Thanks for the concern guys...but like 1000a says, the magwires are insulated via the enamel...and well, ofcourse i'd be putting them in insulation, sleeves, etc....
Zapped!!!
Hi Sonny
Certainly I am no expert
It is MO that most all the sonic benifits from magwire come from its incredibly thin dielectric (the 1st or 2nd most damaging thing that adds distortion to cables), covering it with anything else increases the dielectric and would
I think reduce its sonic attributes. but that's MO can't voach for others, I just kinda followed the Anti-cable and Mapleshade wave and started asking myself questions based on what I read and tried to deduce what is so special about this wire.
Considering these are power cables, I can certainly understand an inclination to cover them. And I have not ABed such, so I can not swear to it, but after a 100plus hrs of reading up on cables I believe this is true.
Safety wize a rubber cover is certainly a good idea. The Mapleshade website puts their magwire PC cord in a plastic bag? marketing' thin dielectric don't know. I am not sure?
But Mapleshade's PC cables are 4-6 wire total so there is far less rubbing between conductors. Anyway I just kind of based mine on the confiqurations of the best AQ models and other high end cables I could get enough info on their inner construction, twisting, gauges and what not. Finally for both my speaker wires and PCs I also kind of jumped off the many designs of cat5 brewed SC, TNTs, CVh, and so on. Many small wires seeming to be the common thread in alot of peoples mind for better sound, nothing scientific or creative on my end just executing other's ideas with different wire cause I am fasinated by possible gains of the super thin dielectric.
Speaking of which CVh is using cotton as a dielectric in his lastest ICs, supposedly you can't get a much better dielectric. Maybe Summigo's air with teflon tape in his newest stereovox but that is completely sheiled in metal, thightly woven and is a digital cable, so I guess a different animal all together.
I hope this is helpful in some way and not just too much coffe and an unwillingness to do the other things in life like cut the grass. I feel there is much to be gained from other members who are willing to do some DIY ICs and SCs (sans the PCs) from magwire with their own spins on what they think would make a good design. It all seems an untapped gold mine to me, the only research being done if you call it that is by Anti-cable and Mapleshade and a hand full of DIY people = 10 if the wind is really really strong. 2-3 here and 2-3 on the asylium.
Every other effort
100s of people trying new things in cable design is with
traditional wire that must be wrapped, to keep it from oxidizing at the very least and killing people at the other extreme.
I simply went
a totally different direction than
the Anti cable and Mapleshade. I knew it would be an extremely ugly cable unless it was very costly done by weaver type perfectionists, so I fiqured this prohibited Mapleshade and Anti-Cable from trying lots of multiple wire or at least marketing it cause:
1-It would be very very expensive to make it look good, making the retail customers very leary to even try it.
2-If they did it like mine, many wires twisted and sloppy it would be (cheap) but unmarketable cause of its sloppy appearance.
So
this is exactly where I took my Q to try what they would have a very difficult time selling cause of expense and appearance. When clearly other designers had already done the neccessary research with traditional wire. I simply followed the big boys proven designs hoping to easily out do the Mapleshade and Anti-Cable entries.
cause they simply could not sell it and I don't care if its ugly I care what it shoulds like.
