James Perrett wrote:
"Nick H (UK)" wrote:

Dave Plowman wrote:

In article ,
treefroginometry wrote:


So, a change of question. Does anybody know where I can get reasonably
good quality jack to RCA leads from, preferably in the UK?


Maplin. They do them with both male and female phonos so you can extend
them with phono to phono.


I replaced my Maplin cables with the Qunex ones. They cost more and
they're prettier so... ;-))))


Does it matter? We're only talking about a Soundblaster under a fancy
name here - even the cheapest cables are good enough for that.

Maybe not... I changed my cables after upgrading to an RME card. The
card change made a *huge* difference. I can't claim to hear any
difference from the cable, but having spent so much on the card I wanted
to give it the best chance. I chose QED as being value-for-mony quality
products (in my small experience) without going in for silly-money cables.


Cheers.

James.



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Nick H (UK)

not inside my amp.

All the wiring and control pods in my amp are very high grade oxygen-free
copper with silver solder and gold and platinum points.
Its 20 years old and cost about $1100 back then. Nothing special for its
class. ALL mid-fi equipment is made that way unless its one of those
inexpensive but sound good units like Protech or Rotel.

If you have a mass-consumer made component like Onkyo, Yamaha, JVC, Sony and
so on then you are correct. They basically use lamp cord inside.


"Laurence Payne" wrote in message
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On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 20:16:28 +0100, "treefroginometry"
wrote:


So, a change of question. Does anybody know where I can get reasonably
good
quality jack to RCA leads from, preferably in the UK?

Maplins. Or make your own. If tempted to pay over the odds for
"audiophile" cable, just have a look inside the box of your amp etc.
You won't find anything esoteric there :-)

not inside my amp.

All the wiring and control pods in my amp are very high grade oxygen-free
copper with silver solder and gold and platinum points.
Its 20 years old and cost about $1100 back then. Nothing special for its
class. ALL mid-fi equipment is made that way unless its one of those
inexpensive but sound good units like Protech or Rotel.

If you have a mass-consumer made component like Onkyo, Yamaha, JVC, Sony and
so on then you are correct. They basically use lamp cord inside.


"Laurence Payne" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 20:16:28 +0100, "treefroginometry"
wrote:


So, a change of question. Does anybody know where I can get reasonably
good
quality jack to RCA leads from, preferably in the UK?

Maplins. Or make your own. If tempted to pay over the odds for
"audiophile" cable, just have a look inside the box of your amp etc.
You won't find anything esoteric there :-)

On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 13:02:06 GMT
"fish" wrote:

All the wiring and control pods in my amp are very high grade
oxygen-free
copper with silver solder and gold and platinum points.

ROTFL. what are you using it for? the X and Y amps in a 'scope?


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On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 13:02:06 GMT
"fish" wrote:

All the wiring and control pods in my amp are very high grade
oxygen-free
copper with silver solder and gold and platinum points.

ROTFL. what are you using it for? the X and Y amps in a 'scope?


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Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are tasty and good with
ketchup.

fish wrote:
not inside my amp.

All the wiring and control pods in my amp are very high grade oxygen-free
copper with silver solder

Don't know anything about wiring or electronics, but do know something
about jewelry. Silver solder, to me, means blowtorches and brazing
temperatures ie red-hot metal. What does it mean in this context?
Nick

and gold and platinum points.
Its 20 years old and cost about $1100 back then. Nothing special for its
class. ALL mid-fi equipment is made that way unless its one of those
inexpensive but sound good units like Protech or Rotel.

If you have a mass-consumer made component like Onkyo, Yamaha, JVC, Sony and
so on then you are correct. They basically use lamp cord inside.


"Laurence Payne" wrote in message
...

On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 20:16:28 +0100, "treefroginometry"
wrote:


So, a change of question. Does anybody know where I can get reasonably

good

quality jack to RCA leads from, preferably in the UK?

Maplins. Or make your own. If tempted to pay over the odds for
"audiophile" cable, just have a look inside the box of your amp etc.
You won't find anything esoteric there :-)







--
Nick H (UK)

fish wrote:
not inside my amp.

