Have a question in regards to capacitance, apparently silver provides way better low capacitance than copper, however the capacitance parameters just seems to affect MM not MC. Is it really that critical lowering down capacitance let's say 1 meter copper 180 pF vs 1 meter silver 84 pF?
FR64S tonearm overhaul
I just bought a nice Fidelity Research FR64S tonearm off Ebay to have a second vintage arm for my SPUs and maybe a few FR cartridges in the future. The arm is in great condition but still has the original copper wiring.
I am looking to refurbish the arm myself and was thinking about rewiring it with Ikeda silver and a new Cardas DIN plug. Does anyone have experience with the sonics of silver vs. copper wiring in the FR arms? What other things should be replaced and where can I source the parts?
I am looking to refurbish the arm myself and was thinking about rewiring it with Ikeda silver and a new Cardas DIN plug. Does anyone have experience with the sonics of silver vs. copper wiring in the FR arms? What other things should be replaced and where can I source the parts?
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Dear @luisma31 : Always is healthy to have the lower capacitance in that kind of operationsl cable and in the other side silver is better signal conductor than cooper and you want that the cartridge signal goes out of your speakers with the higher quality you can achieve through your room/system.. R. |
Not every wire in audio is silver, there are so many people who like copper more than silver. It's a personal preferences. Luis, I'd like to recommend you to replace arm lift on FR-64s, got mine from Italy, made especially for FR-64s, this arm lift replica is stainless steel and it's much better than the original (unless your original is like new). My original arm lift wasn't good, new one is superb! I'm happy. |
Dear @luisma31 : Always is healthy to have the lower capacitance in that kind of operationsl cable and in the other side silver is better signal conductor than cooper and you want that the cartridge signal goes out of your speakers with the higher quality you can achieve through your room/system..Thank you Raul, noted sir, @rauliruegas |
Luis, I'd like to recommend you to replace arm lift on FR-64s, got mine from Italy, made especially for FR-64s, Thank you Chak, I already did based on your recommendation from before, wonderful piece... |
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