The design exercise for the Brenda^TM B1 not only drove me and my household a tad wacky but also met with comments such as ‘impossible’ and ‘can't be done’ from two of the most advanced machine shops in the country. Even the one where the engineer  was adamant that ‘we can do anything!’ also ran for cover. Fortunately he came out again and a fabrication process was worked out.  The final compromise being that the centre pole piece had to be finished off by hand requiring nearly 40 minutes per centre pole piece to hand finish it and assemble the whole connector.

Brenda™ B2: "The Ultimate".

The design of the Brenda™ concept has lead to several re-workings of the bare-wire design paradigm. The B1 Brenda™ has been superseded by the new design paradigm the B2: suffixed: "The Ultimate". The Brenda™ B2 uses a locking cylinder to secure itself to the audio appliance RCA chassis receptor.

The Brenda^TM B2 has its wire insertion cylinders seamless to the transition interface when gripping the RCA chassis socket. Every design aspect that can enable such a connector to connect properly at this crucial transition interface has been incorporated in the Brenda^TM B2. The signal piece is fully insulated from the earth ( negative ) assembly with Teflon®. The colour coded polarity indicator doubles as wire clamp and shields the insertion cylinders; it is fabricated from Delrin®.

The Brenda^TM B2digs deeper, delivers more detail and opens a wider more stable stereo holographic stage / image than any other RCA type connector anywhere today.

The consequence is an RCA connector that has extraordinary dynamics and enables the interconnecting cable to perform at its maximum best.. Its dimensions are: 80 mm long x 38 mm diameter.

The Brenda™ B2 and B3 connectors allow for the securing of an interconnect wire up to 4mm in diameter ( 9/64" ) directly into the interconnect connector pole piece for both polarities without the use of solder.  There are no soldered pieces in the   Brenda™connector.

Brenda^TM B3: 'The Rocket'.

The Brenda^TM B3 is the standard production Brenda^TM.  Whereas the Brenda^TM B2 has the earth insertion cylinder seamless  to the RCA chassis receptor transition interface; the Brenda^TM B3 has the Earth insertion cylinder  coupled behind the Signal insertion cylinder. This enables a smaller diameter Brenda^TM   while still using a locking cylinder as with the Brenda^TM B2. All other design aspects of the Brenda^TM B2 have been incorporated in the Brenda^TM B3.
The Brenda™ B3 is more adaptable for low profile appliances where its size is more easily accommodated  // and where the RCA chassis receptors on the appliance where the Brenda^TM is being used, are at least at 19mm ( 3/4inch )  centers or greater. The Brenda^TM B3 has an overall diameter of 17.7mm ( just over 11/16th inch ).

Its component parts are:
The Claw: this is where the Brenda^TM B3 clamps onto the chassis receptor.
The Signal Pin: This is where the Signal wire ( the positive pole ) is secured into its cylinder with twin grub-screws.
The Anchor: This is where the Earth and shield wires are secured, also with twin grub-screws.
The ClawLock^TM: The ClawLock^TM is almost as long as the Brenda^TM B3 itself. It screws back over the Claw to secure the Brenda^TM B3 onto its chassis receptor. The ClawLock^TM is machined from solid Copper Billet  ( no other locking interconnector component anywhere in the world today has a Copper ClawLock^TM )  and acts as the perfect shield for the internals of the Brenda^TM B3.

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Detail of Brenda^TM B3

Click here to see the B3 working.
 

Brenda B3 Connector and Cables prices.

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Brenda^TM Design Features.

( Applies to the Bare Wire Brenda^TM )

All Brenda^TMconnectors are fabricated from HCOFC***  Copper, they are then electroplated with a minimum of 8 microns of Silver  and then electroplated with a minimum of 1.0 micron of Gold.

Insulation used to isolate the polarities within the pole assembly is Teflon®.

The Brenda^TM B3 and Brenda^TM B2 connectors use a locking cylinder  ( refer to Note 1 )  ( referred to as a ClawLock^TM ) to secure itself to the operational appliances’ chassis receptor.

 

                The (bare wire) Brenda^TM  connectors will accommodate nearly all currently available interconnect wires without destroying their fine crystalline ( single crystalline ) structure with heat as happens at the time of soldering.

This allows the listener to totally benefit from the advances made in materials in the last 10 years.

The Brenda^TMinterconnect connector component is available in sets of 4 allowing the end-user to install whatever interconnect wire they wish to install.

The great advantage of the Brenda^TM connector is that even the cheapest interconnect cables, once inserted into the Brenda^TM connector, begin to outshine cables costing twenty and even one hundred times the per meter price.

Enabling their owner to upgrade to the more expensive cables when the budget allows and obtain sublime performance from them not possible by any other means.

