interconnect choice

Just realized I posted this on the wrong discussion yesterday...

That's a long interconnect you need. Will be pricey. If you are a little handy I'd suggest contacting Michael Percy Audio and buy what you need of his insulated Wonder Wire $2.25 a foot, and do the three braid like Kimber KCAG. Buy some Neutrik XLRs. Michaels a great guy to deal with. I've made many cables out of this wire and it's hard to beat. Put in a great movie and start braiding two 15ft pairs. Don't try to braid it all from one direction; braid it half way then start back up at the other end. Don't do the braid too tight or too loose... study the Kimber's. If you want to dress it up wrap it in TechFlex. Don't use a shield and you'll have a very open sounding cable. The braid will cancel any EMI or RFI you'll pick up with such a long cable. Just need a little soldering skills or find a friend and a meter to get the 3 pins wired correctly. Add more cable then you need as the braid will end up shorter than you think. Michael Percy can probably tell you what you'll need. It's work but well worth it. Just take your time.

Ok, here's where everyone starts the tweaking bashing. The cable is directional; Percy will tell you the same and I have used it and have experimented with it. So keep all the single stands running the same direction. Make sense?

The Wonder wire is a solid conductor so it is a little stiff but not bad. It will not be as flexible as a Kimber KCAG or sound as good but it’s awfully close. I have compared the two against each other. The kimber KCAG is a great cable, but that cable would be $15k I would guess for what you need.

Meant a Kimber KCAG 15ft long would be around $5K. This homebrew cable will be around $300 plus your labor. I would recommend finishing it with techflex to pretect the insulation on the conductors. That might be another $20 and comes in many colors besides black.

If the cable is balanced with XLR's, Kimber's Silver Streak is as good as KCAG. The SS uses silver for both positive and negative legs, and copper for ground. The single-end/RCA version, on the other hand, has silver as the positive leg only, copper for both the negative and ground legs.

Correct how Kimber wires the KCAG and SS up. The digital cable has two on the positive and one on the ground; it's reverse of the analog cable. I've listened to both the KCAG and SS and the KCAG is still better. The SS is close but there is a difference. My Father has a KCAG I've lived with for sometime and that really is a great cable. Those that call it a bright cable really have a bright system to begin with; it's not the cable. Yes it's a very revealing cable so you better have nice equipment if you're going to run with it.