All the wiring and control pods in my amp are very high grade oxygen-free
copper with silver solder

Don't know anything about wiring or electronics, but do know something
about jewelry. Silver solder, to me, means blowtorches and brazing
temperatures ie red-hot metal. What does it mean in this context?
Nick

and gold and platinum points.
Its 20 years old and cost about $1100 back then. Nothing special for its
class. ALL mid-fi equipment is made that way unless its one of those
inexpensive but sound good units like Protech or Rotel.

If you have a mass-consumer made component like Onkyo, Yamaha, JVC, Sony and
so on then you are correct. They basically use lamp cord inside.


"Laurence Payne" wrote in message
...

On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 20:16:28 +0100, "treefroginometry"
wrote:


So, a change of question. Does anybody know where I can get reasonably

good

quality jack to RCA leads from, preferably in the UK?

Maplins. Or make your own. If tempted to pay over the odds for
"audiophile" cable, just have a look inside the box of your amp etc.
You won't find anything esoteric there :-)







--
Nick H (UK)

Silver solder is used in MANY electronic components.
Its obviously an alloy that has superior conductivity as does gold and
platinum.




"Nick H (UK)" wrote in message
...
fish wrote:
not inside my amp.

All the wiring and control pods in my amp are very high grade
oxygen-free
copper with silver solder

Don't know anything about wiring or electronics, but do know something
about jewelry. Silver solder, to me, means blowtorches and brazing
temperatures ie red-hot metal. What does it mean in this context?
Nick

and gold and platinum points.
Its 20 years old and cost about $1100 back then. Nothing special for its
class. ALL mid-fi equipment is made that way unless its one of those
inexpensive but sound good units like Protech or Rotel.

If you have a mass-consumer made component like Onkyo, Yamaha, JVC, Sony
and
so on then you are correct. They basically use lamp cord inside.


"Laurence Payne" wrote in
message
...

On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 20:16:28 +0100, "treefroginometry"
wrote:


So, a change of question. Does anybody know where I can get reasonably

good

quality jack to RCA leads from, preferably in the UK?

Maplins. Or make your own. If tempted to pay over the odds for
"audiophile" cable, just have a look inside the box of your amp etc.
You won't find anything esoteric there :-)







--
Nick H (UK)

Silver solder is used in MANY electronic components.
Its obviously an alloy that has superior conductivity as does gold and
platinum.




"Nick H (UK)" wrote in message
...
fish wrote:
not inside my amp.

All the wiring and control pods in my amp are very high grade
oxygen-free
copper with silver solder

Don't know anything about wiring or electronics, but do know something
about jewelry. Silver solder, to me, means blowtorches and brazing
temperatures ie red-hot metal. What does it mean in this context?
Nick

and gold and platinum points.
Its 20 years old and cost about $1100 back then. Nothing special for its
class. ALL mid-fi equipment is made that way unless its one of those
inexpensive but sound good units like Protech or Rotel.

If you have a mass-consumer made component like Onkyo, Yamaha, JVC, Sony
and
so on then you are correct. They basically use lamp cord inside.


"Laurence Payne" wrote in
message
...

On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 20:16:28 +0100, "treefroginometry"
wrote:


So, a change of question. Does anybody know where I can get reasonably

good

quality jack to RCA leads from, preferably in the UK?

Maplins. Or make your own. If tempted to pay over the odds for
"audiophile" cable, just have a look inside the box of your amp etc.
You won't find anything esoteric there :-)







--
Nick H (UK)

"Nick H (UK)" wrote in message

fish wrote:
not inside my amp.

All the wiring and control pods in my amp are very high grade
oxygen-free copper with silver solder

Don't know anything about wiring or electronics, but do know something
about jewelry. Silver solder, to me, means blowtorches and brazing
temperatures ie red-hot metal. What does it mean in this context?
Nick

Tin-lead solder with a few percent of silver. I believe the silver was
originally added to reduce erosion of silver plating during soldering. Since
then all sorts of ignorant snake-oil claims have been made about it.