All ( bare wire ) Brenda's^TM are unconditionally stable for phase and impedance at all audio frequencies.

What this means, is that  audio imaging is unrivaled and the most stable possible, their is no smearing due to solder induced artefacts.

Standard electroplate for all Brenda's is a minimum of 5.0+ microns of Silver and 1.0+ microns of pure Gold.

The Signal pins are electroplated with 3.0+ microns of pure gold.

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Brenda B11

    Identical design paradigm to the Brenda^TM  B2 the Brenda^TM B11 is a single piece RCA type connector. It has been designed to be able to be used with those appliances that have their chassis RCA receptors at half inch (12.7mm ) spacings ( which is the standard spacing on most audio appliances ).
Unlike the Brenda^TM B2 'The  Ultimate' the Brenda^TM  B11 does not have a ‘ClawLock^TM'.
It is a push fit connector.
 Its dimensions are 61mm long x 21mm high x 12.4mm wide.
Insertion cylinders for the earth signal ( negative and shield ) is 4.4 mm and for the signal wire ( positive ) is
4.0 mm diameter.
The Brenda^TM  B11 is a bare wire unshielded RCA type connector.
    The Brenda^TM  B11 costs the same price as the B3.

Brenda B11 Connector and Cables prices.

Ultimate BAICON:
comprises the Brenda™ B2 and Rectangular Section Fine Silver ( 99.99% ) 15.0mm wide x 0.4 mm thick sealed in Teflon piping and secured into the B2 with high pressure using the B2's grub screws.
Standard length is 1.0meters.
Brenda B2 Connector and Cables prices.

Rocket BAICON:
Comprises the Brenda™ B3 and uses rectangular section Fine Silver ( 99.99% ) 7.0 mm wide x 0.3mm thick in Teflon piping and is secured into the B3  with high pressure using the B3's grub screws.
Standard length is 1.0 meters.
Brenda B3 Connector and Cables prices.

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Ambrosia

Ambrosia is a fully assembled interconnector assembly using the Brenda B3 connector which has been electroplated with 15+ microns of silver and 6 microns of pure gold. It uses rectangular section pure gold wire for the signal and ultra pure silver for the return. I made a set of these, on request, for an audiophile. After auditioning them I now offer them as a standard fully made-up interconnector assembly.
Their performance takes audio to another level I never thought possible. At first I noticed a level of detail and intimacy that surpassed the standard Silver assemblies that I fabricate; but what impressed me most was the degree of emotional involvement. After listening to Mahler's 4th symphony with Ambrosia I felt that I had entered his soul at the time of its composition.

Ambrosia is as much a spiritual experience as it is a window on just how excellent audio can be reproduced.

Using the Brenda^TM B3 with
3.0mm x 0.3mm pure fine gold strip ( 99.998+%Au) for the signal ( positive )
and 9.0mm  x 0.3mm Ultra Fine Silver ( 99.99998% Ag ) for the Return.
Both Metal strips are secured in Teflon.
More shielding than starwars!
Performance is perfect!
Standard length is 650mm stereo set ( ~25 inches ).
Also available in 1.0 meter stereo set.
Ambrosia Cables prices.

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The Brenda^TMinterconnect connector is also available in  Sterling Silver, or Fine  silver ( 99.99%  gold plated ).
Either as separate connector components or in matching pairs with Fine Silver rectangular strip.
Brenda™'s are also available with Fine Gold  rectangular strip ( 99.99% ).
Dimensions:

 

Model	Length	Maximum diameter	Spacing ( Between Centres )	Mass
B2: The Ultimate	80 mm	38 mm	40.0 mm +	185 grammes
B3: The Rocket	116 mm	18.5 mm	19.0mm +	98 grammes
B11 The Majestic	65 mm	21mm high x  13mm wide	14 mm horizontally	50 grammes

( The B3 connector is a uniform 18.5 mm ( max ) in diameter ).
 

The B2 is a big girl! To maximize the use of the Brenda™  in your audio appliances the B3 is most apt ( and economical ) for low profile audio appliances and the B2 for those audio appliances where the RCA chassis receptors are spaced more than 50mm apart ( as with most power amplifiers ).

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Where low profile audio appliances are being used ( such as most pre-amplifiers today ) the bare wire Brenda^TM  can be used in conjunction with the solderable Brenda^TM interconnectors. At the low profile appliance end ( the pre-amplifier for instance ) the solderable Brenda^TM RCA connectors can be used. At the Power amplifier end the interconnector can be terminated into bare wire Brenda^TM. The consequence is an unrivalled quality of reproduction.

