Duelund DCA16GA

@jaybe PartsConnexion is certainly going strong.  They are offering a price reduction on the Duelund wire currently...at least they were yesterday when I bought some.  They also have a quite favorable price on the KLEI banana connectors, if you were thinking about using those.

@grannyring I agree with you about how good the Furutech spades sound and on almost all my terminations I have used either the FP-203 (crimp or solder connection) that I have available for this project or the FP-201 (bigger and with set screws).  Both of these spades are pure Alpha copper with gold (my choice) or rhodium plating.  I have previously used my hydraulic crimp tool with the FP-203 spades but this time I think I will lightly crimp with a hand tool and then solder.  The solder should mix with the tin plating and create a more homogeneous connection.

Yes I also lightly crimp and solder the Furutech. I like the gold better than Rhodium. I have found the Rhodium plating a tad bit too detailed on some other builds vs gold. Very subjective thing and I am sure not a universal rule? What have you found? 

@grannyring 

I have found the Rhodium plating a tad bit too detailed on some other builds vs gold. Very subjective thing and I am sure not a universal rule? What have you found?

I agree with you and might add the word "splashy" sometimes, maybe a bit of glare with the wrong equipment.  I also like gold because it matches up with most typical binding posts, and with typical connectors that manufacturers use on their equipment.  I don't see an advantage to dissimilar materials as connectors.  I gave up on rhodium a long time ago.  I believe Cardas likes rhodium because it is harder and presumably wears better.

Goodness we have the same ears😁

Did anyone try to build an interconnect cable with combination of
Duelund DCA16GA on cold wire and  DCA20GA on hot wire?