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Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling

I have been an avid user of the Duelund cabling for over two years now and have used them exclusively in my system with great results. I have built many for friends and have used a full loom of interconnects, speaker cables, power cords and an extensive wiring modification for a previously owned balanced power conditioner utilizing Duelund 600V PolyCast wiring which was transformative. My cabling desires can be a little addictive as I have owned and evaluated 40+ brands of cabling costing more than an entire stereo system!

Over the past six months I stumbled upon a thread here on Audiogon in regards to a Helix designed cabling and as you probably already know, I just had to look a little deeper into this cable design…After a month of studying and sourcing parts, I decided to reach out to the designer/architect, Williewonka who gave more insights and philosophy on how the cable came into existence.

That conversation got the ball rolling in converting one of my KLE Duelund interconnects to Steve’s Helix designed which only entailed replacing the neutral with a Mil-Spec 16 AWG silver-plated copper wire with the neural wire being 3 times longer than the signal wire and of course the “Coiling” of the neutral wire : )

After the modification was complete, I was not sure what to expect from the Helix cabling but I was quite shocked with the results with “ZERO” burn-in time…The sound stage became much wider/deeper with a much tighter/focused image and clarity/transparency is like nothing I have ever heard in any cabling regardless of cost. In fact, I just sold a full loom of a commercially designed Helix Cable that’s renowned around the world and has more direct sale than any cable manufacturer; these $200 DIY Helix Cables walked all over them…

I believe you will hear the same results as I have and have heard back from friends who have already modified their Duelunds with the same results; WOW! Remember the cables will need 200+ hours to burn-in and settle into your system. My system is now 90% DIY Helix to include IC, SC, PC and Coax with each cabling adding its beauty of an organic and natural presentation that draws you into the fabric of the music.

You can tailor the sound of your cables using Duelund, Mundorf silver/1% gold, the outstanding Vh Audio OCC Solid Copper or Silver with Airlok Insulation or your favorite wiring and you can change it at any time…

 

http://www.image99.net/blog/files/category-diy-cables.html

https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/difference-in-sound-between-copper-and-silver-digital-cables

https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/adding-shielding-to-existing-cables

 

Enjoy,

Wig


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dbass
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@wig Great to hear.  I have new speaker drivers (Lii Audio Crystal 10s) and a new 4 watt SET amp (Whammerdyne DGA-2+RAM) which are high resolution and sound wonderful.  They show the weakness in my front end system and anything else.  I need to make 2 Helix Power Cords and get a new streamer and DAC.

Regardless I love the sound I am getting now and can't wait to get over 200 hours on the cables.
gregm
3,395 posts
 
@williewonka Thank you.
williewonka
3,071 posts
 
@dbass - I concur with what @wig said :-)

Plus -  in addition to stellar low level performance, I find I am able to listen to music at significantly louder levels without fatigue.
e.g. Classical music can be a little overbearing at higher levels with most other cables, but I find I can now listen at concert levels without any issues. Opera is another genre that I find is also far more pleasurable with  the Helix.

Good luck with the power cable build

Regards - Steve
williewonka
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@roberttdid WRT..
Your cable is not going to make a bit of difference to the temp of the Powernode. It has a switching supply and nothing your cable does is going to make any difference to the efficiency except maybe make it worse.
Since you did not OBSERVE the reduction in temperature and the associated ambient conditions and the level the music was played at, you are not really in a position to make that assertion and your words are simply conjecture.

My comments were not based on a single A/B comparison, but observations and temperature measurements over a number of weeks.

It may not be the style of observation that you would consider definitive proof, but I consider it something to make others that adopt the Helix cables aware of.

Anyway - I have nothing else to contribute on this matter - I'll simply leave it for others, i.e. who use the Helix cables, to perhaps come to their own conclusions based on "observation".

Enjoy the music - Steve




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grannyring
6,436 posts
 
Well said Steve. Folks like you, me, and others with a plethora of first hand experience know what is true because we took the time and conducted the listening and other tests. We build, tweak, adjust, re-build, make more adjustments, listen and over time we learn. Just nuts how Agon has this growing crowd of “cant be/wont matter” folks who just hang here to say ”no/can’t be”. Strange and unfortunate turn for the worse on this site.

I sure miss the good old days when we could all learn from each other’s experiences and respect was given. Not so anymore. We have a new crowd that has not done the work or given the effort on a certain matter, but they still desire to say “no way” based on something they read or learned in a classroom. Nothing beats trying for yourself and learning through actual experience. 
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