How to make Ultra Hi-End analogue interconnect cable

An update video, on how to handmake a ultra hi-end log analogue interconnect cable, due to the older wire being unavailable. Stuff you need, 5mm Cotton piping ebay item no: 372003320446, Silver filled soft copper wire ebay item no: 121635427067, Cotton Calico ebay item no: 282683442086, expandable braid ebay item no: 132291250354, 15mm heat shrink ebay item no: 191169509771, RCA Plugs ebay item no: 222999408492, happy building.

[@joetink1354]

Made a set of these this week, completely outclasses my Nordost cabling.. I used the Neutrix pro plugs and some really good quality silver solder. The detail and soundstage is first class … just need to make a few more sets now 👍🏻

[@tombgoth]

Well, I've made them up, and am now 24 hours into burning in. I did use a cotton sash cord for the core, and 0.6mm silver filled soft copper, with a spare set of Furutech RCA's. I can only say that I'm astonished! They make the usual £500 Furutech interconnects seem lifeless. What started as an interesting exercise has blown my mind. It improves on a pair of Cardas Cross on my system too. I hope this is not my imagination and they continue to develop. Thank you so much! Winner!

[@1962Klaas]

Thank you for this explanation. Your other cables are incredible and I strongly believe that this one is very good either. A big thumbs up!

[@Projacked1]

Agreed!

[@Projacked1]

I have tried your design (tweaked it a bit), and they sound excellent. Especially vocals are so present. Using them on my synthesizer almost blew my head off in a very good way lol I will keep this design in mind, you have 'sound' logic on cables :) thank you ! It's quite fun to think about better designs and I have no doubt this will sing. Kudos from Holland!

[@themusicdandy7844]

These are superb! Delighted with them. Keep up the good work.

[@themusicdandy7844]

This has been an interesting project. But there is no one perfect interconnect. Everyones system is different. If you have a bright system these will make it brighter - which you may not like. If you have a more laid back system, these interconnects will add bit of top end sparkle and detail. Personally I like them for some things and not for others. Great with CD in my case. Maybe I'll try the OCC Copper ones too. Keep up the good work!

[@Broadmaynewood]

Good to see you back

[@SteveL-RSR]

We need more. We miss you :)

[@stogie525]

I enjoy these videos tweakerman👍

[@ljt6656]

great video

[@Daniel-yp4ke]

tell me how you connected these two silver wires to the interconnect plug???

[@andysilk7806]

Hi there. Really enjoy the channel. Have made several of your cable designs with great results. Just wondered if you were going to demo an XLR cable build? Cheers

[@user-xb4nn6ql5l]

Where can I look up dielectric constants?

[@tombgoth]

Thanks. Can you clarify if both wires are wound anticlockwise, as it appears, or one clockwise to produce a crossover?

[@tweakerman]

They both twist in the same direction, just leave a gap between conductors, thanks for watching.

[@hopey85wfc47]

Hi, Great video. As you say its not shielded, I assume I cannot connect my Turntable to my Phono stage with this? However, can I use this to connect my Phono Stage to my Pre - Amp, and then from my Pre - Amp to my Mono Block Power Amp'? Thanks

[@tweakerman]

Hello, yes that will work, thanks for watching.

[@andersgustavsson8232]

So this cable would work to connect my vinyl player to my AVR right? Does any of your cable videos work with a subwoofer? Cheers

[@tweakerman]

Hello Anders, use my digital interconnect, make two of them for connecting your turntable to your amplifier, thanks for watching

[@nikolareich4917]

Hello which diy cable do you suggest me to connect my MC preamp to the amplifier? Thanks

[@tweakerman]

Hello, you can either make to of my digital interconnects, they are just a stereo pair, or use the best off the roll interconnects in my video, if you haven't seen it yet, check it out, thanks for watching👍

[@user-xb4nn6ql5l]

fantastic approach. I'm definitely going to have a go. Have you tried twisted pair wires to increase the conductor cross section?

