My "REAL SOUND" experiment.

[brian2957]

I ended getting the Beldem IC cable from POLAND I must admit to not taking too much notice of the bass but I do have some pretty good tracks to which I can assess your findings. I'm finding that the Belden IC's are very good with Digital sources and not so good from the analog side of things.

That's interesting Andy , I wonder why?

[Wakefield Turntables]

That's interesting Andy , I wonder why?

?????? No idea. I'm a very sceptical cable critic and wouldn't like to say. I think there are too many variables at play here.

[brian2957]

Yes agreed . I gave up trying to fathom out these things years ago . If it sounds good to my ears then it is good

[Wakefield Turntables]

Just a quicky for those that want to try the Duelund Western Electric speaker cable. It's now available at HiFi collective and I'm not sure if its £7 or £8 per meter. I'm probably going to get some more and russle up some IC's for a little fun over Xmas.

[Wakefield Turntables]

I really must post my findings at some point. I need to plonk these cables in my reference Valve system and have a decent session.

[petrat]

I really must post my findings at some point. I need to plonk these cables in my reference Valve system and have a decent session.

Yes ... do that!

[brian2957]

Yup...pull yer socks up Andy

[Wakefield Turntables]

Right, I've been meaning to write something for a while, so here goes.

I plugged the Belden IC's and Duelund speaker cable into my Valve reference system (see signature for details). I removed my usual Mark Grant cables
https://markgrant.co.uk/audio-cables...t-0110-ag.html and my Van Damme 6mm Blue Speaker cable.
http://hifipig.com/van-damme-blue-an...peaker-cables/ I use this combination every Sunday night to listen to Jazz whilst having the odd Penderyn.

Now the Belden/Duelund combo had big shoes to fill and Jeff over at Jeff's place decided to spend whole weeks raving over the potential of these cables. You have to admit that my system is nothing like Jeff's and I sure as hell ain't gonna spend $1000's on Duelund caps to replicate what he has. So, I plugged in and started to listen. Initially I was very surprised at how life like and delicate cymbals sounded. I even began to think that John Coltrane's Sax sounded "organic" just like Jeff said it would, then I realised that I was listening to a very condensed, weedy rendition of what should be a very three dimensional Saxophone standing in the left corner of my sound stage. The sax sounded just like it was playing into a cup . Piano I'm afraid was no better. All I could hear was a painfully dull and blunted rendition on piano playing. I'm used to being to hear each note indvidually and follow the edge of the note as it decays, no, not here, I actually had to stop listening after 5 minutes. Things went even further down hill, I decided to try Miles Davis Kinda Blue, the opening reverb on the double was completely lost and was more of a mumble. I'm afraid to say that I took the cables out at this stage and fitted back my old reference cables, sat down and had a whisky to calm my nerves and then calmly listened to some decent jazz.

[brian2957]

Sounds like you had a rough time mate

Glad all has been returned to sonic '' normality '' .

I regularly do the same and always return to an earlier cable , usually very quickly

Enjoy your whisky

[Wakefield Turntables]

Sounds like you had a rough time mate

Glad all has been returned to sonic '' normality '' .

I regularly do the same and always return to an earlier cable , usually very quickly

Enjoy your whisky

The IC's sound fine but not as good as the Klotz. The Belden/Duelund combo sounded ok on SS equipment, now how does that work, Jeff's stuff is mainly valve/horn based stuff?????