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    Default Looking For Seriously Good Cheap/Reasonably Priced Speaker Cable

    Hi All,

    I have a Cyrus 2 and PSX , a Cambridge Audio Streammagic v2 and IMF TLS50 speakers.

    I had 3 sets of interconnects and my system can easily resolve the differences between them.

    1 Cambridge Audio Reference... Dull Dull Dull, they sound as though they were designed to mitigate the sins of early cd players and mask the harshness.
    2 Linn Black (thin old ones) ... Thought they were okay but have since found are missing a lot of detail.
    3 Goldring... Now my system is sorted , when I swapped these back in (had them for years) couldn't believe the level detail coming through but they sounded a little grainy and splashy .

    This got me thinking that maybe I can have the Goldring's detail and loose the roughness, anyway for £35 I thought I'd give the Chord C lines a try.
    Horrible looking compared to all my other interconnects but the sound is fantastic , as i hoped all the detail of the Goldring's but lovely focus and clarity , an absolute bargain and highly recommended!!

    So on to the speaker cable, I'm using a Linn K20 look-alike (un branded), very pleased with them although the only other cable I have heard on my system is QED Silver anniversary which just sounds fine in isolation but really boxed in by comparison.

    As my final system tweak I'm looking for a speaker cable that can further add to the Chord C Line's improvements without spending silly money.
    Can anyone recommended a really great cable for sensible money, to be honest I an so impressed with the Chord interconnects I'm tempted to try their's
    P:S if you have old gear and banana plugs (non gold ) , try gently cleaning the sockets with wire wool and applying dioxit gold .

    Thanks in advance

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    Hi oldius,

    I've read good things about the van damme Hi Fi .

    It's on my list of possibles.

    Thanks

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    The linn stuff is pretty decent at pricepoint. Ive got some of same but not linn branded.. Made by same people with their own name which i cant remember lol. Van damme blue is good although you might need the thick stuff.

    Think martin (macca) has a set of those big speakers. You could drop him a pm and ask him what he was using
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    I use Chord Odyssey 2 bought in a moment of madness a few years ago, which seems fine with all my speakers. My TLS 50s need recapping, though so can't really be definitive on that match.
    Current Lash Up:

    TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > JM Labs Focal Electra 926.

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    Van damme 6mm blue should sort you out.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Macca View Post
    I use Chord Odyssey 2 bought in a moment of madness a few years ago, which seems fine with all my speakers. My TLS 50s need recapping, though so can't really be definitive on that match.

    Thanks for your reply

    I will give some Chord a go I think for the price.

    Yes I was hoping to hear the results of your recap.Mine transformed the sound which had lost it's high frequencies and voicing.

    None of my caps were split like I've seen on some forums so they appeared to be in good condition.

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    Thanks everyone.

    When I try an alternative to the stuff I have (which I do think is pretty good) I'll let you know my findings.

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    Quote Originally Posted by winstonmalcolm View Post
    Thanks for your reply

    I will give some Chord a go I think for the price.

    Yes I was hoping to hear the results of your recap.Mine transformed the sound which had lost it's high frequencies and voicing.

    None of my caps were split like I've seen on some forums so they appeared to be in good condition.
    Mine look fine also. Problem I have is that my mate who is doing the recap works different hours to me so very hard to find a time when we are both not working and not either sleeping or drunk . But I will report when it is finally done.
    Current Lash Up:

    TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > JM Labs Focal Electra 926.

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    I've had some fairly costly ic's and speaker cable in my system over the last couple of years.

    Thanks to certain folk here, I'm now using Klotz ic's c£30, and Cable Talk 3.1 speaker cable c£5 a metre.

    I don't miss the expensive stuff at all!
    Bluesound Node 2i
    Audio Analogue Pucinni SE
    B&W DM607 s2
    Chord Shawline X speaker cable
    Klotz ic’s

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