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
Steve, just a comment on your proposal for power cords:
According safety regulations in Europe you need to have the ground wire minimum the same size as the “life” and “neutral “ conductors. I’m not sure how this is in US, but would guess it is the same as well. |
Thank you very much for the clarification! I will search out vendors for the materials. My first goto is usually partsconnexion as long as they have the item in stock. And again thank you so much for this cable receipe - I have made a set of rca interconnects 2 years ago and they are very nice. I have built a new system in my great room and now am ready to replace all the cables with your helix design. So I will finally get to hear it to it's full effect. Best wishes. |
@mawe - There appears to be some interesting articles on the web on this topic
So the Helix basically has
I do think this is where common sense has to be applied to the ground wire.
However - that ground is not there to allow the component to continue functioning normally.
The only other instance I am aware of where wire sizes of all three wires MUST BE IDENTICAL is
Having said all of that - it you are concerned about the different gauges used
Regards - Steve |
@williewonka In your post from Jan-15 '22, are you still putting each signal wire inside it’s own Teflon tube?
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