Thanks for the replies, randy-11 and williewonka.
Low-voltage wiring
Due to bad planning and impulse purchases, I've got a bunch of devices (2 Keces linear power supplies, a PC/renderer, exaSound e12 DAC, Rega turntable power supply, USB Regen, UltraCap LPS-1, fiberoptic media converter, and Bluetooth receiver) connected by 5.5-mm barrel plugs and some cheap two-conductor wiring. Voltages range from 5 to 24. I've noticed that some equipment (like the Keces LPSs) comes with ferrite beads on coaxial cable, presumably to reduce RF output and/or magnetic field generation. Should all the wiring be like this? Is this type of wiring likely to interfere with interconnects or speaker wire? I don't really hear anything, but am always interested in incremental, low-cost improvements.
Any thoughts would be appreciated, and if there's already a thread on this topic please point me to it.
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Well, I followed steakster’s advice, mostly, and bought some silver-plated copper 18AWG wire on eBay.... http://www.ebay.com/itm/25-feet-18-AWG-Silver-Plated-PTFE-Wire-Gray-Solid-1-Strand/380927049734?_trk... and some connectors from Amazon... https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01IBFNQP6/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 and got it all hooked up in a few hours. Those solderless connectors relieved my worries about trying to get a good joint on little barrel plugs. I played my regular test piece (an upsampled-to-DSD recording of Vince Guaraldi playing "A Flower is a Lovesome Thing") and have to say I hear improvement in the sound quality: greater definition, sense of presence. Guaraldi’s recordings are often made on a sort of de-tuned piano with a slightly honky-tonk ring on each note, and for the first time I could understand why he must’ve liked that sound. Thanks again for all the suggestions. This whole upgrade cost me about $35 and was well worth it. |
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