@ Stereo5, Yes, Exactly,,I thought things through very carefully,,I recall from yrs back ~~SILVER~~~ was a hit among audiophiles,,,I had cheaop pure silver flat,,,i thought it was a joke,,,only 5 tiny strands laying flat in plastic,,,but a light bulb went off in my head,,silver,,i wonder what kind of conductivity propertiers/charateristics it has,,,~EXCELLENT~~~ 8%+ more than copper = more ZING~~ to the higher/mid FQ.s OK, what can I do to bring as much silver into my system as possible within budget constraints..
OK lets see what is offered in pure silver interconnects~~YEs I like these nice flat, super extra wide, about 10+ strands all bunched at the connect,,~~Sweeet~~, now for speaker wisres,,,~~hummm, that tookmsome time, but after due diligent research,,Found exactly waht i was looking for @$100/20 ft piece, will make 4 sections, 2 @ 6ft and 2@ 4 feet, as my Defy sits closer to one vs the other Thor.
OK what gague,,,hummm 12 too pricey for my budget,,,ok, lets see what a 14ga solid silver,,oh btw it is STERLING SILVER,,not pure,,sterling = 85% silver,,good enough for me.. 14 ga arrived,,,sweet, nice N thick for speakers fq's. ,,the lower mikd bass could use copper, as there is no zing in the lower FQ.s,,but heck, for $100, ordered a 2nd 20 ft piece.
Now for interconnect plugs,,hummm, Defy looks like all the rest, ,,+ the new spades i ordered at $8 for 4,,look like all the rest,,even your $20K speaker cables /$10L interconnects you see on the market have these 2 cent connects, = mostly brass. So what is the component on these connects behind all/every stereo, including jadis 500 mono blocks at $50K+++, its brass, what is brass, brass is like 65% copper, and the rest is zinc and other crap.
So all the ones I am using, the cd connect only, this one has to go 100% pure copper,,waiting ona a chinese seller to tell me what ~~4 pieces means = 2 pairs???~~4 pi8eces at $35,,,waiting fora answer,,,will trash the cheap Defy 2 cent plug for pure copper,,,now the Cayin CD player and the Defy will have the tiny cheap 2 cent wires that run from the board to the plug, each nearly 1 human hair thickness, those will be trashed,,i bought .1 MM and .15MM pure 100% silver wire, 1 ft each at $35/ea ( or near that price can't recall at the moment,,,tech can decide which he wants to use...The speaker wires will have no connect,,it will be direct connect.
It is the half round style 14ga i purchased.,.
Lets see what lse did i figure out as upgrades,,,I recall a guy in baton Rouge telling me lets swap the cayin's opamsp to new higher quality,,we did and did get more bang for the buck,,well lets see whats new in opamps,,its been almost 15 yrs since,,,hummm, what are these ~~Discrete opamps~~ really cool looking,,,lets see,,humm, ok these look interesting,,and the lab has a vid on YT,,yes I like this lab,,and the clincher is, its made in USAQ Colorado,,,has 6 single new super highb tech ~Discrete~ opamps arriving,,what else,,,all the cheap 2 cent caps in the cayin have to go,,, four caps @ 0.1 uF, eight caps @ .022 uF, and 2 @ .33 uF's,,all will be the more affordable silver/gold oil supreme/white body,,the black are about 25% more = out my budget,,and will you really note the extra gold in the cap,,,,maybe yes, maybe snakeoil. . I do have budget restraints.. an\yway,,what else,,,I took my collection of amperex (many BB's, my favorite) ax's, au/s, 6dj8's and shipped them to a guy in washington, he will sell them for mea nd send me some change,,,so in the meantime, whats new on the market,,,hummm, I like these Shugaung and PSVANE, have some ax/Shu and 2 PSvane au's comming from HK ,,but i recall I wanted the au's in the Defy to be the tall bottle SQ Philips/NOS,,,oh well I'll roll the 2.
+ found out last night a lab called TAD has some really nice looking 6922, /AX 7's,,I'll order the 4 AX;'s for the Defy and later on when i have cash, will order 4 TAD 6922 for the Cayin 17.
....The cheap china clone of the Jadis pre will stay as is,,later on I will get the new cayin mark 2 tube pre SC6,,,on that unit i will trash all the cheap caps and replace with M silver oil supreme, or something along that line- depends on size of caps,,smaller caps, = more cash for superior M's....and yes the Defy late next yr will go back to baton Rouge and have some caps replaced with M's,,,not sure how many, or what line of M;s, small caps are affordable for silver /gold. Here is a pic of the Defy...loks like alot of caps,,not sure which M im will go with,,that mod could costa small fortune.
oh also the Thors will have new xover, with each getting 1 10uF Gold Silver Supreme I bought at a bargain price off ebay,,and the rest of the caps, M silver Oil,,the cap for the lower midbass a cheaper M cap, all new Mundorf resistors, new copper coils,
Here is a pic of the Defy 7 under the hood, luckily the layout is claen and open as the Mundorf silver/gold line are quite large.
https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ACYBGNSdV6GBWEJSZh2JWazUxqX8w-Zaxg:1574696137206&q=jadis+defy+7+images&tbm=isch&source=univ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj5mIyf2IXmAhUFaq0KHVsUB94QsAR6BAgGEAE&biw=1536&bih=750&dpr=1.25
OK lets see what is offered in pure silver interconnects~~YEs I like these nice flat, super extra wide, about 10+ strands all bunched at the connect,,~~Sweeet~~, now for speaker wisres,,,~~hummm, that tookmsome time, but after due diligent research,,Found exactly waht i was looking for @$100/20 ft piece, will make 4 sections, 2 @ 6ft and 2@ 4 feet, as my Defy sits closer to one vs the other Thor.
