where to buy a shield/cover for hifi interconnect ?

[24bit]

thank you for info,
Did you utilize this idea ?
http://www.tnt-audio.com/clinica/merlino.html
connecting the shield to the ground on 1 end only - by power plug

[Reid Malenfant]

No i didn't, nice link by the way However you are 100% correct, the screen is only connected to Earth at the mains plug end & not the equipment end (where it is insulated from all the other connections)

[Reid Malenfant]

it's a synchronicity or telepathy as I was thinking about asking this question

Any ideas, simple and cheap to make good power cables ?
where to buy cable, and other parts - any experience you have, please share, as I am thinking about changing cables at least to power amp, dacs, and maybe later on - if decide it is beneficial - few others things

honestly I still do not understand how power cable could affect Sound Quality, but I read it does. I don't understand mobile phones neither
I remember reading about power conditioner to dac - as Mr Kingwa (AUDIO GD) designer mentioned it has a crucial role to SQ,
If you have any experience with this - please share too,
If this thread needs to be moved - or maybe my questions - please let me know where to,

thank you
great forum! great users!

Oh power cables definately affect the sound & can lower the background noise

If I was you I'd have a chat with Mark @ Mark Grant Cables & David & Mains Cables R Us. These both supply ready made good quality cables & as far as I'm aware off the reel cable, no harm in asking This is possibly your best bet for the amount of hassle & time that making your own may not seem so worthwhile. Definately if it needs to be flexible at any rate!

I'm using Mark Grant DSP2.5 in my system & it's great cable, the only reason I did some research into making my own is because no-one can supply me with a mains cable which is screened & has the current carrying capacity I need

What i need is a 10mm^2 from the consumer unit, so i thought I'd get some 10mm^2 twin & earth & then cover it in either copper or aluminium foil. So i bought the cable (all 22M of it) & sooner or later i'll get the foil & some heatshrink to cover it with. It won't be exactly flexible, but that doesn't matter as it'll be installed the once.

Finally found my prize (ignore the 25mm diameter bit, the 20/25 refers to 20mm diameter & 25M long) Flexible steel conduit with a 35mm bend radius & covered in an overall stainless steel braid. It'll just be a question of stuffing a load of cable through 18M of this stuff

External diameter of 20mm & an internal diameter of 16.9mm, it will take a 10mm^2 twin & earth cable with a tad of room to spare. Finally I'll be able to have a fully screened cable back to the consumer unit

Now I just need some 20mm cable clips Oooh, these would look quite funky with that stainless steel braid

This will be going in next year when I'll need that 10mm^2 cable


There are other things like this on fleabay if anyone is interested, type adaptaflex into ebay search

[Mark Grant]

Finally found my prize (ignore the 25mm diameter bit, the 20/25 refers to 20mm diameter & 25M long) Flexible steel conduit with a 35mm bend radius & covered in an overall stainless steel braid.

That was a good price at £37.50 + delivery

screen grab from an old trade price list from 2006, £277.80 + VAT !

[Reid Malenfant]

Yup, I did think about buying it straight off the bat at £40 + delivery... Instead I put in an offer at £35 & got a counter offer of £37.50 which I was thinking of in the first place

E2A:- That might not be exactly the same stuff Mark, what I bought is steel but with a stainless braid covering it. I have no doubt there is well over £100 worth there though

I'm happy

[goraman]

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