[@user-xb4nn6ql5l]

Thank you! Have you ever experimented with silver vs copper wire? I’ve been told silver wire is meant to be a lot brighter than copper, but to the best of my knowledge I’ve never actually listened silver wire interconnects before. By the way, the guy that runs PS Audio, the amp maker, has done an interesting video on interconnects where he describes a very simple flat design he swears by. Seems to me that your design is basically the same as his, but with a clever twist (pun very much intended).

[@user-xb4nn6ql5l]

Brijac ah, Paul McGowan’s design isn’t foil - it’s two strands of wire separated by the width of a piece of masking tape. The separation greatly reduces parasitic inductance. Your design is much more practical, though - by twisting the separated strands. It’s genius, frankly, and I wish I’d thought of it.

[@peterpan6949]

Hello Tweakerman! I am going to order some more wire and was wondering if you could explain to me why you used to use 0.8mm and now are using 0.4mm. What is the difference with interconnects? Thanks in advance!

[@tweakerman]

Hello Peter, I use 0.8mm for digital interconnects, 0.4mm for analogue interconnects, I find 0.4mm 10% Silver cladded copper to sound the best, if you use pure silver wire, I find 0.5 to be the best size, I'm always working on new idea's & new ways of improving my design and the way my cable sound, so thing may change with new video's, thanks for watching

[@HugAFreak]

Great video as usual. I'd love to see a balanced XLR cable video! Could I add some shielding to this to create an XLR balanced cable?

[@tweakerman]

I'm hoping to do a balanced XLR cables soon, you can add some silver plated braid to it, but my design is a three-way plait for XLR cables.

[@HugAFreak]

Great. I’ll wait for the video!

[@enbee7091]

Any thoughts about using the pure silver wire for signal but then using a copper for the ground ?

[@tweakerman]

I use pure silver myself, I will do a video soon, I haven't uploaded for a while, I moved house, its cost me loads of time, but the 10% silver cladded copper, gives you better bass than pure silver, but it personal preference, thanks for your comment, & most importantly thanks for watching.

[@enbee7091]

Well I’ve been using shielded Chord Shawline interconnects for 6 months and was thinking of spending bigger money on better. I had two pairs of Audioquest Ruby and Quartz. I’ve taken the shielded braid from the quartz and wrapped things back together... wow things have come to life .since then I’ve made two pairs of pure silver unshielded cables to run from Aries Vega G2 combo and AVM power amp they are more open and seem faster than ever .Very surprised with the results and happy. Thank you

[@nikolareich4917]

Hello Tweaker man, I have just built a PHONO MC with high quality components with an external chassis for the Power unit. The original RCA cable of the THorens are not so queit and also 40 years old. Can you give me the link to make RCA cable from turntable to Phono MC? I want to build them myself. Thanks a lot.

[@tweakerman]

Hello Nikola, make 2 of my digital interconnects, they work really well with turntables, because they are shielded, look through my video & you're find the video, thanks for watching.

[@tonynewman1694]

What silver solder do you recommend please keep up the good work.

[@tweakerman]

WBT is a very good one, thanks for watching.

[@HugAFreak]

Anyone know of an equivalent silver clad wire that's available in the US? $14 shipping on a $7 item is a bit steep!

[@tweakerman]

Try California fine wire company on the internet, you may need to phone them to ask them if they do it.

[@marcel8103]

hi tweaker man, what is the max. length of this ultra hi-end cable? can I use it as microphone cable when I add a silver plated braid as shield (as you wrote in an answer below) to make an XLR mic cable? Is 15 mtr possible? Many thanks for your reply! Kind regards from The Netherlands:)

[@tweakerman]

Hello, yes you can, just add braid, but it would take a long time to make it, goodluck.

[@marcel8103]

Dear Tweaker Man, Thanks for your prompt answer, I will order the materials and I will inform you about the results. Best regards.

[@vasjagrmek3095]

Hello, can You suggest me the best way to make turntable internal tonearm wires, pls.

