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    Kinki Earth Speaker Cables

    They are copper with silver plating, not solid silver.
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    Best XLR connectors money can buy?

    We used a lot of Oyaide Focus XLR connectors before we produced our own. The Oyaide connectors are really nice. The mechanics are second to none, but they must be soldered.
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    Best XLR connectors money can buy?

    What was the conclusion regarding the best XLR connectors money can buy?
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    Argento Serenity Speaker cable : poor build quality !

    I have studied the pictures. The tears in the fiber glass sleeving are weird. This sleeving is supposed to be rather tough. When it comes to the retaining rings/splitters I suppose that your dealer just glue them back into position... with a better glue than the original one. That being said, I...
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    Thoughts and musings on DIY silver solid core speaker cable

    Silver coated and solid silver are two completely different animals. ;)
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    274B choices?

    As promised, here are a few pics of one of my Neotron 5U4G tubes. The boxes say "guerre" ie. "war". I dot not know if all the Neotron 5u4g tubes have this designation. It is very difficult to find info about the Neotron factory and manufacturing other than they where suppliers of tubes to the...
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    274B choices?

    Yes, will do when I get home in the middle of the next week. I have put a reminder in my calendar. I am on my way to the Warszaw audio show 2022 right now.:cool:
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    274B choices?

    I bought mine from La maison de L’ Audiophile in the eighties... when i still had hair. :) https://twogoodears.blogspot.com/2010/01/la-maison-de-laudiophile-sad-sad-news.html I think I paid around the equivalent of EUR 12 each. I also bought a quartet of Telefunken ECC801S diamond. They were...
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    274B choices?

    Interesting, and please, let us know how it works out. :)
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    274B choices?

    The French Neotron 5U4G. Often referred to as a European WE274B.
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    Silver cable break in

    As an engineer and cable manufacturer, I had a good laugh!:D Not sure where the belief that silver cables need specific break-in procedures, or take extremely long time to settle, come from. I am curious what the technical explanation with regards to breaking in a wire is. I understand that the...
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    Silver cable break in

    Their cheapest cable is silver plated. I suppose that it is not the Libentus model you own?
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    Silver cable break in

    Are you sure this is pure silver as opposed to silver plated? May I ask what brand it is?
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    Best XLR connectors money can buy?

    Acoustic Revive has a very nice XLR-connector. We do not use it, but it ticks many boxes. It is solderless which was one of our top priorities when selecting an XLR connector for our interconnects.
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    I’ve lost the locking pieces on both my D Lin’s Silver Bullet 4.0 audio interconnect cables. How to replace them?

    Here is a pic I found. Your connectors are probably WBT-0147.
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