Pani, from an earlier discussion; you may find it helpful: http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1292035437&openusid&zzFrogman&4&5#Frogman |
Frogman, very interesting post! Thank you. I have been struggling with the same idea of eliminating (at least one of the) RCA-RCA joints: I'm thinking of rewiring my SME3012R with AN wire ommiting the SME RCA base, leaving a +/- 1m continous run of the cable from the arm's cart socket, terminated with an RCA at the input of my DIY EAR834 (I'd like to keep at least some flexibility and not solder the wire directly to the SUT). The problem I have is how to properly make the cable from the tonearm base on. There are 2 problems I see: 1) The wire is super thin, how to make the cable robust enough having good electrical parameters? What I'm thinking is as follows: AN twisted pair -> 16ga teflon tubing -> PTFE foam sealant tape 5mm thick to add space -> heavy copper braid as the screen -> shrink tubing terminated with Vampire 800C RCA 2) How to fix the cable at the toneram base so that cable manipulations will not affect the thin AN wire (some soert of strain release)? I'm curious of your thoughts. Did you also wire your EAR input and SUT's with the AN wire? |
