Hi,
Anyone used this type of wire for interconnect use before? Any good..... is there a down side to a full silver cable?
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Multi strand silver wire (Interconnects)
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Re: Multi strand silver wire (Interconnects)
Woven cables like that are almost Litz, it creates high capacitance which in interconnects for music is a disaster. They are useful in tuning system faults, apart from that it is better to not have the problem then try to cure it.
A complete no no for NVA amps it will drive them unstable.
A complete no no for NVA amps it will drive them unstable.
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Re: Multi strand silver wire (Interconnects)
Cheers Doc,Dr Bunsen Honeydew wrote: ↑Thu Mar 15, 2018 9:12 pm Woven cables like that are almost Litz, it creates high capacitance which in interconnects for music is a disaster. They are useful in tuning system faults, apart from that it is better to not have the problem then try to cure it.
A complete no no for NVA amps it will drive them unstable.
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Re: Multi strand silver wire (Interconnects)
Yeah cheers Hemmo and Doc, I have loads of these solid silver plaited interconnects some in the system some not maybe I should try swapping them out with an alternative interconnect and see what happens.
Analogue
401 / PU7 / AT33ev
Longdog Audio Quartz Garrard PSU.
Longdog Audio Phono stage (MCj1)
Digital
NVA BMU.
Innuos Zen / Caiman Seg and Dorado
Cambridge CXC
Amps
Tron Seven Linestage.
Bel Canto Set 40, or LDA 300B Set Monoblocks
Speakers
Tannoy GRF Memory.
Tannoy ST100 Supertweeters
401 / PU7 / AT33ev
Longdog Audio Quartz Garrard PSU.
Longdog Audio Phono stage (MCj1)
Digital
NVA BMU.
Innuos Zen / Caiman Seg and Dorado
Cambridge CXC
Amps
Tron Seven Linestage.
Bel Canto Set 40, or LDA 300B Set Monoblocks
Speakers
Tannoy GRF Memory.
Tannoy ST100 Supertweeters
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Re: Multi strand silver wire (Interconnects)
The silver wire is fine, it is the woven structure that creates the problem. The amount of problem will vary across different products. Simple unfiltered circuits like NVA will be most effected, highly filtered ones the least.
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Re: Multi strand silver wire (Interconnects)
Ok I might just try unweaving them in that case, and try putting them in some sort of covering material / tubing
Analogue
401 / PU7 / AT33ev
Longdog Audio Quartz Garrard PSU.
Longdog Audio Phono stage (MCj1)
Digital
NVA BMU.
Innuos Zen / Caiman Seg and Dorado
Cambridge CXC
Amps
Tron Seven Linestage.
Bel Canto Set 40, or LDA 300B Set Monoblocks
Speakers
Tannoy GRF Memory.
Tannoy ST100 Supertweeters
401 / PU7 / AT33ev
Longdog Audio Quartz Garrard PSU.
Longdog Audio Phono stage (MCj1)
Digital
NVA BMU.
Innuos Zen / Caiman Seg and Dorado
Cambridge CXC
Amps
Tron Seven Linestage.
Bel Canto Set 40, or LDA 300B Set Monoblocks
Speakers
Tannoy GRF Memory.
Tannoy ST100 Supertweeters
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Re: Multi strand silver wire (Interconnects)
When unwoven you have to separate the + ones from the - ones and keep them separate and not mixed up.