OK what gague,,,hummm 12 too pricey for my budget,,,ok, lets see what a 14ga solid silver,,oh btw it is STERLING SILVER,,not pure,,sterling = 85% silver,,good enough for me.. 14 ga arrived,,,sweet, nice N thick for speakers fq's. ,,the lower mikd bass could use copper, as there is no zing in the lower FQ.s,,but heck, for $100, ordered a 2nd 20 ft piece.
Now for interconnect plugs,,hummm, Defy looks like all the rest, ,,+ the new spades i ordered at $8 for 4,,look like all the rest,,even your $20K speaker cables /$10L interconnects you see on the market have these 2 cent connects, = mostly brass. So what is the component on these connects behind all/every stereo, including jadis 500 mono blocks at $50K+++, its brass, what is brass, brass is like 65% copper, and the rest is zinc and other crap.
So all the ones I am using, the cd connect only, this one has to go 100% pure copper,,waiting ona a chinese seller to tell me what ~~4 pieces means = 2 pairs???~~4 pi8eces at $35,,,waiting fora answer,,,will trash the cheap Defy 2 cent plug for pure copper,,,now the Cayin CD player and the Defy will have the tiny cheap 2 cent wires that run from the board to the plug, each nearly 1 human hair thickness, those will be trashed,,i bought .1 MM and .15MM pure 100% silver wire, 1 ft each at $35/ea ( or near that price can't recall at the moment,,,tech can decide which he wants to use...The speaker wires will have no connect,,it will be direct connect.
It is the half round style 14ga i purchased.,.
Lets see what lse did i figure out as upgrades,,,I recall a guy in baton Rouge telling me lets swap the cayin's opamsp to new higher quality,,we did and did get more bang for the buck,,well lets see whats new in opamps,,its been almost 15 yrs since,,,hummm, what are these ~~Discrete opamps~~ really cool looking,,,lets see,,humm, ok these look interesting,,and the lab has a vid on YT,,yes I like this lab,,and the clincher is, its made in USAQ Colorado,,,has 6 single new super highb tech ~Discrete~ opamps arriving,,what else,,,all the cheap 2 cent caps in the cayin have to go,,, four caps @ 0.1 uF, eight caps @ .022 uF, and 2 @ .33 uF's,,all will be the more affordable silver/gold oil supreme/white body,,the black are about 25% more = out my budget,,and will you really note the extra gold in the cap,,,,maybe yes, maybe snakeoil. . I do have budget restraints.. an\yway,,what else,,,I took my collection of amperex (many BB's, my favorite) ax's, au/s, 6dj8's and shipped them to a guy in washington, he will sell them for mea nd send me some change,,,so in the meantime, whats new on the market,,,hummm, I like these Shugaung and PSVANE, have some ax/Shu and 2 PSvane au's comming from HK ,,but i recall I wanted the au's in the Defy to be the tall bottle SQ Philips/NOS,,,oh well I'll roll the 2.
+ found out last night a lab called TAD has some really nice looking 6922, /AX 7's,,I'll order the 4 AX;'s for the Defy and later on when i have cash, will order 4 TAD 6922 for the Cayin 17.
....The cheap china clone of the Jadis pre will stay as is,,later on I will get the new cayin mark 2 tube pre SC6,,,on that unit i will trash all the cheap caps and replace with M silver oil supreme, or something along that line- depends on size of caps,,smaller caps, = more cash for superior M's....and yes the Defy late next yr will go back to baton Rouge and have some caps replaced with M's,,,not sure how many, or what line of M;s, small caps are affordable for silver /gold. Here is a pic of the Defy...loks like alot of caps,,not sure which M im will go with,,that mod could costa small fortune.
oh also the Thors will have new xover, with each getting 1 10uF Gold Silver Supreme I bought at a bargain price off ebay,,and the rest of the caps, M silver Oil,,the cap for the lower midbass a cheaper M cap, all new Mundorf resistors, new copper coils,
Here is a pic of the Defy 7 under the hood, luckily the layout is claen and open as the Mundorf silver/gold line are quite large.
https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ACYBGNSdV6GBWEJSZh2JWazUxqX8w-Zaxg:1574696137206&q=jadis+defy+7+images&tbm=isch&source=univ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj5mIyf2IXmAhUFaq0KHVsUB94QsAR6BAgGEAE&biw=1536&bih=750&dpr=1.25