Here is my take on Duelund, originally sent to Peter
There are things about tinned copper cables that have only come to light in the last 10 years or so.
I have had a plethora of silly-expensive cables to try on my system and results, good or bad, were pretty random.
Then one eve a hifi buddy appeared on my doorstep with a 4M pair of Duelund 16ga interconnects he had just made up for me to try.
His words were “They need a 100hr run-in in but you will be surprised with the result”.
Well 100hrs requires some patience and at first they sounded like they could be good, but were frankly all over the place. But I persevered because I have known my buddy for a very long time and his judgements on hifi are usually spot on. After 30 or 40 hours they settled down and
started to sound good and kept improving daily until 100hrs or more had passed.
The end result surpassed my expectation by a long way and they are now permanently installed between my ARC SP10 preamp and my ARC D125 power amp. At first they seem to have a slightly ‘dark’ sound but after 10 mins you realise that the highs are not rolled off but there is just more articulate bass in the mix, which on my system is the cherry on the bun.
The story behind the resurgence of tinned copper is well worth reading about, and with the benefit of hindsight, should have been more obvious.
They really are better than many £1k+ cables and at £10 per meter you can afford to find out if I know what I am talking about or not!
