long cables? How to coil them properly

[seoirse2002]

Interesting...

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/08/tnhyut-coil-cable/

[MikeMusic]

Obvious

now he's told me !

I hate all the twisting I normally get

[Spectral Morn]

Best way to coil a cable is not to coil it :D



Regards Neil

[rubber duck]

Correct, cables should not be coiled!

[hifi_dave]

27 years as a protoype wireman taught me great respect for wires and cables. I can't abide twisted cable, it gives me the hump as much as leaving LPs on the floor..:eek:

[rubber duck]

Not coiling cables doesn't mean leaving them twisted though...

[Wakefield Turntables]

There should be no excuse for coiling cables if you have properly thought out the distance between your hifi kit. I hate untidy cables. My cables are optimised to make them as short as possible, I love tidy cables. Geeky, yep, but thats just me. ;)

[istari_knight]

No one likes a smart arse :ner: ... Pretty nifty technique :thumbsup:

[nat8808]

Correct, cables should not be coiled!

Perhaps you have a balcony you hang them straight from when not in use then?

You have to coil them else either suffer tight bends and so more strain on the wires or a big mess and probably lots of random kinks again.

[nat8808]

Ah... So that's what a boss once showed me many years ago! I'd forgotten about the backward twist, it's all coming back. Next to no-one does it though in any cable-full industry.

[walpurgis]

Well I always store speaker cables coiled and I coil them following the natural 'roll' of the cable. Never get any damage.

Here's how I store my spare interconnects:

http://i62.tinypic.com/2z54roh.jpg

Draped on an 'overdoor hanger'. Yes, I know there's one coiled, it's too long to just hang.

[Audio Al]

Well I always store speaker cables coiled and I coil them following the natural 'roll' of the cable. Never get any damage.

Here's how I store my spare interconnects:

http://i62.tinypic.com/2z54roh.jpg

Draped on an 'overdoor hanger'. Yes, I know there's one coiled, it's too long to just hang.

Geoff , What did you do with the wife's shoes ? :D

[agk]

What's a "spare" cable? Some new brand? If I'm not using it I sell or bin it. One more advantage of a simple system I guess.

[walpurgis]

What's a "spare" cable? Some new brand? If I'm not using it I sell or bin it. One more advantage of a simple system I guess.

OK. No, 'spare' is not a brand. Thought you'd have known.

Mine are perhaps not spare, but alternative. I mix and match cables to suit particular components and to influence the final balance of the system's sound. If you like a simple system, that's your choice. Me, I like lots of equipment to tinker around with. (and I hope nobody says changing cables around has no effect)

[walpurgis]

Geoff , What did you do with the wife's shoes ? :D

They're in what used to be my cable box Al! ;)

[Tim]

I hope nobody says changing cables around has no effect)
Oh go on then, I'll say it . . . changing cables around has no effect :lol: sounds funny doesn't it?

[Ninanina]

Oh go on then, I'll say it . . . changing cables around has no effect :lol: sounds funny doesn't it?

Oh now you've gawn an done it.... :doh::doh:

'Can' and 'worms' comes to mind.... :eek:

[nat8808]

Well I always store speaker cables coiled and I coil them following the natural 'roll' of the cable. Never get any damage.

Here's how I store my spare interconnects:

http://i62.tinypic.com/2z54roh.jpg


That looks a nice stash.

One needs a selection at least of different lengths. I end up with new components all over the place, different number of items plugged into the integrated, sometimes you end up with a pre-power or monoblocks and it's yet another configuration altogether.

I need to get a good selection of balanced cables I think, for the hell of it.

[AlanS]

It is reassuring that I had be doing the right thing according to an expert. And for those to whom it doesn't come naturally guidance.

[Tim]

Oh go on then, I'll say it . . . changing cables around has no effect :lol: sounds funny doesn't it?
This was sarcasm in case anyone don't realise, or understand my sense of humour ;)

[nat8808]

This coming back to me over the last few days (had to coil a few cables via work), I find that it needn't be so complicated as the video kind of makes it be!

When coiling the cable, you simply twist the cable with your fingers. Twisting the cable will make it naturally coil in one direction or the other. You simply alternate the twist with your fingers to alternate the coil direction.

This is what I was shown when starting out in the event/theatre/entertainment world... but had forgotten and not done for a few years for some reason.

Bit of a pain with big heavy mains cables, having to twist the whole thing with your wrist until your wrist gives out..

[starbucksboss]

This was sarcasm in case anyone don't realise, or understand my sense of humour ;)

C'mon you lot...you KNOW cables make no difference whatsoever ... So out of the goodness of my heart - send me all your ridiculously expensive extreemly highend cables and I'll store then for you.