Hello there. I am just wondering if there is a difference in sound between the pure crystal oxygen free copper cables vs just the oxygen free cables? Now how about silver plated crystal oxygen free copper cables? Just wanted to see what diyers thought and is it worth it? Or just a technical term to scam with nonsense snake oil rubbish talking? Mr. Daniel
And a price hike!
Best solid core wires I've found is Twin & Earth / 1.5mm dia @ £0.25 a meter - £0.00 if I get it from a sparky 🙂
Best bit is, if its from a sparky, it's already been run in 😉
Best stranded..... Might be a Dyson Vacuum Cleaner cord, sure looks good with is slightly metallic grey outer casing - it could be claimed that bit of wire cost £300 😀😀😀😀
Or maybe the 25yr old Black & Decker extension lead that materialised in my abode from my parents garage clearing effort, grass stains and all!
Wonder what 25yrs worth of running in would cost?
Have tried silver plated something like monster cable and listened A-B with copper only monster and heard no difference.
Have tried solid silver as well, single strand, litz and multi and some agree with my ear and some don't.
Would like to try some of the fancy 'carbon' 'wires', but cant find no one willing to lend me a set.
As ALWAYS, these things are a matter of system synergy.
I did a surveillance system job which had long leads to cameras.
I did a study of different wires and their resistance varied vastly.
We went for the lowest loss cable in the end.
I did a study of different wires and their resistance varied vastly.
We went for the lowest loss cable in the end.
I agree with Dyson cord.
I made up my cables 30 years ago and had to buy the cord by the yard as they never sold the stuff metric in those days.
Dyson cord is always in good condition too at the cleaners are pretty short lived and can be found by the side of roads quite often.
It is free.
I made up my cables 30 years ago and had to buy the cord by the yard as they never sold the stuff metric in those days.
Dyson cord is always in good condition too at the cleaners are pretty short lived and can be found by the side of roads quite often.
It is free.
Just My thoughts,
I don't like OF cable...Mud comes to mind..
LCOF or standard copper..is better...🙂
Now your going to ask stranded or single core..😀
Regards
M. Gregg
I don't like OF cable...Mud comes to mind..
LCOF or standard copper..is better...🙂
Now your going to ask stranded or single core..😀
Regards
M. Gregg
I find your tone offensive.
You obviously have an opinion and an ego to match.
We all have a right to express what we think.
You obviously need to grow up!
I will also ask why the moderators allow words containing S**T to be posted on the forum!
Regards
M. Gregg
You obviously have an opinion and an ego to match.
We all have a right to express what we think.
You obviously need to grow up!
I will also ask why the moderators allow words containing S**T to be posted on the forum!
Regards
M. Gregg
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The only parameter that matters for speaker cord is resistance. Lower the better. Just get heavy gauge power cord and use that for your speakers.
What other electrical features are you talking about? You mean like inductance and capacitance? That's a function of geometry, not the wire itself.
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I sometimes wonder Why I bother to post on forums!
ALL wires are the same, I really shouldnt have said otherwise.
Silly me.
Damn, my kits not badged as Linn 😱
I wonder why too. You bring absolutely nothing meaningful or informative to the discussion.
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maybe you should use forum search - there have been thoughtful, physics, engineering informed discussions on cables before - still the potential audible effects mostly turn out to be really small
and many are skeptical given the fantasies advertised by many "audiophile" cable companies
and many are skeptical given the fantasies advertised by many "audiophile" cable companies
Hello Mr Gregg
If I had wanted to direct my earlier post at you, I would have included your post as a quote. I didn't.
Someone has already noted the irony in your telling me to grow up whilst claiming I offended you. I only restate it for effect.
On a more positive note, thanks for the personality analysis. I'll bear it in mind.
/ot
*cough
Neither have you SO FAR - Other than the pot calling the kettle colours, so to appease you Sir......
Personally, I've never heard any difference between high price sold copper of 9.9's recurring silly price or freshly ripped out of a demolished wall 'got it for free', thats parallel pairs.
Of similar gauge.
Never noticed the difference in circuits either.
Sounds 'Solid' right through the spectrum, growing denser as wire gauge gets thicker (diminishing returns enter the movie here).
Multi stranded almost always sound splashy in the treble and wooly in the bass, Dyson lead 'seems' to be the least 'evil' in this regard, large or small gauge not withstanding.
Interestingly silver sounds broadly the same to copper of either solid or stranded - maybe a slight edgy-ness (some say 'glassy', which to me translates as brittle but not delicate).
Of course, I may well be wrong....... And I don't really know that much, so now you have something to really take aim and shoot at, so I'll beat you to it:
"Sippy, you words and impressions are Utter Tosh."
Please have an average day Mr.Eddy 🙂
I apologise if it was not directed at me it was on oversight on my part.
So now I'm not offended..
So lets discuss the opinion bit. Why was the meter so big? Next question why was it analogue?
Regards
M. Gregg
To be honest,
I think mains cable copper is good!
I haven't checked but I would think it must be good quality copper for the voltage drop. (Low impurities)
When I use it inside amps I replace the insulation with PTFE..it makes good busbars..high current.
Regards
M. Gregg
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