Tonearm Wire Insulation

[david counter]

Cardas is available in the Uk from British audio products (Moth)
http://store.securehosting.com/store...1/shophome.php
look under Incognito

[buddam]

Hi David,
is it the pure copper litz in 4 colours at £25/m? Where do you discover it's Cardas?

Adrian

[david counter]

they told me, they say all their Incognito kits are Cardas as well,
they're are quite reputable people they run the Hifi News Club amongst other things,

[Global]

Cardas 33 ga is available from Michael Percy at $1.50 per foot.

Obviously this is not the equal of a Litz variety but it is good cable. Easy enough to work with once you learn that the insulation retreats from your soldering iron

I bought 3 feet of each colour and some catridge tags for a very small carriage cost.

Mark

[FoxJT]

Would there be any milage in perhaps using the "knife" wire connectors used by BT to connect up your phones?

The only objections I can think of are that the wire size these are designed for are larger than the phono wires, and they only support solid cores; not stranded.

Just an idea!

FoxJT.

[Global]

I fear a Krone connection block in the headshell of your pickup arm might increase the effective mass beyond reasonable limits

Seriously, for the kind of voltages from a cartridge, an IDC connector must be an oxidative disaster area!

mark

[david counter]

Originally Posted by Global

Easy enough to work with once you learn that the insulation retreats from your soldering iron

brings back memories, I seem to remember the white for some obscure reason was the worst