In Reply to: Eichmann Bullets, WBT nextgen, and other RCA male connectors. Opinions? posted by jeffreybehr on July 4, 2005 at 12:20:37:
My personal favorites for analog ICs are, from top to bottom:
Xhadow large body
Xhadow small body
Vampire 800-CB
Vampire C7X-CB
I have the WBT Nextgen on order and do not care for the sound of Bullet Plugs, there's something missing (harmonically speaking).I agree with Duster, the WBT crimp (solderless) RCAs are too heavy and do not sound much better than their widespread "clones".
All the above except NextGen comes from actual long-term comparisons, connected between an Audio Aero capitole CDP and my amp.
My humble advice: do not save twenty bucks on your system's most important connection. The better your "first" IC, the better the system will sound.Regarding the capacitor analogy: most amplifiers do have some local or global negative feedback, which will partially offset the poor conductivity of internal solder joints.
Interconnects are 100% feedback-free, anything lost down that path will NEVER be recovered. Therefore, in my experience, IC soldered connections are much more critical than soldering within components.
Please note that I am not an advocate of feedback, it's a patch that enables designers to worry less about parts quality, layout and solder consistency.
Good luck on your DIY project
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Follow Ups
- Re: Eichmann Bullets, WBT nextgen, and other RCA male connectors. Opinions? - Carlos 07/6/0520:52:31 07/6/05 (3)
- TYVM. I do not disagree with your lost-forever-so-do-it-very-correctly filosofy. - jeffreybehr 13:33:30 07/7/05 (0)
- Re: Eichmann Bullets, WBT nextgen, and other RCA male connectors. Opinions? - Duster 07:54:33 07/7/05 (1)
- Re: Eichmann Bullets, WBT nextgen, and other RCA male connectors. Opinions? - Carlos 13:32:06 07/14/05 (0)