Duelund-Inspired Screened Interconnect Kit build

[@ReferenceFidelityComponents]

Neatly done Nick. One little tip is instead of transferring so much heat to the centre pin solder bucket of the RCA for 3 seconds or more, there's a risk of softening the insulation bushing around the pin. If you tin the bucket first using a slightly larger tip it shortens the time exposure to heat. Then all you need do is tin the bit and a quick touch to the positive wire tip when placed into the bucket effects a rapid solder joint. Less risk of heat damage to the insulator. Not sure on those if it's a PE insulator? A loose wind to put in a few even turns of twist between send and return wires maintains a constant capacitance/length between cores but I appreciate this can also raise capacitance. Have you tested them yet to determine o/a capacitance between send and return/send and screen? Probably won't matter for line level applications but might for MM phono.

[@error079]

How does it sound?

[@theninjarex]

Actually Steen Duelund did not use screen at all. He used flat rolled silver with wire about 2.5mm times 0.5mm, he then annealed it, and had it gold plated with a few microns of gold. Around the cable he used cotton woven around the conductors of the cable and treated it with linseed oil and let it drip off, then baked in a small oven.

[@yannick930]

Why do we need 8m of DCA26GA ? Is it a mistake in the link ?

[@hificollective]

Apologies, it should've been 4 metres for a 1-metre pair. It's been updated

[@yannick930]

@@hificollective thanks