Looking for really fine cables at really low price

Jetrxpro

Interesting you say that I find the WE wire has strange settling in more than any other wire I have heard?

Rob and Grannyring
As we talked about before this wire could shake many foundations of belief and not just about wire.

Does this mean Silver caps are not better? I only have copper so can not say but many think so...

Why use Silver solder? When wire coated in tin is great? (I can not claim to hearing any solder difference but many can)

Someone mention skin affect being not good with only 25 strands.

Yazaki-san is sending our beliefs for a loop!

Ok Jet a built a set of WE ICs today. Here is my build. Switchcraft gold RCA connectors. I used one pole of 16g WE for positive and one for negative twisting over the length of the cable. Not a tight twist but a turn every 1.5 - 2 inches.

I then place a tinned copper braided shield with 85% coverage and soldered on both negative ends. The braid is made by Belden. I then placed clear heat shrink over the braid and finally a nice gold colored woven cloth outer jacket.

Burning in on my cheap shop system.

Rhanson, "All that's golden does not glitter." Giving these a try surely requires slaughtering every sacred cow in sight. Were it not for Rob's endorsement, who I know to share my sonic value system, I would have dismissed all this wire as someones pipe dream. However, since I was in the process of putting together a new system requiring long runs of wire, the attractive price in addition to Rob's endorsement compelled me to give it a try. While my experiment got off to a rough start, with only about 10 hours of burn in, I am very satisfied with this wire and have no doubt it will get better based on Bill's experience with burn in. Even if it gets no better than it is right now, it is a steal at the price. Nothing I have tried at 2x or 3x the price comes close. It will be, as you say, interesting to see how it turns out for you.

Rob and Grannyring where is the capacitors you are talking about. I think I have found the page but which is the correct ones?

Volleyguy1,
Jetrexpro is speaking about WE16ga as interconnect wire in his latest statement above, not as speaker wire; Jet is bravely conducting a few experiments.

Also, I would like to point out all comments are not created equal. You must separate the "chaff from the wheat" to use a hackneyed, yet true expression. In this hobby your own ears and subjective connection to the music/sonic attribute is what matters.

I am going to stick my neck out and make a bold statement, albeit not the first one to do so: it's about connecting to the music; not the sound. It's about the whole Megillah/enchiladas; not the individual parts. Exhibit A: you're at a classical concert featuring Bach sitting in row M. The concert is great, the players, the Conductor, everything just clicked this evening, Bach was masterfully played a once in a lifetime performance. The concert audience roared their approval with a number of standing ovations. After the concert the music lover, still exhilarated, wax with enthusiasm about the music, the emotion of the performance, how wonderful it was, how the Orchestra and Conductor played their hearts out. Bravo! The music lover's friend, an Audiophile chimes in, yeah, I heard the second violinist chair squeak in Prelude in E flat minor. Do you think we heard enough hall sound and decay of notes? In retrospect I don't think there was good imaging, or separation of instrument, something odd, the music seemed to come at you as a whole piece. I think that is what mono sounded like.

A bit of hyperbole; but I think you know the direction I am headed?