Added New Preamp To System - Now Interconnect Isn't Long Enough, Causing Major Problems - What To Do?

[RJ Kamsma]

Why not drill a hole to win the distance of two inches?

[RJ Kamsma]

4 hours ago, RJ Kamsma said:

Why not drill a hole to win the distance of two inches?

In the support level of the furniture on which your topmost device sits. 

[sandyk]

On ‎1‎/‎12‎/‎2019 at 6:02 PM, TubeLover said:

The interconnect in question, is a .5 meter AudioQuest Niagara, a former top of line cable for them, back about 8-9 years ago. I

 

 Do you have any technical specifications for this cable such as Capacitance per metre ?

 Many valve preamplifiers are sensitive to the amount of cable capacitance that they drive, and it is possible that a slightly longer interconnect such as the LC1 ( low capacitance) from Blue Jeans may be more suitable than the other typical construction cables.

 

https://www.bluejeanscable.com/store/audio/LC1-design-notes.htm

[Blake]

Tubelover: Be careful buying Audioquest cables online from anyone other than an authorized dealer.  I unfortunately bought a Chinese counterfeit AQ cable online a few years back.  The fakes are incredibly hard to distinguish from authentic (ask me how I know 😒).

 

  Even if you buy from a private seller they could have bought a counterfeit cable online without knowing it.  Siltech is another brand that is faked a lot.

[TubeLover]

7 hours ago, sandyk said:

 

 Do you have any technical specifications for this cable such as Capacitance per metre ?

 Many valve preamplifiers are sensitive to the amount of cable capacitance that they drive, and it is possible that a slightly longer interconnect such as the LC1 ( low capacitance) from Blue Jeans may be more suitable than the other typical construction cables.

 

https://www.bluejeanscable.com/store/audio/LC1-design-notes.htm

Thanks Sandy. I actually have an LC1  pair of bluejeans cables for my office system available, and tried it in this scenario. I've recommended those cable to friends in the past, but it simply didn't deliver in my specific circumstance the way the Niagara did. Believe me, I wish it had. In the end, I don't care which cable gets me what I want, regardless of price or name brand.

 

JC

[TubeLover]

2 hours ago, Blake said:

Tubelover: Be careful buying Audioquest cables online from anyone other than an authorized dealer.  I unfortunately bought a Chinese counterfeit AQ cable online a few years back.  The fakes are incredibly hard to distinguish from authentic (ask me how I know 😒).

 

  Even if you buy from a private seller they could have bought a counterfeit cable online without knowing it.  Siltech is another brand that is faked a lot.

Blake, 

 

Thanks for the heads up. You are absolutely correct, one has to be EXTREMELY careful of AudioQuest fakes. A friend of mine didn't listen to me, bought a high end pair of supposedly AudioQuest interconnects online, only to find out they were garbage. It's critical to be incredibly careful buying from anyone other than a dealer, agreed.  And it's not only AudioQuest, everyone, be very careful! 

 

JC

[TubeLover]

21 hours ago, RJ Kamsma said:

Why not drill a hole to win the distance of two inches?

Thanks. I'm going to do some very careful measuring tomorrow to see whether this will work.

 

JC