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made my first helical power cord this evening. Following the most updated recs.
I ran into just a few hiccups although the process went pretty smooth. Couple little things which I knew might me an issue but I was too impatient to start.
For example, I used a wooden 5/16 rod to do the winding on my drill. Worked great until I tried to get the final assemble to slide off. Too much friction from the wood. Gotta find a proper fiberglass rod for the next one.
And next time I may braid the 4 signal cables in a more organized fashion as opposed to my completely random and patternless braid.
I also had to sort out some interference I was getting initially. The helical PC picked up a lot of interference that a Signal Cable Co power cord was causing. Removed that from the system and bam. Problem solved.
Quiet. Clear. Wow. I will say that I am extremely impressed by the sound that resulted.
It’s currently feeding my PL Integrated tube amp and it opened things up very nicely for me. The sound definitely felt bigger. Wider. More relevant. A touch more clarity. A touch more forward. But all in all, a very noticeable improvement.
In fact, I just got yelled at by the significant other for listening to to a random string album of Lana Del Ray covers too loud at 1:30 am haha.
It seems my next room improvement is gonna have to be soundproof windows .
I have wire on order to create my first double double IC and a set of speaker cables.
Great stuff.
made my first helical power cord this evening. Following the most updated recs.
I ran into just a few hiccups although the process went pretty smooth. Couple little things which I knew might me an issue but I was too impatient to start.
For example, I used a wooden 5/16 rod to do the winding on my drill. Worked great until I tried to get the final assemble to slide off. Too much friction from the wood. Gotta find a proper fiberglass rod for the next one.
And next time I may braid the 4 signal cables in a more organized fashion as opposed to my completely random and patternless braid.
I also had to sort out some interference I was getting initially. The helical PC picked up a lot of interference that a Signal Cable Co power cord was causing. Removed that from the system and bam. Problem solved.
Quiet. Clear. Wow. I will say that I am extremely impressed by the sound that resulted.
It’s currently feeding my PL Integrated tube amp and it opened things up very nicely for me. The sound definitely felt bigger. Wider. More relevant. A touch more clarity. A touch more forward. But all in all, a very noticeable improvement.
In fact, I just got yelled at by the significant other for listening to to a random string album of Lana Del Ray covers too loud at 1:30 am haha.
It seems my next room improvement is gonna have to be soundproof windows .
I have wire on order to create my first double double IC and a set of speaker cables.
Great stuff.