Looking for really fine cables at really low price

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?

Volleyguy1
The Green Cactus with the values you need.

My Capacitors are the Green Cactus C50313-6474K. Best, Rob

Rob

You have likely heard more live music than most.

I had mentioned on the other thread that live music does not sound separated to me. That is a HiFi term.

Not that this is bad but I think HiFi created a sound on it's own. (little to do with real sound)

I have always agreed with the timbral listening. That is the highest and hardest level.

You need natural tones and the right amount of resonance to make it happen.

The question with wire is the WE wire a better product (and why) or simply adding life to a dead system? (which is not a bad thing)

Or is the wire somehow better?

I like the sound of the vintage Vishay Ero FOL polyester caps for tone. (as good as Duelund or better in the midrange) The problem is they resonate like crazy! They resonate in the mid range which fills out the sound at that freq..

Resonance though gives in the freq it resonates in and takes away elsewhere. Those caps have poor bass and dynamics so become boring to listen to after awhile.

Since I had the day off I also built a digital cable with the WE wire. I did not wait for burn in and just put it into my system. I have already reported the $45 Belden 8402 was as good as my Sablon Audio $650 cable. They were very close really. The Sablon does have better extension in the highs and more air. The Belden wins for overall musicality and "settle into the music" factor.

But wait because the WE 16ga wire is once again showing the more of it in your system the better the system sounds. Some kind of wonderful cumlitave effect that is even better then just using it as speaker cable.
I used two runs for positive and negative on my digital cable. Yeah, I went crazy and doubled it up for a digital cable! Living large today!

No shield this time. I did twist the positive runs together and did the same with the negative runs. I then twisted the double runs to finish the cable. I put a nice gold colored woven cloth jacket over the cable.

The sound with only 2 hours is just fantastic. The best of both worlds has now come together. The highs are open and extended and the musicality is outstanding. Big, rich and vibrant sounding. I sense the cable still needs to settle down a bit and smooth out. I am sure it will based on past experience.

I am looking forward to putting in the newly built WE16ga IC's now burning in on my shop system.