Many of the highend pre-amps such as the Audio Research and Sonic Frontiers and Sound Reference models have the RCA chassis receptors at distances greater than 19mm centres on the vertical. The current Brenda^TM B3 will easily fit these spacings. Where care should be taken is where the RCA chassis receptors are attached to a printed circuit board and 'poke' out of the audio appliance. In such instances it is advisable to give the Brenda^TM some support so as not to dislodge the receptors from their mounting. Better still fit TomCats^TM  and all these problems will disappear.

Where TomCats^TM are used then careful spacing of the TomCats^TM   will allow the end user to utilize B2's throughout. For an All B2 installation space   TomCats^TM   at 45 - 50mm centres both vertically and horizontally. For an all B3 installation spacing  TomCats^TM   at 20 - 25 mm centres both vertically and horizontally will allow ease of access.

Utilizing Brenda's^TM  with any interconnect wire will improve the performance available from that wire. The bare wire Brenda's^TM  will allow any interconnect wire to perform at its maximum best. Musical detail ( information ) is clearer and closer to the real event.
Your first impressions will be a sudden drop of the noise floor ^{Note 3}  and a quantum improvement in emotional involvement with the the music.
The bare wire Brenda^TM connectors are very very fast;  they are the fastest interconnector on the market today!!!!!!
Transients and very low level detail are better defined with a more accurate stereo holographic image and a Greater Dynamic Range!
The electrical resistance of the components of the Brenda™ connector are in the sub-micro-ohm range.
This is what makes Brenda™ very fast and neutral.
Your own front seat in the ‘private space' of the original performance.

There are three domains of improvement as a consequence of using Pure Copper Connectors.

Firstly
Due to the very high electrical conductivity ( in most instances in the nano-ohm range ) the passage of the electrical signal is very fast.
The benefit ot this is that all transients are extremely fast and with virtually zero colouration.

Secondly:
The very high electrical conductivity allows an enormous amount of information to flow through.
Listening becomes more intimate and all spatial cues from the original recording are better presented.
The listener goes from the flat '3D' so often mentioned by reviewers to a full bloom.

Thirdly:
Dynamic range is extended to the maximum possible.

This is especially noticed in the bare wire RCA .

How to wire your interconnect wire into the grub-screw engine in the B3 Brenda^TM.

• When inserting wire into the B3 Brenda^TM grub-screw engine trim the outer jacket of the cable back a distance of '55 millimetres' at each end.
• This will enable you to trim the individual insulation jackets on each of the wire polarities easily.
• Internally the Brenda^TM connector is quite long.
• Trim 12 millimetres of insulation off the ends of each polarity.
• Fasten the rear most grub screw onto the inserted cable while leaving the front grub screw hole empty.
• I recommend that ROCOL J166  ^Note4 be inserted  into the insertion cylinder via the front open grub screw hole and then fasten the front grub screw into place.
• Or that the stripped ends of the wires be smeared with ROCOL J166; This may  prove to be messy and the first suggestion is recommended.
• The Wire  is secured by screwing down the grub-screws securing it into the component.
• Wipe away the excess ROCOL J166.
• Screw on the Claw-Lock and secure the cable jacket with the securing locking screws at the rear and the Brenda^TM connector is ready to use.
• Sit back and enjoy!
• Where very thin wires are used then use the outer grub-screw to secure the insulated cable and the inner grub-screw to secure the wire // and/or use some thin Copper or Silver shim inserted between the base of the grub screws and the thin wires.
• Do not over tighten the grub-screws onto the wire. Adequate female firmness is sufficient.

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What are you paying for!

Firstly an excellent crystalline metal conductor and then it is either soldered or arc-welded into a piece of  plated  brass which has a microscopically thin veneer of gold on a self magnetising thin Nickel  subplate!  ( another thin film resistor! );

Secondly you are paying for a lot of marketing hype to get you to part with your money for a well packaged dream: But in the end it's all let down by the hopelessly cheap and useless RCA connector at the cable ends.

Insist on having Brenda's^TM on your audio investment and maximise the performance attainable from the cable you buy.
The Brenda^TM is a precision Engineered component. Every aspect of its production is totally controlled and manufactured to the
most exacting tolerances. No other RCA has had the attention of excellent materials, design, manufacture, and assembly that the Brenda^TM has
had. And no other RCA can match the Brenda's^TM performance.

HCOFC: High Conductivity Oxygen Free Copper 99.94% Pure Copper

Also Fabricated from Pure Copper.

Global Patents Pending 1996

A very high signal to noise ratio is achieved as a consequence of using the copper and the high pressure design.
The signal to noise is also dependent on the typr of cable used; S/N>120db is not unusual.

Or some other copper or silver paste. Such pastes are available from plumbing supply stores; buy the one with the greatest percentage of copper; and also from Farnell, Radio Spares and Newark Electronics.