Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2012 12:39:28 GMT
oh yes i know I'll call them the ''Bluesboys'' nice name don't you think? take care Thats it, I'VE ARRIVED!! I've got a cable named after me ;D Funnily enough I haven't made them up as IC's yet but I absolutely will now Bluesboys - I love it. I'll have to see if I can set up as a distributor in the U.K. for John at Navships in the U.S. I can imagine the marketing blurb now . . . Bluesboys . . . not just for Blues, but Jazz and Rock too. ;D Obviously I would have to charge at least £50 a foot . . . but of course I would give a discount to RG members. Jeff Hi Jeff sounds like a plan to me but you may need to hike the price up to allow for my errm Research and development fee's. I'd give the ''bluesboys TM'' a go they are sounding pretty impressive and it's always nicer to have a few ears on it. marketing well how about Do your cables have you singing the blues? you need etc etc etc I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on the eponymous cables. and if you really want to push the boat out marketing wise a description of how you modded your HP with this cable and some impressions SQ wise would help others thinking along the same lines. also how is the cable comfort wise used as a HP interconnect? it's a little stiff (as is most PTFE) and i was wondering if it creates any issues in every day use. oh yes your name rings a bell do i remember you from the old WAD forum? take care
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2012 13:53:38 GMT
MEMO TO SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT R. & D.Hi Shaun, yes I'll deffo make up an IC or two to try between X-10D and my X-can V2. My SR-80's (like most) sounded a bit forward and maybe slightly ragged with certain types of music, especially stuff with lots of HF. The Bluesboy 'TM' cable toned it down slightly. The HF was still there but smoother and less peaky. Lets me listen a lot longer than before. As I 've said I had modded them for single entry so I hooked up the red and white cores as my positives for right and left channel and used the black as my common negative. The cable was slightly stiffer than I am used to but wasn't so stiff as to be unwieldy. And after a months' or so of use it has loosened up slightly. About the WAD forum - not guilty your honour!! Jeff
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2012 15:04:41 GMT
MEMO TO SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT R. & D.Hi Shaun, yes I'll deffo make up an IC or two to try between X-10D and my X-can V2. My SR-80's (like most) sounded a bit forward and maybe slightly ragged with certain types of music, especially stuff with lots of HF. The Bluesboy 'TM' cable toned it down slightly. The HF was still there but smoother and less peaky. Lets me listen a lot longer than before. As I 've said I had modded them for single entry so I hooked up the red and white cores as my positives for right and left channel and used the black as my common negative. The cable was slightly stiffer than I am used to but wasn't so stiff as to be unwieldy. And after a months' or so of use it has loosened up slightly. About the WAD forum - not guilty your honour!! Jeff Hi Jeff thanks for the info and hopefully it's going to be useful to others. i think that you may like the Bluesboys TM in the spot that you mentioned. these cables are reminding me very much of ones i heard once from the bespoke cable company with a name beginning with C. a nice open sounding pretty revealing cable IMHO let us know how you get on and we'll compare notes take care
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2012 7:32:22 GMT
Made these Bluesboys up last night. I'll have four days off work starting on Monday so will have time to have a good listen and post my thoughts next week. I already like them as a headphone cable, so it'll be interesting to hear how they sound as IC's in my main system - all valve. As ever, apologies for the crappy quality of the pic
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2012 10:57:37 GMT
Made these Bluesboys up last night. I'll have four days off work starting on Monday so will have time to have a good listen and post my thoughts next week. I already like them as a headphone cable, so it'll be interesting to hear how they sound as IC's in my main system - all valve. As ever, apologies for the crappy quality of the pic Nice work Jeff the Bluesboys TM do look very professional. I'm using the same plugs also which are pretty good for the price. I've soldered mine screen connected to on end only and then black=cold white=hot. put a loop of heat sink on the un-screened end just as a reminder. screen end plugs into source component.(though some connect to the receiving end) mine are sounding pretty good. let us know your thoughts take care
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2012 12:21:16 GMT
O.K., tried the Bluesboys.I put the 1 metre length I made up between my CD player and my Amp in my main system, Shanling CDT-100 into Shanling STP-80 into B&W CDM7NT. I A-B'd them with the I/C that normally does the job, a 1 metre length of Q.E.D. Silver Spiral which cost me £95 4 or 5 years ago and is about 10 times thicker. Here's the thing. I can't tell the difference. I thought it was me so I got my wife to swap cables back and forth a few times and I simply couldn’t tell the difference. The music sounded as good through both cables. I have always been a bit of a cable sceptic. I believe that a well made cable based on good engineering/electrical principles is all that is required and I wouldn’t dream of paying more than £100 for a 1 metre length of cable. I believe cables that cost 3 or 4 or 500 pounds per metre are more to do with the buyer’s vanity and the huge mark up that cable companies are able to make. I think the cable companies prey on a certain ‘male jewellery’ type of individual. You know the type – “My cable’s thicker than yours!” or “My cable costs 5 times what yours does!” or “Your cables’ only made of copper? Mine is made from pure extruded monofilament Kryptonite!” There is more snake-oil in the area of cables than anywhere else in hi-fi. However I was very surprised to find that I couldn’t tell the Bluesboys and the QED’s apart. And that’s not a slight on the QED’s, more a compliment to the Bluesboys. Factoring in the cost of plugs they work out at less than £10 for a 1 metre I/C. I never imagined that a diy cable which sells for so little could compete with a good quality commercial cable. Shows how much I know. Needless to say I have ordered some more and will be making up I/C’s for my headphone rig. Shaun, you have pm.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2012 13:49:34 GMT
