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Is anyone using viritual dynamics armorned wire?

I have a dedicated 2 channel and a dedicated home theater circuits ran from my breaker box to my rigs. My question, Is the armorned in house cable from viritual dynamics any better then every day, run of the mill 12/2 cable that you would buy at a home center? I know the armor will help reject noise, and the cryo treatment is a plus, as has been on the nite pc's that I use in my system. My system is very quite now, the space is good, depth is good also. The blacks our black. Just looking for more openess, and air. Aren't we all ! My 2 channel system amp is a audio research vt100, Ls3 preamp, marantz 8260 cd/sacd player. I am using nite power cords,and nite I/c. My speakers our the audes blues with nite speaker cable. What will I here different in my system using the the VD armoned in house cable VS. regular 12/2 in house cable? Also has anyone tryed their cryo breakers? Any info would be helpful.
Thank for your feedback.
Brouch
brouch
eagle
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You might want to email Garfish if he doesn't see this thread. He has the armored bx and cryoed cb's and will give a very favorable report I know.
garfish
1,840 posts
 
Hi Brouch; I haven't been spending much time on A'Gon the last few months-- been learning digital photography.

Yes, I used cryo VD armored cable between main and sub-main, and then used VD 10/3 cryo treated, but non-armored wire, from the sub-main to 4 Hubbell (5362s) dedicated outlets that were cryo treated by VD. I also used a 30 amp VD cryo treated breaker in my main panel.

First I had the wire (60 ft.) installed from main to sub-main 1st and the improvement in "musicality" was excellent, and certainly worth the modest cost. Music became much more natural sounding with an "ease" I had not heard in my system before. BTW, this 60 ft. VD armored BX replaced an old 6/3 Zaner wire-- not Romex. I have no comparison of the VD wire to regular Romex except for the 4 runs from sub-main to dedicated outlets.

The biggest improvement in my system's music came from replacing the big 6/3 Zaner wire from main to sub-main. I also added the 30 amp cryoed breaker in the main panel at this time. About a month later I had the VD cryoed wires from sub-main to dedicated outlets installed and their was some additional improvement in music but it was not nearly as dramatic as step 1. But then it took the new wires, outlets, and breakers awhile to break in, and that happened gradually. Overall, using the VD cryo treated parts provided a significant improvement in my stero system, and the VD parts + installation by an electrician was only about $1300., which is less than 1/3 the cost of my pre-amp.

I have become a total believer in a high quality dedicated AC system and consider it the foundation of any good quality stereo system. I can highly recommend the VD cryo treated wires, breakers, and outlets. Cheers. Craig
garfish
1,840 posts
 
Brouch; two clarifications. 1. the 60 ft. of VD armmored wire was run through our attic from main panel to sub-main panel. 2. My sub-main panel is located on an exterior wall, so the 10/3 VD cryo treated wires from sub-main to outlets was run in plastic conduit. One conduit for each outlet. The last few inches of 10/3 wire was just heavily taped for the 4 inch wall thickness. The installation is a little ugly looking, but then it's on the backside of our house, and my wife didn't mind;>). Craig
brouch OP
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Garfish,
Thanks for the info. I think I will give it a try, being such a cheap upgrade, it seems like a no brainer. I have been so impressed with VD powercords and I/C that the armoned wire is a must at this price point. Thanks Again
Brouch
1acee
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Garfish, my main is very close to were my dedicated plugs are located and I have plenty of room on my main box, is a sub really required? Will I get the same improvement with running the 10/3 from the cyro CB to my dedicated outlets?
thanks Gerry
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