Thiel Owners

beetle , Tom 
I have my wires taped to the sides of Cardas speaker wire blocks ,
which are 2" wide and then crossing in-between each spacing with them being seperated about  1/2" apart at the crossing .
I did this so they aren't parallel possiblity reducing the possibilty of becoming a radio antenna .

unsound
I read the posts from your link , very interesting ,
but then again the whole issue of 
cable designs are very complex with no rights or wrongs ,
just differences with the end result and our own listening preferences and of course how deep are our pockets .

The issue of frequency range and hearing is hard to explain in the audio world of listening , how much do the frequency ranges that we can't hear ( for me it's over 9,000hz and under 50hz ) affect the 
qualities of space, dimension , width , height , 3D imagery that we listen for but tecnically can not measure ? 


My reason to make my own cables was to try a theory about the Cardas design ( and because I couldn't afford to move up ) ,  
which sounds better ?  2 wires of 11.5awg together equaling 8.5awg
( Neutral Reference ) or 1 wire of 9.5awg with the outer layer of wires being 1.6 times thicker ( Cardas golden Ration )  than the layer beneath it. 
I feel ( hear )  the home made cables sounded better !
Raising  new questions , was it the increased size of the outer wire in the design ( since it is one awg smaller than before ) or was it because of seperating the positive/negative current flow ? or a combination of both? 

As for bi-wiring, I know there are different opinions on the topic.  For me here the order in term of improvement:

1. Single run but larger gauge wire
2. Smaller gauge wire but bi-wire
3. By amp

For me, going from 1 to 3, the most difference was in the soundstage focus, in which the images are easier to see.

There are those who think the improvement of bi-wire comes mainly from the overall larger combined gauge, but personally I see the advantage comes from the bi-wiring itself.

@vair68robert, I agree , except that one approach might be more right or wrong depending on the target.

Yep - the electrical aspects of the stock twisted pairs is burned into the design. If wire configuration is changed, then xo changes will be required to compensate.

Just received a pair of powerplane 1.0s that I bought on eBay that I’m planning on using for my rears so I disconnected my cs7s (as I don’t have a 3 channel amp yet for my center and rears) and tried them out on the floor  I’m was amazed as how good they sound!! I Listened to them for about 10 mins they really filled the room disconnected them and hooked up my 7s I could really tell that my Bryston 4nrb does not have enough oomph for the 7s! Oh how I wish audio consultants was still around! Do any of the Chicago area guys know if Scott or any of the other salesmen wound up at different hifi shops in the area? David