Looking for really fine cables at really low price

09-24-15: Mitch2
With the Dark Matter Cardas ICs, is the shield in each individual cable jacket not connected to anything at either end?

I've shielded them source end Mitch. I haven't tried them unshielded.

They've also been left loose,ie.untwisted.

An update on Western Electric 22Ga solid core interconnects. After 300-400hrs I ended up not liking them. They sound monochromatic. They lack texture and color. I built them with Switchcraft RCA plugs and two runs each for the positive and negative poles. Regards jet

Salectric - You can't say that I'm not persistent. I am looking forward to your findings on the V-Twist/Switchcraft 3502AAU RCA's and the 8402/WBT 0102 Ag RCA's (or whatever combination you care to post on).

Maxima, I haven't forgotten! I was away for a while so the V-Twist cables are still a way from being fully broken in. I now have a little over 250 hours on them but Chris VH says they need 400 to 500 hours before settling down. Apparently this is due to the Teflon spacer tubes in the cable. I now have them running 24/7 and I plan to continue this until they are at least over 400.

For now I will say they certainly have a lot of potential. They have excellent speed, detail and soundstaging. I had some quibbles about the midrange but I am optimistic that will fall in line especially in light of how things have improved over the lsst 100 hours or so.

I am still using the Switchcraft RCA plugs so I can do a fair apples-to-apples comparison to my Beldens. Assuming that comparison works out in favor of the V-Twist (which I am pretty sure will be the case), I will then try the WBT 0102 copper plugs recommended by Chris VH.

I will report back in another 10 days or so. I promise!

Thanks for responding. Better to realize their full potential.