Duelund DCA16GA

And for what it's worth: Some months ago, I consulted privately with grannyring when I decided to try my (soldering)hand at making my own speaker cables and RCA interconnects. After purchasing tens of meters of Dueland 12g, 16g, and 20g, as well as host of banana plugs and rca connectors, I got to work. In the end, and after nearly every combination possible, I am thrilled with the following set up:

Dueland 12g, twisted with mesh sheathing to bare wire on both ends for speaker cables.

Dueland 20g, twisted with both a copper mesh as well s a cotton cover terminated to the KLEI Harmony connectors. I use them from SACD/DAC to the preamp, as well as from my turntable.

The 16g with my room and set up just sounded a bit too slow and constrained, when used for interconnects.I know that my results are completely subjective, but I will state that the sonics far eclipse what I had prior, which were the upper ranks from Audioquest.



Cheers, and happy listening!

Hi @laaudionute,

Did you try to build interconnects without copper mesh shielding?

Regards,
Alex.

Alex, 

I did and was picking up a bit of hum. So I unsoldered them and wrapped them in the copper and the hum is gone, but not any of the dynamics, which I feared would happen. Just the interconnects, not the speaker cables, mind you.

It was a fun project and much easier thanI thought, especially after I made some mistakes on the first pair.

I gave them a shot but for MY setup it was a No-Go.
I let them 'burn in' for about 12 Hrs.
The very first thing I noticed was the bass didn`t have the oomph/weight that I`m used to.
They weren`t as revealing as my old cables either and didn`t have the overall fullness of the MIT`s.
I also noticed that I had to give it more volume to reach my usual listening level, because I have a numeric display I could readily see the difference.

Not going to bother going to the 12 GA either because I sincerely doubt they`ll even get close to the MH750 Music Hose based on the characteristics/house sound of the Duelund`s
I`ve had a few cables in my system (nothing expensive mind you) but the MIT`s are something special and they are back in and sounding great !

I DID make a set of jumpers from a left over piece so all`s not lost :)
Was fun and interesting no matter the outcome.  
Steve

I’ve been following... just wondering if only a 12 hour break-in is sufficient?

System components could be a difference?