Granny ring, Jetrexpro, all


Are any of you building power cords with the Western Electric WE16ga? I see that a bunch of fellas on the Jeff Day Blog are making them with very good success. Day has also made some and it seems he may install on his
Mac MC30s. How about it? Any updates? Best, Rob
mikirob
Jet - That is disappointing re: the 10 ga.  I bought some to try as SC and PC.  Have not done so yet.

I use different systems at different times. I currently have 2A3s set up and single wire, but bi-wire using much more powerful amps (SS or Hybrid) with the rest.

Did you try 16 ga on the high end and 10 ga on the low?

Regards

Rob, Thanks for the update on the success of your WE power cables. If this 10ga doesn't work out as speaker cable I may build power cables with it.

Maxima95, I have not tried 16ga on the tweeter and 10ga on the woofer. What kind of speakers are you using with your 2a3 amp? Are you using 16ga WE speaker cable with it?

Mitch2, I was thinking about what I might be doing wrong that could be creating the bloated sound of the 10ga WE wire. One thought I had was to borrow my friend's solder pot and dip the amp end of the 10ga wire into it which would assure that my transformer wire is in good contact with the wire...although this might have the opposite affect. My Soldering gun is not hot enough to solder 10ga wire.  A solder pot will definitely do the job. Another thought I had was to try a single run of 10ga instead of bi-wire.

These are all food for thought and I have no idea how any of this will work and to tell the truth I am in love with the sound of my system and have little motivation to try new things these days. The C3m driver tubes and Audio Note Kaisei capacitors I am using in my 300b amp are singing and for my taste in sound, don't want to alter too much from what I have. But having said that I am curious about 10ga WE wire. Regards and thank you to all - Jet.

Jetrexpro,
It is a wonderful happening when you get to your state of satisfaction with an audio system. I'm there with my second/office system. After changing out the stock capacitors for Arizona Green/NOS stock Mallory capacitors and select Ohmite Brown Devil resistors plus WE wire all suggested by Yazaki-san and replacing all the stock tubes, Oyaide wall outlets and plate I believe I am done, save for experimenting with the Synergistic Red or Black fuse. Then
the only other temptation is to up the ante and acquire new speakers? But that will require a much larger amount of cash to top what the Tekton's do. I find a lot of satisfaction in putting together killer second system that compares or beats much of the high price stuff. This particular set-up I have does that. Best, Rob
Agreed Rob. Nice to hear that you are enjoying your 2nd system and its great to use DIY to upgrade caps and resistors to get to that place. Money savings for sure!
Jet - I am using slightly modified Klipsch LaScalas (aftermarket crossover and tweeter(s).  I use WE 14ga to wire the midrange to the xover and WE 16ga for the tweeter.  I have tried other wires but am liking the balance with the WE so far.

I tried the WE 16 for the speaker wires (bare) and have had them in and out.  I will try them again sometime.  I have some Rhodium/copper spades and some gold/copper bananas I could try as well.  I may not even bother with the WE 10ga for the 2A3s.

I made a PC for the DAC with WE 14ga for the H/N and a piece of 8ga wire I had laying around for the ground.  I used these connectors: 
http://www.sonarquest.net/carbon-edition/rhodium-plated/sonarquest-carbon-fiber-series-rhodium-plate...   I take it out periodically to try something else; but I keep putting it back in!

I have all of these projects in mind for the WE wire I have.  The only stumbling block is the execution.