tkam Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 I'm going to be re-arranging my HT/speaker rig pretty soon and I'm going to need different length speaker cables than what I have now. I don't have a budget in mind but I'm not going to spend a ton on this. I'll be needing two 10ft runs for the main speakers, a short 5ft cable for the center channel and two 25ft runs for the rear channels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_maher Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 I could probable be convinced to build some speaker cables. Not sure if they're up to par with what you'd be expecting though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 Was there a question in there? Did you see these? Though I have to admit, I'm thinking about them myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkam Posted December 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 Yeah the question was I need some recommendations for new speaker cable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 Anti-Cables -- I've been meaning to give these a try, myself. You can ask Nate if they're worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_maher Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 My HT rig almost never sees critical listening so I'm in no position to give any meaningful advice about their relative value, worth, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soloz2 Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 one of my good friends has some anticables and I have some Canare quad cable that I made. We A/B'd the two and my cables were more detailed and slightly sweeter sounding, but the anticables had slightly better bass response. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepak Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 MoT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrion Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 Go with Nate's cables. I have a pair and they are excellent. They compare well to my previous cables that beat out a pair of Soundstring cables. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soloz2 Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 MoT rofl, not at all in this situation. anyone can duplicate the cables I "made." All I did was put some techflex and heatshrink on the Canare cable and call it a day. They can be used bare wire or w/ spades/banana plugs here's the cable: http://www.canare.com/index.cfm?objectid=ED10B882-3048-7098-AF6C24CDB73FA68E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 rofl, not at all in this situation. anyone can duplicate the cables I "made." All I did was put some techflex and heatshrink on the Canare cable and call it a day. They can be used bare wire or w/ spades/banana plugs here's the cable: http://www.canare.com/index.cfm?objectid=ED10B882-3048-7098-AF6C24CDB73FA68E MoT MoT :police: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 rofl, not at all in this situation. anyone can duplicate the cables I "made." All I did was put some techflex and heatshrink on the Canare cable and call it a day. They can be used bare wire or w/ spades/banana plugs Welcome to head-case, sorry about the lack of a decoder ring. (Do a search on "mot" -- you'll see that DIY is the new MOT.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soloz2 Posted January 3, 2008 Report Share Posted January 3, 2008 Welcome to head-case, sorry about the lack of a decoder ring. (Do a search on "mot" -- you'll see that DIY is the new MOT.) yeah, just specifying because I am technically a MOT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted January 3, 2008 Report Share Posted January 3, 2008 yeah, just specifying because I am technically a MOT OMG!!! DIY DIY DIY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepak Posted January 3, 2008 Report Share Posted January 3, 2008 yeah, just specifying because I am technically a MOT You're not supposed to admit being a MoT, that ruins the fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soloz2 Posted January 3, 2008 Report Share Posted January 3, 2008 You're not supposed to admit being a MoT, that ruins the fun damnit! I never get the head-case humor! rofl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pars Posted January 3, 2008 Report Share Posted January 3, 2008 I've got a pair of old Audioquest cables (30' each) that I'm going to be selling at some point. Actually, I have 2 pairs of these (one is my brother's, so I would need to see what he wants to do with his). These are Indigo (IIRC). My pair has a cut in one cable (one conductor) at about the 27' mark due to some dumbass (me) drilling a hole thru the subfloor out with the cable in the hole... Bought from AudioAdvisor probably around 1990 or so. http://www.audioquest.com/archive/index.html, go to Spiraled Hyperlitz. I have no idea what they are worth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitz Posted January 3, 2008 Report Share Posted January 3, 2008 You're not supposed to admit being a MoT, that ruins the fun I never had commercial relations with that woman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvdunhill Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 Does anyone have any experience with these speaker cables: Speaker Cable II Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laxx Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 Looks like strips of tin foil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkam Posted June 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 I can think of a lot better things to spend $1.5k on.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_maher Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 Jesus... $100/ft for some fugly cables. In exotic speaker cable news I believe that I'll be making a set using Neotech's NES-3004 wire some time soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvdunhill Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 Looks like strips of tin foil. if so, then it's real easy to copy, huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augsburger Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 Actually, they look like someone unravelled a inductor. I thought of the same thing for RCAs just haven't gotten around to trying it yet. I have two sets of DIY Canare Starquad speaker cables and I find them nothing special, cheap yes but the sound is a bit muddy if anything, Not bad but not great. --Ask Germania, ahh never mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvdunhill Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 Actually, they look like someone unravelled a inductor. I thought of the same thing for RCAs just haven't gotten around to trying it yet. I have two sets of DIY Canare Starquad speaker cables and I find them nothing special, cheap yes but the sound is a bit muddy if anything, Not bad but not great. --Ask Germania, ahh never mind. Alpha Core sells hookup wire that is basically an unrolled version of their inductors that is folded over a few times. Think the leads of a foil inductor and that's what it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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