[@tweakerman]

Hello, i'm going to do a video on tonearm internal wires soon, stay tune & most importantly thanks for watching.

[@vasjagrmek3095]

@@tweakerman I want to rewire old DUAL 1216 turntable. So I want to change cable from cartridge throught tone arm...I think here are litz shielded wires.

[@michaeldauskursas3958]

Hi it's Michael again so sorry to bother you again but could I make your inter connectors with 99% copper wire as I am having major trouble trying to get silver filled as I live in Australia i can get silver plated would they still sound good I am a bit of a hifi lover and would like to to do the best I can with your knowledge thanks so much for your time and knowledge Michael

[@tweakerman]

Hello Michael, yes you can use copper or silverplated copper, thanks for commenting & watching👍

[@bferguson001]

list - please post the parts list and thanks this looks like it's worth a try

[@tweakerman]

Hello I've listed everything you need to make these interconnects, thanks for watching.

[@georgenatsis1377]

Question 1, The end result seems rather thick to the extend that I am wondering if it will fit the RCA plugs. Pls comment. Question 2, In previous video you suggested Tellurium plated silver copper while here it is a gold plated WBT from China. Could you comment on differences? Thx in advance

[@tweakerman]

Hello George, to make a set of these updated Ultra Hi-End analogue interconnect, you will need to use rca plugs that take a 8mm cable, that includes wbt plugs, eichmann bullet plugs & any plugs that except 8 mm, I'll leave you a ebay number for rca plugs I use, 262761861924, I hope this is helpful, thanks for watching.

[@georgenatsis1377]

@@tweakerman Thx for that, however, 8mm is what the old design looks like, while this new one looks more like half inch. Am I wrong? And while I am here, the numbers above for the soft wire and expandable braid produce no results..

[@tweakerman]

Hello, try these eBay numbers 390879820313 & 121624424269, I hope this is helpful.

[@georgenatsis1377]

@@tweakerman Thx again for immediate response. May I ask what size expandable braid did you use ? I would assume it is 12mm but is that so?

[@tweakerman]

12mm will be fine.

[@vasjagrmek3095]

Hello, is ordinery cotton rope good enought? Rope is not same as cord. Wire seller has new product: 99.95% purity SILVER CLAD - FILLED COPPER - AUDIOPHILE WIRE - 10% CLADDING; What do you think about this wire?

[@tweakerman]

Both are fine, rap ptfe tape around the rope first, thanks for watching.

[@vasjagrmek3095]

@@tweakerman thx. And what experience do you have with changing the rope diameter and changing the wire diameter?. For example 8, 6 or 4 mm rope instead 5 mm and thicker wire (0,5 or 0,6 mm)?

[@tweakerman]

Hi, you can you use any size rope with reason, if you increase the wire size, you will get more low frequencies (Bass), I find 0.4mm to sound the best across all frequencies, but my ears are different to yours, why not experiment, you might find different sizes sound better to you, I would personally go to 0.6 from 0.4, give it ago, let me know the results

[@stephensmith5895]

I am just setting about making these , can you please tell me if the 2nd crosses the 1st in the opposite direction as ir appears on the video , many thanks Steve.

[@tweakerman]

Hello stephen, the first conductor wraps around the core, then the second conductor wraps around the core in between the first conductor, no wrapping over the first conductor, but running between it, i hope this is helpful, thanks for commenting & watching

[@stephensmith5895]

Thank you , i am struggling to find a decent rca plug that will tke a 15mm cable , have you a link or any advice as to where i can find these ?, cheers.

[@stephensmith5895]

also i have some .6mm and some .8mm silver clad copper wire , are these suitable or too thick ?

[@tweakerman]

@@stephensmith5895 0.6mm will work fine.

