Who Here Makes Their Own Power Cables?

Build these for around $100. My customers tell me they are better than a host of power cables selling for up to $1200. No joke. That has been my experience and I have owned and made a gaggle of power cords using expensive bulk Neotech, Furutech and other silver plated copper wire etc.... This power cord is better. Simple build. Very simple.

This this fantastic wire....

https://www.partsconnexion.com/product47657.html


Use these great connectors...

https://www.partsconnexion.com/CONNEX-83387.html

Twist the live and neutral together. Then twist the ground around the other two in the opposite direction. Be sure to cut the ground wire longer, several inches for a 4 foot cord, as you are wrapping it around the other two wires and Losing lenght along the way. 

You will not believe how good a power cord this makes.

No need to shield it on analog gear as no shield sounds a little better.  You can shield, not a must, on digital gear if you like. Connect the shield to ground at the male wall plug end only...not the female end. Use 1/2 inch copper braid tubing. 

Have fun.

Yes. The wire is 12 gauge. One run for each pole....live, neutral and ground.  Twist as I said above.  This is not a cable ......but individual wire runs.  Simple to build as I pointed out. The connectors on the link I gave should be used.  They are a steal. 

Send me one Uber! Or the wire....please.

The twist on the Duelund is about every 2 inches and falls naturally.  Just a natural comfortable twist should give you this. Do this....

- be sure to twist the ground in the opposite direction of the twisted live and neural pair. The ground will end up being twisted about every 3-4 inches as is sort of rests naturally down the length of the twisted pair. 
- be sure to cut the ground several inches longer to accommodate the twist. 
- be sure the print on each of the wires reads from wall plug to iec plug.

Guess I flunked. I use a lot of Duelund stranded and tinned copper wire in cotton for ICs, speaker cables, USB and DC cables. No markings on this Duelund wire. The newer 600v 12 gauge bulk wire for power cords has printing on it. Heck if I have detected a difference in sound in any of Duelund wire in one direction or the other. 

Gets complicated as break in also plays a role.  

Sometimes yes and sometimes no depending on how the wire was produced. 

You must listen and test for audible changes.  So your ears determine as always. 

I hope I pass and not flunk out. 

Agree on the wire and cap  directionality.  Heard it on Duelund and other caps. Just have not heard it on the Duelund stranded wire as yet.

Agree on the wire and cap  directionality.  Heard it on Duelund and other caps. Just have not heard it on the Duelund stranded wire as yet. 

Thanks for the explaination. Makes complete sense.