue the braid is a better option.

ben62670

Well I am making a change to my braided wires. I am now going to be sheathing these to improve durability. If you have the non sheathed ones, and want them redone let me know. There is a bigger pic on the first page. The sheathing is darker than my camera shows. The color is carbon. Kinda a dark gray.

hearingimpared

ben62670 wrote: »

Well I had a Polkie who wanted something with a more traditional shield, still silver, and Teflon. I made a Silver star quad configuration with a silver plated full braid shield. Well here they are.


Post 1 has the larger version.

These are stellar cables and are especially good as turntable connector ICs.

I have them between my step-up and transformer and my phono pre. They did take over 220 hours to burnin. I had a hum problem that these cable completely got rid of. But without burnin they were very harsh and thin in the bass intermitently. After burning them in by using them on the output (2.3 v) of a CD player for the 220 hours they took on a very detailed clarity that I found very surprising. The bass response is extened and tight.

ben62670

hearingimpared wrote: »

These are stellar cables and are especially good as turntable connector ICs.

I have them between my step-up and transformer and my phono pre. They did take over 220 hours to burnin. I had a hum problem that these cable completely got rid of. But without burnin they were very harsh and thin in the bass intermitently. After burning them in by using them on the output (2.3 v) of a CD player for the 220 hours they took on a very detailed clarity that I found very surprising. The bass response is extened and tight.

The ones I sent Joe recently are the Star Quads that take a long time to burn in. The sheathed ones are the braided, and take no time at all to burn in.

hearingimpared

ben62670 wrote: »

The ones I sent Joe recently are the Star Quads that take a long time to burn in. The sheathed ones are the braided, and take no time at all to burn in.

The braided ICs took around 30 hours to start struting their stuff but after 50 they really shined. I love these braided cables but you can't use them in a turntable chain in that they aren't shielded and will pick up or make any hum worse. Although I haven't tried them from the stepup transformer to the phono pre. They may work very well in that config.

schwarcw

I like to use mine un-sheathed!:D:eek:

treitz3

Ben, please give me a quote on 4 6 footers just like these puppies. PM me back if you wish. TXS.

ben62670

treitz3 wrote: »

Ben, please give me a quote on 4 6 footers just like these puppies. PM me back if you wish. TXS.

I'm not doing the braided in 6 foot lengths anymore. I am running out of the pure silver wire. I have however the star-quad type like up above that I can do in 6 foot lengths. I held off selling them till I had a couple sets out for comparison. The star-quad sound very nice, but take a long time to burn-in. BTW I can sheath these too. The sheathing really looks very nice.

Ben

ben62670

Shoot me a PM. They are as long as you want them depending on style.

treitz3

Ben, got 'em and they look and sound great! Nice job.

95Honda

I'm surprised you are using the 2nd ground as an electrostatic shield, I remember Kimber hooking up the 2 ground cables on both ends back in the day, they may have changed since them...

I braided literally 100s of feet of wire back in the mid 90's copying the Kimber designs. I think it is a solid well thought out design for small signal wiring.

I wonder what it would sound like if you ran just a pair of that nice looking wire and than ran a full electrostatic shield over them? Just some braided sleeving maybe?

Anyway, good looking product!

ben62670

95Honda wrote: »

I'm surprised you are using the 2nd ground as an electrostatic shield, I remember Kimber hooking up the 2 ground cables on both ends back in the day, they may have changed since them...

I braided literally 100s of feet of wire back in the mid 90's copying the Kimber designs. I think it is a solid well thought out design for small signal wiring.

I wonder what it would sound like if you ran just a pair of that nice looking wire and than ran a full electrostatic shield over them? Just some braided sleeving maybe?

Anyway, good looking product!

I think they would be about the same sounding. The only complaints I have had about hum (interference was TT's), and yes they did change the design.

Dennis47

Ben,

Can you give me an update on the status of the ICs I ordered
and made payment for on 11-13-10? As of todays mail delivery
I have not received them. I not trying to hurry you...just want
to make sure someone is here to bring them inside due to the
bad weather this time of year.

Can you send me the shipper's tracking number when they are sent?

Thanks,
Dennis

ben62670

I received your cables today. They damaged the box. If you could please send me a PM with your addy and what you ordered. I am shipping again very soon.
Thanks
Ben

Dennis47

PM sent........