Now that I bought that fancy wire . . . I guess I shouldn't have

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Offline Downhome Upstate

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Picked up some Kimber SF23, UP-OCC copper, and soft-annealed silver. And I'm looking at the pieces that make up the Crack kit that I'm going to build - the printed circuit board traces, tinned component leads, the Neutrik phono jack, the solder, and  . . .. Jeez, what was it I thought I was going to accomplish with boutique signal wiring? The supplied Carol tinned copper hook-up wire is looking better to me now.

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Offline Clark B.

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After 20 or so kits, I find myself sticking with the stock builds with few exceptions.


Offline corndog71

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Build it stock first.  Get used to it.  Tweak it later.

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Offline Grainger49

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I still have 10 sets of upgrade parts waiting in to be installed in the Eros.  It has been 2 years since the Rock Stock build.  I have added two tweaks.

Ok, I'm slow!



Offline johnsonad

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I'm starting to lean toward the stock camp too. A good quality solid core copper wire is all that's needed.

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Offline Chris

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Good to know...



Offline HF9

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Reply #6 on: September 03, 2013, 05:16:21 AM
You can still hear a difference in some cases. I personally like to have shielded wire over long runs, so that can be an "upgrade". 

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