Granny ring, Jetrexpro, all

Jet, thanks so much for your suggestion of the Canare RCA connectors. They are just wonderful filling my room with beautiful and enveloping mids. I do prefer them to the Switchcraft to be sure. They are so very inexpensive also! Just a nice upgrade to an already fantastic cable. I find the highs and upper mids are smoother with absolutely no loss in detail. Fills my space with more layers of mids as if the stage is now some 25% larger. Most interesting. These connectors are under $4 each! 

Jazz, I am using Neotech NC 311 ac connectors on closeout at Sonic Craft at great prices.....over 50% off.

Glad to hear of your results with the Canare f10 RCA plugs Grannyring. As I mentioned above Belden IC users should also experience the same result if they try the Canare in place of the Switchcraft RCA. In a few days I'll install your shielding on one set of my western electric ICs and see how they sound in my system. Jet.

Maxima95 and Grannyring- after several days with about 100 hours of burn in and listening time on the WE16ga interconnects with Canare f 10 RCA plugs and shielding that is terminated at both ends its time for a report.
At this point in the burn in process I am hearing what Grannyring hears. They are smoother and less forward than my WE16ga interconnects that are unshielded. The unshielded version has always sounded a bit rough around the edges but I didn’t care since I felt they were so good at conveying a sort of unbridled musicality. The shielded versions sound very musical at this point and add a refinement and smoothness that I like so far. The mids are smooth and beautiful. I am with Grannyring- Jeff Day missed out by not trying the shield although threading the cables through the shield and then the heat shrink was a major pain.

I don’t know how long it takes for the shielding to burn in. Since the cables and RCA plugs are fully burned in the only variable is the shield. Regards and happy new year! Jet

"Maxima95 and Grannyring- after several days with about 100 hours ... "

Jetrexpro - Thank you for your efforts and this report.  I presume you used a 1/4" shield, as the opening on the F10 appears to be barely that size.

Happy New Year to you as well.  Take care.