DIY Power Cables Instead of Used

I have made several power cables using Oyaide Tunami wire & either Furutech or Neotec connectors. They are fairly inexpensive & very impressive. The wire can be purchased from VHAudo for around $30 a foot. Connectors can be purchased from him (Furutech) or parts connexion (Neotec) for $40 to $70 a pair. 

I made some power cables using DH Labs Silver Sonic Power Plus and had very good results but it was tricky finding the right mains plug (in the UK) that could accommodate the cable thickness. 

@boxer12
Thank you for the input. Indeed Furutech connectors are hi on the list, with a direct comparison to Sonarquest pending. VH Audio keeps popping up on my radar...they seem to be the only US supplier remaining that has stock of the limited edition Nano Particle Furutech Cables, S55N, S022, DSP4, etc.

@soma70 
Indeed the DHL Power Plus 12 and the Red Wave are very high on my short list. Thank you for the reinforcement of personal experience!  Could you tell me a little of what kind of power cord you replaced, or what equipment you placed the Power Plus 12 on, and in what ways it improved it?  That would bring great context for me, as I make final decisions here.

Thank you!
>>> Rich

@sfcfran - 

I recall bumping into a discussion on that quite some time ago

You are correct - I added the Power Helix design in 2015 and made a couple of refeences to it elsewhere on the forums here at that time

I have been promoting more actively the Helix range for the last few months onseveral threads - so you will see them from time to time.

Another fellow DIYer on Audiogon is also developing a "ribbon style" cable - where the conductors are held apart by a "ribbon" of tape. The seperation of the two conductors has the same effect - i.e. much less induced noise, which improves clarity.
- The advantage of the design is that the two conductors are of the same length - unlike the spiral of the helix
- the disadvantage is that the cables can get quite wide when compared to coventional geometries.

Other developments - i have been talking with fellow DIYers in several counties about theHelix geometry. One person has shared an interesting finding, so I have to update the design of all Helix cables on the site

Please check back with the site in a couple of days before building to find out the latest construction details - it's a small change pertaining to the how the helix is wound in, but it takes some explaining without the images

BTW - also take a look at the HELIX speaker cables and IC's - the same geometry is used - i.e. the neutral is a helix spiral wound around the live/signal. The speaker cables proved to provide exceptional improvements across the board over other speaker cables I have tried.

@elizabeth - the silver plated Mil-Spec wire is indeed a bargain and as you pointed out, makes great power cables and speaker cables. 

I am about to try 24 gauge Mil-spec on a pair of IC's as the signal conductor, i.e. in place of the solid silver wire I currently use.

I'll post the results here in a couple of weeks

Stay Tuned - Steve