Radio Shack Stero Audio Cable

[tmazz]

  Tom did you separate the conductors ?? Forgot to mention that. Makes a difference. 

By separatring the conductors I assume that you are talking about spearating the left & right calble and not any of the indidvidual condutors within the cable sheaths. Am I correct? I haven't separated anything, but am willing to try. It will have to wait a while though since I an away on business for a few days.

[tmazz]

Do you take notes or make drawings when comparing differences in soundstage size?

I have a few recording that I have used as evaluation  purposes for years and as such I use physical landmarks in the room to keep track of soundstage placementson these particular tracks.

[rollo]

Do you take notes or make drawings when comparing differences in soundstage size?

Face I am so familiar with the system the answer is no. It is always very obvious.


charles

[rollo]

  Tom did you separate the conductors ?? Forgot to mention that. Makes a difference. 

By separatring the conductors I assume that you are talking about spearating the left & right calble and not any of the indidvidual condutors within the cable sheaths. Am I correct? I haven't separated anything, but am willing to try. It will have to wait a while though since I an away on business for a few days.

 Si senor , separate the left and right channels.


charles

[rollo]

  Now to get the full affect adding the Radio Shack speaker Cable as desribed in the other thread completes the story. Use a single run of two wires for each channel. Twist the conductors of each channel and solder with silver solder. So you will have a right and left cable with two conductors each.
  You all know dammmed well that my reference cables will reappear for a final comparison when al lis broken in.
   Remember inexpensie dosn't mean bad. It could mean less of. A well executed design need not be expensive. We have heard or own gear that dosn't break the bank that floated our boat, right ?


charles

[rollo]

I still have my Radio Shack Fusion Cables that made a little murmur on several audio forums a few years ago. Decent build with floating grounds, shielded with mylar foil, directional with ferrite slugs...never really put them to the challenge the way Rollo & Tmazz are though.  

 Sooooooo what ya waiting for ?? This model is a coaxial design. Let us know what ya think, there Ollie.


charles

[tmazz]

  Tom did you separate the conductors ?? Forgot to mention that. Makes a difference. 

By separatring the conductors I assume that you are talking about spearating the left & right calble and not any of the indidvidual condutors within the cable sheaths. Am I correct? I haven't separated anything, but am willing to try. It will have to wait a while though since I an away on business for a few days.

 Si senor , separate the left and right channels.


charles

OK, I'll have to give that a whirl.

[rollo]

OK about 30 hours so far and they are in the ugly stage of break-in-itus. A bit Hi fi sounding but the clarity is addictive. I'll report back after 75 hours.


charles

[_Scotty_]

rollo,I can't remember what you are using for cabling in your system. Could you give a list of what cable
brands you are using so that I know what you are comparing the Radio Shack cables to?
Scotty

[rollo]

    Was using Tara Decade between Pre and Amp. Haromnix Golden Ratio between CDP and Pre.  Speaker cables are Mapleshade Active.
     Next up are the Radio Shack speaker cable. Just tried the ICs first to hear what they do. It was recommended to me to use both IC and speaker cable together for the full effect.  Shoot cheap enough to try and have a little fun learning.
   Listened again last night and they are still a changing. They go from smooth to hard it really is a trip to get a handle on. The bass is amazing, if all else fails they are going in between Pre and sub. Subs like coaxial.


charles

[tmazz]

  Tom did you separate the conductors ?? Forgot to mention that. Makes a difference. 

By separating the conductors I assume that you are talking about separating the left & right cable and not any of the individual conductors within the cable sheaths. Am I correct? I haven't separated anything, but am willing to try. It will have to wait a while though since I an away on business for a few days.

 Si senor , separate the left and right channels.


charles

OK, I'll have to give that a whirl.

Wow, splitting the cable into separate left and right runs made a big difference (for those not familiar with this cable it comes with the left and right bound together in a similar fashion to lamp cord. Simply pulling the RCA plugs away from each other at one end splits the seam and separates it into separate left and right cables.)

I had I would say about 30 - 40 hours on it when I did the split and while it did sound better afterwards it was still not in the same league as the MIT cable I had in there before. At this point I'll just give it a bit more break-in time and see what develops.

[Face]

Which MIT cable?

[tmazz]

Which MIT cable?

They are just labeled MIT Extended Musiclink Interface. I got them on Clarence from AudioAdvisor when MIT terminated their US marketing agreement with Transparent and started to operate directly with the US market. These were leftover stock that transparent had on hand when the agreement expired. I can tell you they were a significant step up from the original MI-330 interconnects that they replaced.

[Carlman]

I think something is broken in your system, Charles.  Seriously, ratshack cables besting everything?  Is this one of those things where you see what people will do... you know, to test how crazy dedicated they really are?  I'm not saying it's a hoax... but I have heard a lot of cables do a lot of things... and 'sound good' wasn't on my list of results from cheap plastic cables.

Make sure you try some of the free ones that came with your old cd player for comparison...

[rollo]

   No hoax no test, nuttin broken. They are just a neutral cable. I tried them only because an old seasoned buddy of mine was using them with Lamm Sing Preamp and Lamm Hybrid amps driving Analysis Ribbon speakers. I heard no ill affect so I tried them. The IC alone didn't do it for me in the end. The speaker cable as well must be used. A run of two conductors for each channel. The ICs for a sub IMO will be hard to beat. They are staying put for our sub.
    They need 150 hours plus to come together. They do have a clarity and liveliness that is hard to believe. Wether they will stay the course is still up in the air as I find a love hate relationship so far. time will only tell.