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Eichman RCA's - what makes them so good?

I've just installed a set of these on a silver interconnect I have and the difference in details was very noticeable. The image has become very focussed with more depth and the micro details have also improved consideraby.

I realize the silver is probably responsible for the improved resolution, so is the design responsible for the improved imaging? Will the copper give me the same image improvements?

Has anyone out there tried both the silver and the copper (or gold plated copper)
- if so what difference did you notice?

Alternately - if you have only used copper
- what were you using previously?
- what differences did you notice?

I am using these on my analogue stage, which I thought was pretty good - until yesterday.

I'm thinking of trying the gold plated copper on the digital side - or should I just opt for the silver - the curious side of me wants the copper, just to see what the differences are, but the pragmatic side is saying that if I'm not happy - I'll need to replace them with the silver :-)

If it's the design of the rca that's more responsible for the improvements' then going for the copper would be more cost effective

Any feedback appreciated - thanks
williewonka
williewonka OP
3,075 posts
 
Well since starting this thread a lot has changed...

Keith Louis Eichmann(KLE), inventor of the Eichmann Bullet RCA has introduced an entirely new line of products.

The Harmony Plug range of products are a completely new design - and with that comes significant performance improvements over his previous RCA products.

In addition to the new RCA's, KLE has introduced a range of interconnect and speaker cable products which perform to an extremely high level.

They are so good that I have now replaced all of the RCA's on my interconnects and replaced one of those interconnects with the Essense gZero6 interconnect.

His Essense gZero3 speaker cables also provide and incredible improvement across the board. But if money is no object, try the gZero6 - a superb performer

Should I be selecting all my audio-eggs from one manufacturers basket?

Well, when they trounce the competition, why not!

Just Google "KLE Innovations" and take a look at their product lineup, there's something to suit most budgets and they all perform extremely well

Give them a try - you won't go back to your old products:-)
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zd542
5,339 posts
 
Williewonka,

I used to have the same amp. Back in one of your early posts, you said that you converted a pair of rca IC's to din. I was told you couldn't do that by the dealer because the din cables that Naim uses has more conductors. I believe he said there were 4. The only cable that they knew of that would work was the Nordost flat line cables because you can divide the conductors up however you need to. It made sense to me at the time, but you've obviously proved them wrong. If there were 4 conductors needed, how were you able to make the cable work properly?
williewonka OP
3,075 posts
 
Zd542 - I was using Stager Silver Solids - each IC is a twisted pair (signal + neutral) - it has no screen. The wires are very thin so it was easy to put two cables (for L and R channels) into the DIN and have the RCA at the other

Using a conventional screened cable would have been very difficult - unless you use a cable with two identical internal conductors and then strip the sleeve and shield back about 2-3 inches and just connect the internal conductors.

Another approach would be to use the high quality conductors from cat5/6 network cable. They are small enough for the DIN plug. Simply braid them in order to reject any RFI.

Hope that clarifies things
zd542
5,339 posts
 
Thanks for the info. The only question I still have is how many conductors do you need to make the Naim/din style cable? Is it 4 like the dealer told me, or is it 2-3 like a regular cable?
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