January 2024
The Ultimate Helix Image AIR :2024 Update
10/01/24 16:10 *HELIX USB CableCable Construction | DiY Cables | *HELIX IMAGE APPROACH | * HELIX IMAGE (Air)
This Update: January 2024.
There have not been any build updates since 2022
I can report that the bare wires inside the teflon tubes have shown only very faint signs of oxidation in the first six months and to date appear to have stopped tarnishing any further after two years - they are still very bright.
The following is a list of the wires and gauges that I currently use for each cable type
Interconnects
Double/Single
Speaker Cable
Power Cables
For heavy current devices like amps and power conditioners
For source components like Pre-amps and Digital Streamers
For extension cables connecting multiple devices
For Fabrication details please see …
There have not been any build updates since 2022
I can report that the bare wires inside the teflon tubes have shown only very faint signs of oxidation in the first six months and to date appear to have stopped tarnishing any further after two years - they are still very bright.
The following is a list of the wires and gauges that I currently use for each cable type
Interconnects
Double/Single
- Signal: 2 x 20 gauge solid UP-OCC solid Silver with each wire inside its own teflon tube
- Neutral: 1 x 16 gauge Neotech solid UP-OCC copper with Teflon Insulation
- KLE Innovations Absolute Harmony RCA plugs
- Signal: 2 x 18 gauge solid UP-OCC solid Silver with each wire inside its own teflon tube
- Neutral: 2 x 16 gauge Neotech solid UP-OCC copper with Teflon Insulation
- KLE Innovations Absolute Harmony RCA plugs
Speaker Cable
- Signal: 2 x 14 gauge solid UP-OCC solid Copper with each wire inside its own teflon tube
- Neutral: 1 x 10 gauge stranded Mil-Spec with Teflon Insulation.
- This wire snow available from Take Five Audio in several different colours. It had been out of stock for quite a while
- it is my preferred wire because it is a little more mellow sounding than Neotech UP-OCC stranded copper wire.
- KLE Innovations banana plugs
Power Cables
For heavy current devices like amps and power conditioners
- Signal: 2 x 14 gauge solid UP-OCC solid Copper with each wire inside its own teflon tube
- Neutral: 2 x 12 gauge Neotech solid UP-OCC copper with Teflon Insulation
- Ground: 1 x 12 gauge copper in teflon from Home Depot
- Sonar Quest IEC and Mains connectors - silver plated copper
For source components like Pre-amps and Digital Streamers
- Signal: 2 x 18 gauge solid UP-OCC solid Silver with each wire inside its own teflon tube
- Neutral: 2 x14 gauge Neotech solid UP-OCC copper with Teflon Insulation
- Ground: 1 x 12 gauge copper in teflon from Home Depot
- Sonar Quest IEC and Mains connectors - silver plated copper
For extension cables connecting multiple devices
- Signal: 2 x 12 gauge solid UP-OCC solid Copper with each wire inside its own teflon tube
- Neutral: 3 x 14 gauge Neotech solid UP-OCC copper with Teflon Insulation
- Ground: 1 x 12 gauge copper in teflon from Home Depot
- Sonar Quest IEC and Mains connectors - silver plated copper
For Fabrication details please see …