Hi Oz .I havent tried that one.I use silver that I have made in the US to my specs and then sheathed inpure natural silk .
I prefer 24 g if using single strand as it tends to balance the bass and highs better.
The copper jupiter in cotton would likely sound better than the bulk of plastic dielectrics including teflon based on my experience with natural dielectric, and I am sure Jupiter would be using high grade wire.The Jupiter is very well priced but best used in low level signal applications.
Oz,
I have been looking for a decent solid core Cu wire for all new projects for quite some time now. Clearly un plated copper with cotton or
silk insulation is in the cross hairs but a big concern that no one seems to want to talk about is corrosion of the copper.
Normally copper will corrode slowly over time building up a slight oxide layer on the surface.
I can't find much info on it and haven't had any response from Jupiter directly.
Other alternatives:
- VH audio UPOCC with 'Airlok' insulation, a type of foamed insulation that gets closer to air dielectric.
- UPOCC with PTFE insulation
- Solid core Silver with whatever insulation (it doesn't corrode). Now before people here start belting me with the Silver = bright BS there are a few things to consider.
a/ I am talking solid core silver. b/ Many feel that the brightness is more related to the metal hardness, dead soft (fully annealed) being by far the best, ie; not brightl.
c/ Last week I did a listening test with a new amp I have built and a few different speaker cables. VDH silver cable was less bright and more musical than solid copper cables
to both of us. Dead soft temper, .999 purity, solid silver is easily available and not too expensive so I'm wondering if we have too hastily written off silver without fully
understanding / trying the variations available.
cheers
T