[@billybastar4022]

With respect, I am finding it impossible to locate the wire in any of these videos. I have scoured the internet, to no joy. Can you provide a link? I am in the USA, but should still be able to locate a supplier that will ship here. Thank you

[@tweakerman]

www.wires.co.uk/acatalog/ag_filled_cu.html

[@MrBeblis]

Having hard time finding the silver/copper wire you are using.. the item number is invalid

[@tweakerman]

Hello, here's a link www.wires.co.uk/acatalog/silver_filled.html Thanks for commenting & watching

[@michaeljones19731]

Another great educational upload. Thanks. I always watch your videos , although I do not always comment. The one thing I wanted to ask you is how are you finding your Roksan Dac? It was certainly a bargain price. I currently have the Cambridge Audio 851 it's not too shabby. 😊.

[@tweakerman]

The Roksan K3, is in a totally different league to my old dacmagic, bags of detail, & a wonderful soundstage, timing is so much better, almost analogue sounding, if you get my drift, a audiophile bargain for the heavily reduced price of £399.99.

[@michaeljones19731]

@@tweakerman You know I've heard nearly all positive things about the K3. I was tempted to take a punt myself. All the other components hold close to they're original retail prices. All Well over A grand. I had the K2 Amp & power amplifier. Absolute Gems. Roksan is truly an audiophile brand. That's why when I saw the price tag I thought it was A mistake. Still it makes a nice change something goes that reasonable in the consumers favour. Maybe when you have some free time you could do a video on that. I would certainly be interested in seeing it. For now take care hope to see some new content soon. Cheers Mike. :-)

[@tweakerman]

@@michaeljones19731 I'll do a video soon, cheers.

[@matthewtowns1548]

@@tweakerman do you sell these to people wanting to try these cable that don’t have the confidence in making them up themselves?

[@tweakerman]

@@matthewtowns1548 I don't sorry, because I would have to charge silly money & the whole point of this channel, is to save people money on extortionate priced cable, by making them yourself, thanks for commenting & watching 👍

[@terryhk99leung36]

Great video. watched a couple of times. You mentioned this cable is not for turntable, but CD to Pre-amp..etc.. How about from Pre-amp to amp, which is analogue. 2. I assume the two wire ending on each side, one should be connected to the main signal and the other one to ground. excuse me if I am asking novice question 'cause I am a truly beginner. As usual, greatly appreciate your sharing.

[@tweakerman]

Hello, you can use this design for everything but turntables, pre-amp to power amp works really well. There are two conductors, one is the signal & the other is the ground, I hope this is helpful & thanks for watching.

[@terryhk99leung36]

@@tweakerman Thank you for your prompt reply ...

[@eugeneleroy15]

Hello tweaker man Do you try the same with double wire for each pole ? Thanks

[@tweakerman]

Hello Eugene, yes I have, checkout my video on how to make a hi-end digital interconnect, you can also use them for analogue, thanks for watching

[@eugeneleroy15]

@@tweakerman Thanks. For you what is the best sounding used in analogue interconnects ?

[@tweakerman]

@@eugeneleroy15 well it depends on what your using them for, this set is best for cd players & music streamer, not turntables.

[@audioupgrades]

Hey, Tweakerman. It's been a while since your last video. A lot of us tweaker guys are stuck at home with nothing to do. Do you have another project for us to do?

[@tweakerman]

I've moved house, I'll be up loading soon, thanks for the comment.

[@user-im3ry3it7e]

give us video where you compare your cable to Hi-End))

[@konrad6220]

Dear Tweaker man thank you for your video. I founded a wire made by Mundorf company SGW105W that has 99% Ag and 1% Au, 0,5mm. Wonder if you have any experience with similar wire? Cheers

[@tweakerman]

Hello Konrad, I haven't, let me know how good it is, when they are made, thanks for commenting & watching👍

[@konrad6220]

Hello again. I will trybtontest it soon and came back here. One more question, how long single wire is needed for 1m cable to twist it around?

[@tweakerman]

@@konrad6220 around 130 cm.

[@gunslinger1160]

Parts and sources please

[@EmilioGarcia-fr5po]

Your good but please stop saying basically cmon man