Minor speaker cable upgrade

[MCRU]

I wonder with the kit that I have if it is possible to do really anything more than minor upgrades without actually replacing a main component.

Cables can be quite surprising, I am going to send you something quite special within your budget to try. 2 metre pair

I am at a funeral tomorrow so will post some friday, you may be shocked what £100 cables can do if chosen wisely!

[CageyH]

I am going to send you something quite special within your budget to try.

you may be shocked what £100 cables can do if chosen wisely!

Agreed. Can you shed any light on these?

[MCRU]

Agreed. Can you shed any light on these?

Something from Black Rhodium I have been fettling, not twist either!

[CageyH]

Sounds interesting.

[rdpx]

Cables can be quite surprising, I am going to send you something quite special within your budget to try. 2 metre pair

I am at a funeral tomorrow so will post some friday, you may be shocked what £100 cables can do if chosen wisely!

Wow - thanks David that sounds really great - I am very happy indeed to be shocked! I'll be up in Wales from tomorrow until Mon 16 so forgive me if you don't hear any cable feedback before then...

R

[rdpx]

Ok so today I received a parcel with what looks like very posh speaker cable indeed inside it.

It looks just like Black Rhodium Iris, except with gold Z plugs instead of Rhodium ones. Indeed David told me it was a couple of jumps up the range from the Jive I was asking about (which was £35 discounted down from £120)

Seems hard to find online but what I can find prices a 3metre pair at £375, with the Rhodium plugs. Difference in price for the plugs alone on the BR site is about £60 so RRP of what I have should be around the £300 mark. And I am being asked for less than 30% of that....

So where's the catch?

Won't be back in London to listen to these until late weekend.... but I will report back.

R

[CageyH]

Have you tried any of the Van Damme cables?
Good VFM from the 4mm and 6mm cables.
Don't overlook them because they are cheap.

[rdpx]

No, but if you read the thread you will see that is exactly one of the cables I have been asking about! The ones I just have look very fancy indeed - main issue with them is they will make the rest of my system look a bit cheap! How do you reckon the vd 6mm will stack up against some fancyBlack Rhodium?

[CageyH]

I think they will stack up well. The Black Rhodium may be slightly better, but at a higher cost.
I tried the 6mm cable in my system and it was pretty good. I just preferred the Belden RG-8/U coax as it was slightly better. The Van Damme is cheap enough to try without worrying about fitting Z plugs. If you like the cable, get Z plugs fitted later.

[Desmo]

The Van Dam me is cheap enough that I bi-wire using 6mm for the lower drivers and 2.5 mm for the tweeters. Works well and does not break the bank.