keith_correa
Well-Known Member
OK Guys, here's what I did this weekend:
I have a JVC CDP+Amp mini compo. that is in my bedroom and the bass on that was always bloated and flabby. The speaker cables on that was a DIY "white Lightning".
A friend of mine had sent me a cable recipe to try. I tried it and now the bloat is much reduced, there is better separation - basically the sound has stepped up from what it used to be.
The way I did an A/B test was to first just wire this new cable to the left speaker and let the "White Lightning" remain for the right speaker. I could hear the left speaker sounding distinctly better than the right speaker.
I built this with what I had on hand - CAT5. Check out the horrid attached depiction. I'm sure just by looking at the image no one will be able to make out head nor tail of what I did, so, here's the recipe.
For 1 speaker:
Please do not ask me how this works - I have no explanation.
Please do not flame me if it does not work or degrades the sound if/when you try this out.
The length of X between my speakers and amp is 2 feet so maybe this works for shorter lengths and not for long lengths. Maybe it works for crappy gear like mine and not for awediophile gear.
Please do post the results you get. I'd be interested in knowing what it does in your configuration.
I have a JVC CDP+Amp mini compo. that is in my bedroom and the bass on that was always bloated and flabby. The speaker cables on that was a DIY "white Lightning".
A friend of mine had sent me a cable recipe to try. I tried it and now the bloat is much reduced, there is better separation - basically the sound has stepped up from what it used to be.
The way I did an A/B test was to first just wire this new cable to the left speaker and let the "White Lightning" remain for the right speaker. I could hear the left speaker sounding distinctly better than the right speaker.
I built this with what I had on hand - CAT5. Check out the horrid attached depiction. I'm sure just by looking at the image no one will be able to make out head nor tail of what I did, so, here's the recipe.
For 1 speaker:
- Say the length of wire that you need to connect your amp to speaker is X
- Y = 5 multipied by X
- Cut a length of CAT5 equal to Y
- Strip away the sheath from around the 4 twisted pairs
- Separate 1 twisted pair from the other 3 twisted pairs.
- Cut this twisted pair to length = X. This pair is shown as the blue and black wires in the attached image.
- From the other 3 pairs, separate 1 strand.
- Helically wind this strand tightly and closely over a rod/pen/whatever - I used a Reynolds pen. Do this for the entire length of strand Y. Remove pen.
- Now insert twisted pair X inside Y - make sure that the winding of Y is opposite the twist direction of X.
- At each end connect Y to one strand of twisted pair X. This is +ve.
- Connect between amp & speaker.
- Do the same for the other speaker too.
- Power on and check if sound changes for the better [worse?].
Please do not ask me how this works - I have no explanation.
Please do not flame me if it does not work or degrades the sound if/when you try this out.
The length of X between my speakers and amp is 2 feet so maybe this works for shorter lengths and not for long lengths. Maybe it works for crappy gear like mine and not for awediophile gear.
Please do post the results you get. I'd be interested in knowing what it does in your configuration.
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