Hi Agian Guys...
Cable threads are always fraught with danger and likely to open up all sorts of flaming wars, but I have already posted once; so in for a Penny
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Originally Posted by floatingkiwi
I have to say I'm a bit surprised at this - with the level of your gear you really should be able to hear some sort of difference, a "dropping of veils" sort of thing.
Nope; I think Craig has pretty much got it all summed up. The difference is didly squat
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I will agree that the super cheap bits of wet string that some manufacturers supply for free are less than ideal and It takes very little to better these throw away cables. However beyond that the differences are all perceived in the customers mind. How else is the punter going to justify the large amount of money he has just spent on cables.
Speaker cable is the same; yes a long run of 24 gauge cable is going to be less than ideal. But any copper cable bigger than 12 gauge should be just fine and very little, if any differences will be observable from this point on.
Originally Posted by floatingkiwi
LPspinner : Do you make your own speaker cables by the way, and if so, what do you use? I'm always looking for something that is better than my current setup - for the right price of course....
Yes I make up my own cable using a generic 0.12mm X 630 multi-strand copper cable (equivalent to about 8 gauge). I then lightly twist the two conductors to minimise the series inductance and thats about it. Total cost is about 6 dollars AUS per meter, Job done.
Cara L-2T2S as interconnect configured in Pseudo balanced mode.
http://www.vinylengine.com/phpBB2/album_page.php?pic_id=4872&sid=212018af6c5553b85cf356f489dfd2b7
Generic 0.12mm X 630 copper cable twisted for use as a speaker cable.
http://www.vinylengine.com/phpBB2/album_page.php?pic_id=4871&sid=212018af6c5553b85cf356f489dfd2b7
PS: There are two runs of speaker cables but I dont bi-wre. This is another ploy to make you purchase twice as much expensive cable. I actually have a bi-amped system, unlike bi-wiring; bi-amping does offer real advantages.
PPS: now I'm really upset how can I Make the links above appear as an embedded image... Please
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Edit: Links revised (still not working
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