O.K., tried the Bluesboys.I put the 1 metre length I made up between my CD player and my Amp in my main system, Shanling CDT-100 into Shanling STP-80 into B&W CDM7NT. I A-B'd them with the I/C that normally does the job, a 1 metre length of Q.E.D. Silver Spiral which cost me £95 4 or 5 years ago and is about 10 times thicker. Here's the thing. I can't tell the difference. I thought it was me so I got my wife to swap cables back and forth a few times and I simply couldn’t tell the difference. The music sounded as good through both cables. I have always been a bit of a cable sceptic. I believe that a well made cable based on good engineering/electrical principles is all that is required and I wouldn’t dream of paying more than £100 for a 1 metre length of cable. I believe cables that cost 3 or 4 or 500 pounds per metre are more to do with the buyer’s vanity and the huge mark up that cable companies are able to make. I think the cable companies prey on a certain ‘male jewellery’ type of individual. You know the type – “My cable’s thicker than yours!” or “My cable costs 5 times what yours does!” or “Your cables’ only made of copper? Mine is made from pure extruded monofilament Kryptonite!” There is more snake-oil in the area of cables than anywhere else in hi-fi. However I was very surprised to find that I couldn’t tell the Bluesboys and the QED’s apart. And that’s not a slight on the QED’s, more a compliment to the Bluesboys. Factoring in the cost of plugs they work out at less than £10 for a 1 metre I/C. I never imagined that a diy cable which sells for so little could compete with a good quality commercial cable. Shows how much I know. Needless to say I have ordered some more and will be making up I/C’s for my headphone rig. Shaun, you have pm. Hi Jeff great news and your scepticism makes you ideal for the first try out of these great cables. yup my wallet was pushed to bleeding point until i went DIY with cables. that cable is pretty good for £56.00 (inclusive of my R&D mark up )per foot isnt it. i would not mind betting that your QED once all of the outer packing is removed is pretty simular to the Bluesboys TM. most comercial cable companies with a few honerable exeptions (VDH,CHORD.NORDOST) go through exactly the same proccess as we have just gone through. yup find a pretty inexpensive but good sounding cable, then put a pretty jacket on it and sell it for crazzy prices. DIY cables only require basic soldering skills, a little patience and an open mind. almost every one can have a go and there are some great cables waiting to be found for very little money. so you guys now you have a choice pay myself and Jeff £56.00 per foot for the Bluesboys TM or get some cable ordered and break out the irons. so now to the next part of the ''marketting strategy'' i have a spare set of 2x 1 meter Bluesboy TM IC's. if anyone is willing to cover the return postage i'd be more than happy to send them out for a try out. the more ears on this the better. believers and non believers welcome PM me take care
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2012 12:23:37 GMT
Hi All I've had an interesting few hours comparing the Bluesboy TM cables to my stock Mundorf gold on solid silver cables. so with the aid of my usual partner in crime we had a short listening test. so on went the Johny Cash - hurt and with the Bluesboys TM the music sounded very clean and clear. certainly a good result for such an inexpensive cable. good detail retrieval and overall balance. in went the Mundorfs well IMHO in my system they sounded much richer and had the ability to get deep into the heart and soul of the recording which the Bluesboys TM just could not match. they allowed all of the emotion of that track through on a totally natural ,unforced way. so yo sum up the Bluesboys TM are a great cable especially taking the low price into account and easily capable of seeing of many more expensive commercial offerings. but the Mundorfs and Johny had tears welling up in the eyes of my assistant and TBH the Bluesboys fell a little short in that regard. i love the Mudorfs but the cost 8x the price of the Bluesboys TM. inexpensive cable options was the idea behind the threat and the Bluesboys certainly fit the bill i this respect. well worth the cash and little time i takes to make up a pair of IC's a very good inexpensive DIY cable at an insanely low price. the system Wills Music PC with MP3toys/JPLAY playback, Salas shunt reg ES9023 DAC USB-I2S from Lorian's WavIO Xmos Board, Alex's superb Class A pre and Power, PMC LB1 speakers. pretty much an RG system TAKE CARE
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2012 0:12:29 GMT
Hi All and just a little OT but i found this review for Mundorfs commercial RCA/RCA cable. www.6moons.com/audioreviews/zendo/1.htmli think that they are using a 6 core twist 3 cold 3 hot with an overall screen. so not rocket science for the intrepid DIYer but a little more pricey than the £20 max. still just an hour or so of work so not to time consuming. mmmmmmmmmmm i think i can feel a six way twist coming on but with out the screen which I've never really needed. ''lets twist again like we did last summer'' take care
|
|