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In Reply to: Re: 23 ICs Comparative Evaluations including DIY Belden 89259 posted by audioengr on June 26, 2001 at 17:48:55:
The type of RCA connectors, solder and quality of construction of the overall 89259-based interconnect are notably absent.I can't help but think of the guy who confused instructions between two different cable designs and left one end of the outer shield unconnected with the basic 89259 design, i.e., there was no return path through the coax. Who knows what those amateur testers did wrong?
I've built a practice set of basic 89259 interconnects using RCA connectors from RS and they're quite good nonetheless...at just $19 a pair. I'm building interconnects with Cardas plugs shortly, and I'm sure they'll be even better.
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I looked over the results and looked at the picture of the connectors and it appears to me that two highest rated cables used Cardas (it looks like the SRCA model) and "real" WBT RCA plugs...conversely, the Belden cable looks like it uses some cheeseball RCA's that I can buy locally for 88 cents each...they sound like they cost all of that 88 cents, too!I have made identical copies of cables but used different RCA plugs and there has been distinct differences in the sound....
Too bad the picture showing the connectors was so tiny and it doesn't seem to me that they included the PAD cable's plug....I would have liked to see if the "E" connector was a real WBT or one of the clones...
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