Using odd thickness cables.

[Bigman80]

[QUOTE=AJSki2fly;1140595][B]I have tried at least 6 different speaker cables over the years in my systems, including heavy 35amp mains cable, and sone work well and others don't. [QUOTE]

Only 6!

I had you down as a cable connoisseur, like moi!

From your signature I can see you have the Chord Epic, which I am hoping are the Epic Twin of old. They started a revolution in my system and highlighted how much I had completely neglected the Speaker cables. Cannot underestimate the value of good cabledge in a system. It doesn't have to be mega money, just high quality.

[AJSki2fly]

[QUOTE=Bigman80;1140619][QUOTE=AJSki2fly;1140595][B]I have tried at least 6 different speaker cables over the years in my systems, including heavy 35amp mains cable, and sone work well and others don't.

Only 6!

I had you down as a cable connoisseur, like moi!

From your signature I can see you have the Chord Epic, which I am hoping are the Epic Twin of old. They started a revolution in my system and highlighted how much I had completely neglected the Speaker cables. Cannot underestimate the value of good cabledge in a system. It doesn't have to be mega money, just high quality.

It may have been a few more but it could be embarrassing. I have some high end 1.5m 1.5” sausages from the he who can now be named, they are actually multi-cores and exceptionally clear and open sounding, I was using them for the top end and the Epics for the bass, but since getting the high stand one side does not reach, I am now using some monitor audio silvers to the top end. The MA’s I have had 25 years and would cost £100/m today, they are good but not best for the low end. I have tried Western Electrics and am thinking of bi-wiring with 12g to hi end and 16g to low end.

Imo what you use is very dependant on amp and speaker combo, and there is no such thing as one size fits all in the cable department, and it can also be down to what you like your system to sound like.


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[Bigman80]

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[B]I have tried at least 6 different speaker cables over the years in my systems, including heavy 35amp mains cable, and sone work well and others don't.

It may have been a few more but it could be embarrassing. I have some high end 1.5m 1.5” sausages from the he who can now be named, they are actually multi-cores and exceptionally clear and open sounding, I was using them for the top end and the Epics for the bass, but since getting the high stand one side does not reach, I am now using some monitor audio silvers to the top end. The MA’s I have had 25 years and would cost £100/m today, they are good but not best for the low end. I have tried Western Electrics and am thinking of bi-wiring with 12g to hi end and 16g to low end.

Imo what you use is very dependant on amp and speaker combo, and there is no such thing as one size fits all in the cable department, and it can also be down to what you like your system to sound like.


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Ooooh, sausages! Were they a one off build?

Yes I agree that a lot of what cables do is very personal to the listener.

[AJSki2fly]

[QUOTE=Bigman80;1140632][QUOTE=AJSki2fly;1140629]

Ooooh, sausages! Were they a one off build?

Yes I agree that a lot of what cables do is very personal to the listener.

I think the sausages were quite expensive when made, however I acquired them with a 2nd hand amp that had been pxd at a dealers. Later on I realised that they were probably quite special. In fact I think there are one or two very high end cable manufacturers that build cables on a similar principle today. Multiple cores of different metal compositions, tuned to address different frequencies and resistances, and carefully twisted and shielded, then supported in a foam tube.