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Re: Thin cables, good sounding

Posted by Jeff Delman (D) on February 3, 2007 at 00:37:19

In Reply to: Thin cables, good sounding posted by eeminer@comcast.net on February 2, 2007 at 16:42:12:

Compared to DH Labs T-14, DH Labs Q-10 gives a particularly deep, full but taught, tuneful sounding bass. Per equal lengths, there is 126% more metal volume in Q-10 (10g) than T-14 (14g)! It sounds richer and more balanced overall, as fundamental tones are more present, and the cable has better dynamic range. It also supplies less resistance, especially good in longer runs.

My quite extensive experience with this cable has consistently been that it sounds better not biwired, even with speakers designed with full biwire crossovers. For one thing, think about your bass having 59% more metal volume to go through (10g), than the 12g it gets internally biwired. The other issues are coherency, phase, and PRAT, which all seem improved with not biwiring. Definitely use quality jumpers if you aren't tweaky enough to rewire into using only one pair of posts, which is best. For deeper discussion of this, see the thread starting at: http://www.audioasylum.com/audio/cables/messages/126538.html

Diameter is 7/16", so you're under a 1/2" on that. I don't recommend too many tight turns, but you can do a 90 degree bend with about a 3" radius, or even as little as 2". The tighter the turn, the more current bunching could affect the signal, though probably not noticeably if not done too much.

DH Labs potential customers should be aware that DH Labs raised retail prices 40% on Feb. 1, from $10 to $14 per foot, due to the increasingly high cost of copper. This is their first price increase ever on the Q-10. Some dealers may have some stock they are willing to sell for a short time longer at the old price. When I inquired, Darren authorized sale at the old price until Feb. 15th. I feel it's very hard to beat at the old price.

Using different lengths of cable is most likely to be noticeable as image smear. Instrument & voice position and precision may suffer. ProAcs are quite precise imagers, and I'm not sure I'd want to sacrifice that. Darren at DH Labs told me if your not willing to go equal lengths, try not to extend the length of the long one more than 20% over the short one.

The Creek Destiny is a wonderful, clear, revealing, and exciting amp!

Regards,
Jeff

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