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In the Forum: Analog Playback
In the Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage
Post Subject: Audiopedophile's hellPosted by N-set on: 3/22/2013
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 Paul S wrote:
I have not tried the Eichmann, but I will do so in the near future.  It seems stupid to me that they do not make a Ag socket.


Yes indeed, and I'm very much reluctant to have a free-air (i.e. not soldered) connection between dissimilar metals like Ag-Au in the phono path.
...actualy WBT NexGen socket is Pt-on-Ag, so their own contact is also with dissimilar metals: Ag-Pt.....hmmm...
I've found all silver CMC connectors, but no idea on the quality and there is no feedback on them:

http://www.vt4c.com/shop/program/main.php?cat_id=25&group_id=2 (scroll down to RCA-805FS-silver)

 Paul S wrote:
No surprise, my experiments suggest that the Ag connectors "improve" the "silver qualities" of the Ag wire, versus the "sputtered" Au-over-Cu connectors with Ag wire.
 

Ok, this is interesting. Does it apply to the WBT plug/WBT socket or also to WBT plug/Au-on-Cu socket (e.g. Vampire?).
Sorry for being so anal, but I'd love to be done with the subject ASAP, parasiting on the knowledge of the others...also changing sockets in
my phono is not easy at all.

 Paul S wrote:
Oddly, I get different results between Cu wire "sistering" versus Cu connectors used along with the Ag wire IC.


...ass in the title...grrr how I hate going through it

 Paul S wrote:
Another thing for you to stress about is solder.  "Silver" solder (like the WBT) is hardy silver, and in any case I do not know how to weld with pure silver, at least not without ruining the parts, setting everything on fire.  Because of the inevitable "breaks" between metals, it almost seems like each metal "contributes its own sound" to the amalgam.  Basically, only trial and error will tell.


Paul, I use Cardas quadropule eclectic blahblahblah and call it done.

Cheers,
N-set

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