Another one bites the dust Zxhao Binding Posts state pure copper core but are brass

Gardenstater
Gardenstater Posts: 4,133
edited January 2020 in DIY, Mods & Tweaks
These are getting returned to Amazon. Scratched the shite out of a 1979 copper penny and I mean a deep gouge lol. And they look just like Brass.....hmmm.....do they think people are stupid ??? :o

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Scratch starts at the B in LIBERTY

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George / NJ

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  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 5,420
    Solid copperish.
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  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,133
    edited January 2020
    "THE CONDUCTOR IS PURE COPPER CORE......" LOL LOL LOL Umm how deep down is this pure copper core? Like they plated copper with brass but when you grind the end with a diamond hone you somehow cannot see the copper core??? And I know it isn't a super thick gold plating because that'd be non cost effective to say the least, and would definitely not scratch a copper penny
    George / NJ

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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    What year penny? I use to get a kick out of showing people how the zinc ones turn to ash on the stove as opposed to the real copper ones getting red hot. Anyway when I was looking most stuff was brass core regardless of the advertised "plating".
  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 5,420
    He had a 79. I think 82 and earlier were the most copper and even them are only 60% as 100% would be too soft.
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    There is about a 5% genetic difference between apes and men …but that difference is the difference between throwing your own poo when you are annoyed …and Einstein, Shakespeare and Miss January. by Dr. Sardonicus
  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 5,420
    Don't beat yourself up over this. I personally think the short distances here don't make much audible difference. Now if it was travelling a foot or 10 that would be a different story.
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    Harman Kardon T65C w/Grado Gold. (Don't laugh. It sounds great!)


    There is about a 5% genetic difference between apes and men …but that difference is the difference between throwing your own poo when you are annoyed …and Einstein, Shakespeare and Miss January. by Dr. Sardonicus
  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,133
    edited January 2020
    1959 to 1982 copper pennies are 95% copper and the rest is 5% tin and zinc.

    I think I understand how this Chinese company is staying "legal" with the claim of "pure copper core....." I took a **** punch and scratched the deep inside bottom of the area where the wire to the crossover network is supposed to go (the side of the binding post that is inside the cabinet) AND it scratched very easily and damned if it doesn't look a little copperish in there. I'm not sure the photo will show it. Anyway, maybe they do have a small rod of copper inside the brass, which is probably either cast around it, or maybe even more likely the copper rod is a heat shrink fit inside of the brass, which is then CNC machined. So the copper rod represents a core that starts very close to where a ring terminal or spade would be attached or a wire would be mounted prior to **** down the binding post nut (although these attachmnents would be decidedly in contact with brass first) and then the other end of the rod is deep in the hole where theoretically the end of your inside cabinet wiring could touch it or be soldered to it. The most this copper could be is 3/8" long.

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    George / NJ

    Polk 7B main speakers, std. mods+ (1979, orig owner)
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  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,133
    @audioluvr But how would the Ohno Continuous Cast Copper crowd feel about it? They worry about the electrons crossing grains of copper even, so what would be the effect of crossing from brass to copper and back to brass again? I was skeptical at first but as my system gets more refined I realize that I do hear these differences, much to my surprise.

    I know that there is the crowd that says it's just a matter of what you can measure......ie. DC loop resistance, inductance, and capacitance. I've come to realize there is much more to it.
    George / NJ

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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 27,964
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  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 5,420
    True but look at all the solder that's in your amps/pre/wires/crossovers etc... Someone make it stop!
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    Wireworld Silver Eclipse IC's and speaker cables
    Harman Kardon T65C w/Grado Gold. (Don't laugh. It sounds great!)


    There is about a 5% genetic difference between apes and men …but that difference is the difference between throwing your own poo when you are annoyed …and Einstein, Shakespeare and Miss January. by Dr. Sardonicus
  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,133
    Thanks @VR3 that's interesting. That's the Eichmann company that makes the Bullet RCA plugs. Turns out it's made of standard ETP electrolytic tough pitch copper which is what basic electrical wire such as lamp cord is made out of. 3N copper. Still much better than brass lol and is 101% IACS. I figured that a couple pair of those would cost me $92.70 shipped to me, a little more than the Cardas ones.

    ETP Copper info:

    https://alloys.copper.org/alloy/C11000
    George / NJ

    Polk 7B main speakers, std. mods+ (1979, orig owner)
    Martin Logan Dynamo sub w/6ft 14awg Power Cord
    Crown D150 amp
    Logitech Squeezebox Touch Streamer w/EDO applet
    iFi nano iDSD DAC
    iPurifier3
    iDefender w/ iPower PS
    Custom Steve Wilson 1m UPOCC Interconnect
    iFi Mercury 0.5m OFHC continuous cast copper USB cable
    Custom Ribbon Speaker Cables, 5ft long, 4N Copper, 14awg, ultra low inductance
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  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 5,420
    Or you could get the silver plated ones for only a couple hundred more.
    Gustard X26 Pro DAC
    Belles 21A Pre modded with Mundorf Supreme caps
    B&K M200 Sonata monoblocks refreshed and upgraded
    Polk SDA 1C's modded / 1000Va Dreadnaught
    Wireworld Silver Eclipse IC's and speaker cables
    Harman Kardon T65C w/Grado Gold. (Don't laugh. It sounds great!)


