NVA interconnects

[chelsea]

Maybe some people on here could make the cable to show him how to do it.
This thread seems to have not much to do with nva cables but just sticking the boot in on RD.

I have had numerous interconnects fail over the years but don't find the need to whinge on a forum about it.
Why not just resolder it or send it back.

[Andrew B]

Maybe some people on here could make the cable to show him how to do it.
This thread seems to have not much to do with nva cables but just sticking the boot in on RD.

I have had numerous interconnects fail over the years but don't find the need to whinge on a forum about it.
Why not just resolder it or send it back.

I've owned probably two dozen Chord Company cables. Every one broke; some more than once. Sonic link, DNM, Atlas and a number of others all broke too. Never had an NVA cable break, nor a van Den Hul or Rega. They are the only three in over 30 years though.

Edit: I agree about the purpose of the thread now being something other than it started out. It's just a pity that people not only feel the need to try and put others off great value (and bloody good) products, but they also deprive themselves of them too, all because they don't like the maker. I dislike Apple: the marketing, the nerdiness and the horrid little shops. I love their products though, because I find them better and nicer to use. So I buy and use them. To me it's logical.

[Wakefield Turntables]

Whoever made the observation that all cable threads eventually end up in tears was spot on. This thread is no exception.

[Andrew B]

Whoever made the observation that all cable threads eventually end up in tears was spot on. This thread is no exception.

And the real irony is that those who contribute most prolifically are either die hard followers on the one side and either haters or skeptics on the other. The protracted debate has little or no effect on ordinary buyers who just don't have the level of interest or entrenched position.

[Gordon Steadman]

This has just turned into 'get your own back' fest and has proved that the lowest common denominator tends to prevail.

Roll on midnight and I hope I never see this here again.

[Marco]

I've owned probably two dozen Chord Company cables. Every one broke; some more than once. Sonic link, DNM, Atlas and a number of others all broke too.

NVA interconnects aside, what on earth are all you ham-fisted daftees doing with your cables to break them continually - swinging with them from the rafters??

I can say, in all honesty, that in 25+ years of using 100s of different types and makes of audio cables, less than a handful have broken. Something ain't right, folks. It's the same with the daftees who continually snap the cantilevers off of their cartridges. Sorry, guys, but mostly this is just sheer carelessness.

Marco.

[Andrew B]

Honestly, I just don't understand what went on with Chord Co and me. Sometimes I'd get them out after being stored and they'd just be broken from the off. Once I wired up a pre power set up with two CD players. After tearing my hair out to find out why one channel was off, I found the left channel on ALL THREE sets had broken. Suffice to say it was a WTF moment.

As an aside, I really don't like those new Profis. They look and feel about one third as nice as the old ones. Not worth the money now IMO.

[Figlet108]

Just needs to be something non conductive Jason. Never done anything like this myself, but perhaps something like this would do the job?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Polycraft-...item35c45df90f

Thanks Ali.
Cheap enough to just do an experiment for myself with and without on two sets of SSP and see for myself if it really does make much of a difference.

Out of interest, and since we're back to talking about cable again, I did an experiment of building a triple-shielded SSP:



Obviously the shielded one is on the left...
All the shielding and shrink-wrap makes for a very robust cable and eliminates EMI and RFI to boot. Just a bit of a PITA to build... (well for me anyway - I'm sure a pro would have no problems)

[WOStantonCS100]

I find it sad that addressing generally accepted practices for doing "simple" electrical work would meet with such resistance. I mean, yeah, we love the sound of things; but, at least, I would think, for a builder, how something sounds would always be tempered with practicality of implementation. I guess it doesn't matter to the manufacturer who'll be glad to just keep charging you to fix it and the end user who doesn't mind paying. I myself have made and use a few solid core conductor ICs; but, I don't kid myself about their lower bend-cycles. They are also painstakingly terminated. But, whatever...

[stupinder]