That's the spirit! Show a friend how good his music can sound for not much outlay, then leave him to upgrade his way to financial ruin!Originally Posted by Gaz
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Location: Chorley Lancs
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I'm Steve.
That's the spirit! Show a friend how good his music can sound for not much outlay, then leave him to upgrade his way to financial ruin!
I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in
T/T: Inspire Monarch, X200 tonearm, Ortofon Quintet Blue. Phono: Project Tube Box CD: Marantz CD6006 (UK Edition); Amp: Musical Fidelity A5 Integrated.
Speakers: Zu Omen Def, REL T9i subwoofer. Cables: Atlas Equator interconnects, Atlas Hyper 3.0 speaker cables
T'other system:
Echo Dot, Amptastic Mini One,Arcam A75 integrated, Celestion 5's, BK XLS-200 DF
A/V:
LG 55" OLED, Panasonic Blu Ray, Sony a/v amp, MA Radius speakers, REL Storm sub
Forget the past, it's gone. And don't worry about the future, it doesn't exist. There is only NOW.
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Location: Torquay
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I'm Craig.
Just done a major upgrade, plumbed in some Cambridge Audio Symphony speaker cable priced at a staggering £2.19 a metre!
Bluesound Node 2i
Audio Analogue Pucinni SE
B&W DM607 s2
Chord Shawline X speaker cable
Klotz ic’s
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Location: Forest of Dean
Posts: 643
I'm Gary.
Sounds sensible to me, but then I am a confirmed cable aetheist
Marantz CD63 KI Signature
Project Debut II
Pioneer A656 Reference
Epos M5s
Atacama Stands
Maplin speaker cable cos I can't hear a difference
Various interconnects as above
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Location: Yorkshire
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I'm Andrew.
Solid core Cu is all you need. Why not take a trip to your local Wickes and buy the biggest cross section diameter copper cable they have. I used to use Nordost SPM speaker cables at stuipd pounds per meter. I then went onto Van dan Hul Blue 6mm Studio grade at far less cost and then 6mm solid copper from Wickes (no difference) in sound quality and cheaper than Van den Hul.
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CD Teac VRDS25X(Audiotuned) DECK 1210 Mat Crystal Audio Mods MN Base/Bearing/Platter+Ebony armboard Feet Isonoe PSU Paul Hynes SR7EHD-27XL/DCSXL Ag DC lead/3 Stage Regs/Recap PCB+No Pitch/Strobe/Light ARM SME V(Kondo Ag Rewire&Tags) MC Cadenza Black FGS CABLES Arm Yannis SPD-4 IC Yannis 222 Litz+Ag bullets Power WAR PRE ATC SCA2 SPEAKERS ATC 50ASL STANDS Atacama PHONO Sugden Masterclass PA4 SUT Ortofon ST80SE POWER PSAudio P10
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Location: London/Durham
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I'm Lawrence.
Nah you're allowed to include what you already have without adding to the cost.In all honesty, I didn’t factor in the Squeezebox Touch (£275) or original cost of the Quake(£350)
Sadly it totals a lot more than the £30!
Or am I allowed to not include the price of stuff I had before?
Anyway, is it worth spending a bob or two on speaker cable?
Richer have some at less than £2 a metre!
Or wouldn’t I tell the difference with it and my copper mains cable I’m using now?
I bought a Cambridge audio reference cable off ebay for £10 the other day. Chucked it in with some kit I already had. It sounded amazing. You'd literally think it cost thousands. All for a tenner!!! (Plus a few bits I had before.)
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Location: Forest of Dean
Posts: 643
I'm Gary.
Me too, I got a pair of Cambridge Audio Studio Reference cables on Ebay for £20, some poor sucker paid £120 new.
To me they sounded exactly the same as my Cambridge Audio Pacific ones which in turn sounded the same as the Chord Indigos I borrowed.
I'm sure the devout will say my equipment isn't good enough to exploit the better cables or it's my hearing or something similar.
I won't convince them and until I do actually hear a difference they won't convince me either lol
Marantz CD63 KI Signature
Project Debut II
Pioneer A656 Reference
Epos M5s
Atacama Stands
Maplin speaker cable cos I can't hear a difference
Various interconnects as above
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Location: Essex
Posts: 31,967
I'm openingabottleofwine.
The use of twin and earth cable used for permanent mains wiring as speaker cable was all the rage in the '80s.
I don't like solid core cables as I believe cables should be as flexible as possible. Actually I don't like (unbalanced) cables at all: so use monoblock power amplifiers located directly behind each speaker and run balanced line cables back to the preamp. That way my speaker cables can be as short as 30cm.
But I agree with you - there really is no need to spend a lot on decent speaker cables. Or for that matter on interconnects.
Barry
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Location: gone
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I'm gone.
Coo. This has turned into a proppa cable sceptic thread.
Well, I love my foo speaker cables and I think they sound great!
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I'm Alan.
'SPECIALIST EXTREME HIGH END AMAZING!!!!' (from the link)
Coorrr, wow.
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I'm gone.
I have to confess that the outrageous hyperbolic blurb was what attracted me to try them.
And, amazingly, expectation bias led me to actually agree with the hype.
They really are very good.
They are made by W&M, a well established Dutch company. Very well made. I also have a pair of balanced interconnects made by them which could be used to tow quite a large ocean going liner!
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