Yes the Duelund wire at $10 meter bests all the big dollar cable I have heard and owned over the years. Folks you must try this stuff and you will sell your high dollar cables. At least many of you will. 16 gauge stranded and tinned copper wire in oil impregnated cotton. Made like the Western Electric NOS wire from the 60s and 70s only better! Parts Connextion is the place to buy it. Amazing wire for ICs, speaker cable, hook-up wire...
Please do not use connectors on the speaker cable and simply use the bare wire. It is tinned and will not oxidize. You will smile big 😁
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True and in the end the only thing we all can agree on. |
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Yes it is. I did respond directly to you also. |
Jayctoy, kimchi impregnated cotton is also on trend but will most likely give way to Peruvian chili oil impregnating. |
Actually good builders test the sound of various wire both in the power supply and low voltage circuits. The type of wire used changes the sound just has various types of connectors, capacitors, and resistors do. When I build I also test wire and have spend a few hundred dollars on great sounding wire in point to point wired tube amps. The wire used certainly makes a difference. But, to have knowledge of this you must have actually taken the time to listen to different wire in the circuit/amp and that takes quite an effort. Most designers don't make this effort and operate under the assumption all good wire, in spec for the job at hand, sounds the same. They are wrong as many of us know.
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Can we all agree wire cannot obtain the sonic pot of gold? It is part of a complete that when well matched can get you closer. But no, wire alone cannot do it. Can we also agree that wire types can sound different? Hoping to reach something we can mostly agree with. |
Cary Rocket88r. Used. Owned the Dynaco and it is fine sounding once modified and updated. However the Cary is far better in my set-up anyway.
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I like the ST70 and MK4 Dyna monos a lot and have had and modded both. I also modded the Cary Rocket 88r and it really is very special. When I say mod I am referring to better parts quality and replacing suspect parts due to age.
The Cary can be had for $1000 -$1200 used and is a superb value. The Dynaco amps were a lot of fun for sure. I liked the MK 4 monos a little more than the ST70, but both were nice. |
Well I love this site and have been very active selling, buying, and posting. I like reading geoffkait's comments as I find him both humorous and well educated on many matters important to this site.
He certainly does not need my backing, but it is in all of our best interests to hear a wide variety of opinion and knowledge. His humor is just nice icing on the tolerance cake. |
Sure, what about all the miles and miles of cable bringing power into the gear ahead of the capacitors, output transformers, resistors, tubes etc... in our gear. Surely none of these parts can make a difference? Of coarse that power cord, that high quality output tranny, those NOS tubes, that high end resistor etc.. all make a difference regardless of the miles of wire ahead of it. Sure the quality of the wire in those output transformers and inside the gear also makes a difference. It all makes a difference! This is audio hobby 101 stuff and we need to go beyond milk and into solid food. Time for some baby audio enthusiasts to move into deeper matters and leave the bottle.
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Building gear is like a chef cooking at creating in a kitchen. Different combinations of ingredients yield different results. When I build or mod tube gear I learned this first hand. Changing out wire, caps, resistors, diodes, layout, trannys etc... all influence the end sound. The art of it is choosing the ingredients (parts) that deliver the sound one desires. All gear has a flavor, no doubt about it. How the soup tastes, the gear sounds, is a net result of both the parts chosen and design/recipe. Use cheap spices, get a different result in the soup and in the gear. |
+1 aberyclark. You pretty much summed it very nicely. |
Well said John and I agree 10000% based on my experience.
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@dynaquest4. Your post is interesting to me. Since you have no idea if your claim is true or false, as you have no proof, your comment is more a reflection of an intolerance towards views and experiences differing from your own. Goodness we are all so guilty of this today - myself included. I do wish we could all respect opposing views and experiences without distain, anger, and condeming judgement. Must we revile differing audio experiences and beliefs? If we continue to assume the worst in others, then we really leave no room for healthy discourse and learning.
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I most likely have not given enough time and effort to wire directionality. Goodness with all the sonic changes with burn in alone I guess I was too lazy to test for direction. I assume I can just test for the more pleasing sound directionally first and then just it burn in after. You have peaked my interest enough to start playing with direction. |