    There is about a 5% genetic difference between apes and men …but that difference is the difference between throwing your own poo when you are annoyed …and Einstein, Shakespeare and Miss January. by Dr. Sardonicus
  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,133
    Ha! In for a penny in for a pound.
    George / NJ

    Polk 7B main speakers, std. mods+ (1979, orig owner)
    Martin Logan Dynamo sub w/6ft 14awg Power Cord
    Crown D150 amp
    Logitech Squeezebox Touch Streamer w/EDO applet
    iFi nano iDSD DAC
    iPurifier3
    iDefender w/ iPower PS
    Custom Steve Wilson 1m UPOCC Interconnect
    iFi Mercury 0.5m OFHC continuous cast copper USB cable
    Custom Ribbon Speaker Cables, 5ft long, 4N Copper, 14awg, ultra low inductance
    Custom Vibration Isolation Speaker Stands and Sub Platform
  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 5,420
    I actually may consider the silver ones when I upgrade the wiring in my speakers. @pitdogg2 linked me with some sweet silver hookup wire!

    https://silversonic.com/products/hookup-wire/ofh-14/

    Gustard X26 Pro DAC
    Belles 21A Pre modded with Mundorf Supreme caps
    B&K M200 Sonata monoblocks refreshed and upgraded
    Polk SDA 1C's modded / 1000Va Dreadnaught
    Wireworld Silver Eclipse IC's and speaker cables
    Harman Kardon T65C w/Grado Gold. (Don't laugh. It sounds great!)


    There is about a 5% genetic difference between apes and men …but that difference is the difference between throwing your own poo when you are annoyed …and Einstein, Shakespeare and Miss January. by Dr. Sardonicus
  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 49,704
    Shakes head.........
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  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,133
    @pitdogg2 Thanks. Being that it's reduced from $96 for two pair to $72 now, I may just cough it up. That's a decent price and if I were to try to make these on my Taig Micro Lathe from copper it would cost a decent amount for the copper (haven't priced it) and the labor is substantial.
    George / NJ

    Polk 7B main speakers, std. mods+ (1979, orig owner)
    Martin Logan Dynamo sub w/6ft 14awg Power Cord
    Crown D150 amp
    Logitech Squeezebox Touch Streamer w/EDO applet
    iFi nano iDSD DAC
    iPurifier3
    iDefender w/ iPower PS
    Custom Steve Wilson 1m UPOCC Interconnect
    iFi Mercury 0.5m OFHC continuous cast copper USB cable
    Custom Ribbon Speaker Cables, 5ft long, 4N Copper, 14awg, ultra low inductance
    Custom Vibration Isolation Speaker Stands and Sub Platform
  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,133
    @audioluvr The 12 gauge Neotech solid OCC wire I got from SonicCraft is like a coat hanger wire LOL. Not that I was expecting anything different. I'm going to use it for the midbass drivers only.


    That wire you linked is interesting because it is stranded, however I'm one of those OCD types that is trying to avoid the effect where you supposedly get smearing of details when the electrons jump from one wire to the next so I told myself I'd either use solid core* or Litz. It would be nice and flexible for sure.

    * as long as the frequencies being handled by that wire don't exceed the 100% skin depth rating at that gauge.
    George / NJ

    Polk 7B main speakers, std. mods+ (1979, orig owner)
    Martin Logan Dynamo sub w/6ft 14awg Power Cord
    Crown D150 amp
    Logitech Squeezebox Touch Streamer w/EDO applet
    iFi nano iDSD DAC
    iPurifier3
    iDefender w/ iPower PS
    Custom Steve Wilson 1m UPOCC Interconnect
    iFi Mercury 0.5m OFHC continuous cast copper USB cable
    Custom Ribbon Speaker Cables, 5ft long, 4N Copper, 14awg, ultra low inductance
    Custom Vibration Isolation Speaker Stands and Sub Platform
  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,133
    @pitdogg2 I ordered the Cardas and am returning the Zxhao failed experiment.
    George / NJ

    Polk 7B main speakers, std. mods+ (1979, orig owner)
    Martin Logan Dynamo sub w/6ft 14awg Power Cord
    Crown D150 amp
    Logitech Squeezebox Touch Streamer w/EDO applet
    iFi nano iDSD DAC
    iPurifier3
    iDefender w/ iPower PS
    Custom Steve Wilson 1m UPOCC Interconnect
    iFi Mercury 0.5m OFHC continuous cast copper USB cable
    Custom Ribbon Speaker Cables, 5ft long, 4N Copper, 14awg, ultra low inductance
    Custom Vibration Isolation Speaker Stands and Sub Platform
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