Truly amazed

[DSJR]

Not as posh but good wire and plugs -

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HQ-3-5-Stereo-...item1e5448c66e

£3.39 inc P&P. Can't be any good can they ?

[Reid Malenfant]

Good cable that is I'm using the very same from active crossovers to power amps (equivalent to 8 mono cables) which are 10M long each.

The same stuff is used for component video cables which is actually what mine are. Copper braid & an aluminised foil screen, bandwidth to over 10MHz...

What's not to like Oh, they sound good to

[Jac Hawk]

Not as posh but good wire and plugs -

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HQ-3-5-Stereo-...item1e5448c66e

£3.39 inc P&P. Can't be any good can they ?

No is the simple answer they look good in the picture but in reality they're just cheap cables, nothing special and the plugs are moulded on, that metal outer is just for show and isn't really needed. the kindest thing you could say is that they are an improvement on the free cables you get with a new piece of kit.

[Reid Malenfant]

Sorry Mike but i must totally disagree. The cables are of a good quality. Not only are they usable as a digital interconnect due to the 75ohm impedance but if you have read my above post you'll see they are eminently suitable for audio interconnects as they have a bandwidth that pisses all over audio cables.

I'm using 8 x 10M of the very same & i'm totally happy indeed, i couldn't ask for more at the price. The plugs are alloy with a nice gold plated inner screened connection & the centre pin is also pretty substantial & gold plated as well.

The cables are fully screened with at least 90% coverage interwoven copper wire & there is an overall screen of aluminised mylar foil.

They are a bloody bargain.

E2A:- Perhaps you'd like to take it up with Mark Grant that his HDMI cables are cheap because his plugs are "molded on" rather than something else...

[Jac Hawk]

I'm not saying they're not well made or that they aren't good value, I got the very same cable for my ipod and at the same time bought a pair of HQ phono leads, the heads aren't alloy, they're plastic with an alloy collar held in place with a grub screw, the plugs themselves are ok in the fact that they do the job required, but mine seemed a little slack and didn't grip the socket as well as i would have liked, the cable itself is nice and thick but not very supple and once again it sounds ok, nothing flash, for the money they're ok but IMHO the belkins wipe the floor with them no question, and for not much more coin, they just didn't make me go I still use the mini jack to phono lead on my ipod dock as there doesn't seem any point using a better cable as the music is lossy anyway. I respect your opinion Mark but for me if it was a choice between the HQ's or the Belkins i know which ones i would go for every time

[Reid Malenfant]

Belkin don't make 7M+ leads though, so for the money & my needing 7M leads these are a bargain. Obviously i can't compare them because of the length difference, but quality wise they pee all over anything i have used at the price.

There appears to be an alloy outer fairly thick sleeve on the plugs, this is surrounding a gold plated screened connection. Yep, there is a grub screw somewhere i seem to remember!

Look up component video cables on fleabay Mike. Find the very same & i'll think you'd be surprised at the price of a 10M cable that supports 3 different connections

I actually prefer these due to the way they are made. I appear to get more mains frequency hum from the White belkin cables where as these are as silent as a windless desert night.

[Jac Hawk]

point taken about the cable lengths mate

[RochaCullen]

I've ordered two sets of these babys based on the performance of the belkin speaker wire, which is great stuff.

I was wondering, since this stuff comes in 2.4 metre lengths whether anyone has decided to dice it up and create a number of separate interconnects with better plugs. I have a bunch of cardas silvers in a box crying out to be used. I am thinking keep one of the belkins intact, and dice the other into three separate ICs for use with my cardas plugs. Is resoldering of the cable a fidly thing to do, some cables are a b%t$h to resolder after cutting?

Nathan

[The Grand Wazoo]

Read Anthony's comments right near the start of this thread - you may be dissuaded from bothering.

EDIT:
From Post No. 29

[Jac Hawk]

Are you talking about the grey Pure A/V interconnectors Nathan? if so they are not very easy to work with each of the conductors are of a different type and thickness of copper and some of the conductors are even encased in a soft plastic, so you would have to burn them clean 1st, now i'm not saying it isn't possible, but why bother for the price?