DIY AC cable...which bulk cable?

Heyimderrick - I can't guarantee the result, since our systems will respond differently, but if you construct your own cables it is worth trying.

I think the smaller spades are pressed from sheet copper and may not be the absolute purist copper - but it's much better than brass.

Before adding the spades I filed off the plating to make sure it was in fact copper - that nice bright pink colour.

Please be sure to allow at least 100 hours burn in if the cable has not previously been used - that's about how long mine took for the improvements to be apparant - and after about 200 hours they were at their best. If adding to a used cable the spades take about 5 hours to burn in.

I think my most immediately noticeable improvements were on my DAC

If it works, be sure to let the rest of us know your findings :-)

Haven't tried spades yet, but I did improve the connection of the stranded copper wires from Furutech into Furutech power plugs.

Simply twisting the strands together using pliers(clockwise-counterclockwise,you decide)made for an almost solid core wire connection.

The wire is now firmly locked into the connector.

Probably not news to most folks here.

Furutech also offers a number of bulk AC cables worth considering.

Taboooe, Oyaide Tsunami, is just too stiff very awkward to bend and twist, I have used it exclusively until now but I've switched to Nanotech, also 10 gauge, not shielded, but good quality copper with gold and something else (nano) embedded. Terminated with Furutech Rhodium I think it sounds good, possibly a little warm. For it's size very flexible. The trick is getting all the wires into the plug!!!