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Best bang/buck speaker cable?

Dec 25, 2005 at 1:18 PM Post #17 of 29
Look into Signal Cable line of speaker cables, very reasonable price ship terminated ready to use $69-109, the 10 awg ultra single wire sounds amazing for the price and I keep a pair in my permanent collection.

Signal Cables

Also have set of Paul Speltz Anti Cables to play around with, at $10 ft terminated another very cheap option (although I prefer the Signal Ultra Single Wire for not much more)
 
Dec 25, 2005 at 2:44 PM Post #18 of 29
A cheap and fairly good option is the Qed Silver anniversary cable. It costs about £5/m. I have some lying around which I haven't used since I retired my home cinema system.
 
Dec 25, 2005 at 5:43 PM Post #19 of 29
I had always felt in the past that the Grover speaker cables were an even greater value then the ICs. You've already got some U6s, so you know where the bar is set--I tend to prefer the SR over the UR for single strand applications, but both are awesome bang for your bucks and a bi-wire configuration of the two is flat out stupendous.

Additionally, for low watt/high sensitivity applications I really like the sound of magnetwire.

Good luck finding something that works for you!

P.S. Congrats on the Berendsen source! I thought I was the only head-fier with one now (I believe Tyrion sold his). Friggin' giant slayer if you ask me.
 
Dec 25, 2005 at 8:27 PM Post #22 of 29
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Originally Posted by mattigol
Hi,

I know this is head-fi, not AA or audiocircle, but I trust everyone's ears here more than anyone else's. My Audioquest Cobalts were great value when I got them in a liquidation sale a long time ago. They are transparent and let me hear changes in make in my upstream components, which I feel is an indication for a good cable. But I never did much critical ABing in this regard either. So my question is, are there any uber-wires out there that provide as much bang/buck as some Grover ICs? Possibly witha trial optoion. Just need a few names and can take it from there.

Cheers,

Matthias


i would recommend you buy Canare 4S11 cable (professional-oriented speaker cable) and terminate yourself. there's plenty of screw on or crimp type connectors you can buy. the cable is very good--11 gauge star quad... it's what i use throughout the studio. costs about $1/ft... i think. don't remember exactly how much. (though personally i use soldered terminations... but you don't have to.)

don't use the power cable someone suggested. there might be some that's okay... but the quality will vary (i tried and it sucked). just get the Canare. cheap and probably better than most of those audiophile type cables costing 100x more.
 
Dec 26, 2005 at 12:40 AM Post #23 of 29
I'll throw in my two cents worth and mention Blue Jeans Cable. I just picked up a pair of IC's from them and they seem to be of good quality and good value. If you are not happy with them, they will refund your $ within 30 days. I am sure I could find cables that sound different, and possibly better, but I imagine that for most (not all) I would have to spend far beyond what they charge at Blue Jeans.
 
Dec 26, 2005 at 2:47 AM Post #24 of 29
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Originally Posted by DarkAngel
Look into Signal Cable line of speaker cables


On my system, the Signal Cable speaker cables lose some highs and speed compared to a similar length (12-15') of 10ga plain unterminated cable. Cheap CD player, MSB Link DAC, Creek 5350SE, Polk RT16 and Epos M5. It's a pair of 12' single wire, double run-Q with spade on one end, BFA on the other. If you're looking for a set of these speaker cables, that pair's just sitting in a drawer, so I could easily part with them.

I do use their Analog Two interconnects, though. Since I don't like the speaker cables, it might make sense for me to look into replacing the interconnects, but they're better than anything I've tried so far, except that they're very stiff, which causes some minor issues in routing them.
 
Dec 26, 2005 at 2:33 PM Post #25 of 29
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Originally Posted by replytoken
I'll throw in my two cents worth and mention Blue Jeans Cable. I just picked up a pair of IC's from them and they seem to be of good quality and good value. If you are not happy with them, they will refund your $ within 30 days. I am sure I could find cables that sound different, and possibly better, but I imagine that for most (not all) I would have to spend far beyond what they charge at Blue Jeans.


I bought a digital cable from them. Great buing experience, great cable. Thanks for the reminder!
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Dec 26, 2005 at 3:31 PM Post #26 of 29
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Originally Posted by Orpheus
i would recommend you buy Canare 4S11 cable (professional-oriented speaker cable) and terminate yourself. there's plenty of screw on or crimp type connectors you can buy. the cable is very good--11 gauge star quad... it's what i use throughout the studio. costs about $1/ft... i think. don't remember exactly how much. (though personally i use soldered terminations... but you don't have to.)


I second the Canare 4S11 suggestion. It's what I currently use. Subjectively I prefer it to the Kimber 4VS I used to have in my system, and for the price you can't beat it, especially for 11 gauge cable. If aesthetics matter, buy some TechFlex to cover the grey exterior of the cable.
 
Dec 26, 2005 at 8:57 PM Post #27 of 29
What terminations should provide the best sound? I read somewhere that spades do but it's hard to get the right size spade to fit certain speakers...is this true? Also does anyone know where I can get a cable with a Spade termination on one side and bare straight wire on the other end?
 
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