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Re: Home Depot Cable
« Reply #15 on: December 31, 2004, 08:03:57 AM »
I have the canares and love them...just use bare wire, no banana plugs on the ends as of yet.  How long a run would you need for a comparison Joe?  I have some extra I believe....you would just have to strip the wire on the ends and hook it up, if you want to run a compare...
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Re: Home Depot Cable
« Reply #16 on: December 31, 2004, 01:20:41 PM »
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I have the canares and love them...just use bare wire, no banana plugs on the ends as of yet.  How long a run would you need for a comparison Joe?  I have some extra I believe....you would just have to strip the wire on the ends and hook it up, if you want to run a compare...

about 15' would be fine. thanks!

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I'm thinking of going to Home Depot & getting some of that extension cord to try out.
It's just a regular extension cord, & all you do is cut off the plugs right ?

yep.
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Re: Home Depot Cable
« Reply #17 on: January 01, 2005, 01:01:16 PM »
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I have the canares and love them...just use bare wire, no banana plugs on the ends as of yet. How long a run would you need for a comparison Joe? I have some extra I believe....you would just have to strip the wire on the ends and hook it up, if you want to run a compare...

about 15' would be fine. thanks!


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Re: Home Depot Cable
« Reply #18 on: January 03, 2005, 07:08:41 PM »
I put this stuff on today finally. it is replacing some Synergistic Research Alpha cable...

I don't know if I'm hearing things or not but there seems to be a rather dramatic improvement already. The sound is richer and fuller in the low end and has a new openness and clarity in the top. The soundstage seems to be have grown a bit deeper and wider too...

I like what I'm hearing...
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Re: Home Depot Cable
« Reply #19 on: January 03, 2005, 11:12:02 PM »
don't forget that they sell 14/2 for .158/ft  no info on strand count.
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Re: Home Depot Cable
« Reply #20 on: January 04, 2005, 02:16:20 PM »
Haven't done to much research on strand count, etc, but Lowes ( http://www.lowes.com ) has some outdoor extension cables in similar gauges and configurations/ prices in blue and purple... prime cords or something like it... interesting and probably what I will try when I finally get my new receiver.
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Re: Home Depot Cable
« Reply #21 on: January 20, 2005, 03:56:21 PM »
Quote from: Tim on January 03, 2005, 07:08:41 PM
I put this stuff on today finally. it is replacing some Synergistic Research Alpha cable...

I don't know if I'm hearing things or not but there seems to be a rather dramatic improvement already. The sound is richer and fuller in the low end and has a new openness and clarity in the top. The soundstage seems to be have grown a bit deeper and wider too...

I like what I'm hearing...

Tim any updates?  Still sounding good to your ears?

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Re: Home Depot Cable
« Reply #22 on: January 20, 2005, 04:27:53 PM »
yes, very much so.... I added a new amp and cd player within the last 2 weeks though. I'm going to swap them out for some bettercables.com wires this weekend... didn't have time last weekend.

EDIT: I'll post more in depth thoughts next week sometime... suffice it to say that I really enjoyed the sound of the HD cable with my borrowd amp, (Thanks Darrin!). The HD cable was a noticeable improvement to my ears with that setup. I have no complaints with how it sounds with my new ASL amp but I just haven't had time to switch out the cables...
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Re: Home Depot Cable
« Reply #23 on: January 20, 2005, 06:24:40 PM »
I've been using about 20' of my original 50' of the Home Depot "cable".  Sounds great, or rather, I can really tell with all these upgrades, how crappy my speakers are...

The orange doesn't bother me as most of the cable is hidden...  Anyways, I think its funny to point out that a $20 extension cord sounds as good as expensive cable - so I like to keep them orange to remind me...

Anyone want some of this stuff???  I'll trade for a handful of SHN/FLAC discs of any recent shows you may have taped...

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Re: Home Depot Cable
« Reply #24 on: January 20, 2005, 07:54:59 PM »
Quote from: Tim on January 20, 2005, 04:27:53 PM
yes, very much so.... I added a new amp and cd player within the last 2 weeks though. I'm going to swap them out for some bettercables.com wires this weekend... didn't have time last weekend.

EDIT: I'll post more in depth thoughts next week sometime... suffice it to say that I really enjoyed the sound of the HD cable with my borrowd amp, (Thanks Darrin!). The HD cable was a noticeable improvement to my ears with that setup. I have no complaints with how it sounds with my new ASL amp but I just haven't had time to switch out the cables...

I'm curious to see your thoughts on the bettercables wires.  Everyone I've turned on to these cables has remarked about their incredible clarity across all frequencies.
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Re: Home Depot Cable
« Reply #25 on: January 20, 2005, 08:07:13 PM »
Quote from: Jonny Tapealot on January 20, 2005, 07:54:59 PM
Quote from: Tim on January 20, 2005, 04:27:53 PM
yes, very much so.... I added a new amp and cd player within the last 2 weeks though. I'm going to swap them out for some bettercables.com wires this weekend... didn't have time last weekend.

EDIT: I'll post more in depth thoughts next week sometime... suffice it to say that I really enjoyed the sound of the HD cable with my borrowd amp, (Thanks Darrin!). The HD cable was a noticeable improvement to my ears with that setup. I have no complaints with how it sounds with my new ASL amp but I just haven't had time to switch out the cables...

I'm curious to see your thoughts on the bettercables wires. Everyone I've turned on to these cables has remarked about their incredible clarity across all frequencies.


I can't wait to use them. Unfortunatley the amp I was borrowing wouldn't take the spade connectors so I had to wait until I got my new amp. Thanks so much for the loaner Jonny :)
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Re: Home Depot Cable
« Reply #26 on: January 26, 2005, 08:19:06 PM »
well, the ext. cord certainly holds the low end very well. felt like more presence to me....maybe not as smooth overall as the canare (thanks nick) A little more air to the higer end of the canare. overall, i am pleased with the ext. cord through my monitors. I think it needs to be compared with the canare on a sub.
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Re: Home Depot Cable
« Reply #27 on: January 26, 2005, 08:33:16 PM »
Quote from: Joe w. on January 26, 2005, 08:19:06 PM
well, the ext. cord certainly holds the low end very well. felt like more presence to me....maybe not as smooth overall as the canare (thanks nick) A little more air to the higer end of the canare. overall, i am pleased with the ext. cord through my monitors. I think it needs to be compared with the canare on a sub.

+T Joe, thanks....

fwiw - the cable I'm borrowing from Jonny won't reach my amp, so no comparisons this weekend. Jason is sending me some high dollar AudioQuest to try out though.
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Re: Home Depot Cable
« Reply #28 on: January 26, 2005, 08:35:55 PM »
Quote from: Joe w. on January 26, 2005, 08:19:06 PM
well, the ext. cord certainly holds the low end very well. felt like more presence to me....maybe not as smooth overall as the canare (thanks nick) A little more air to the higer end of the canare. overall, i am pleased with the ext. cord through my monitors. I think it needs to be compared with the canare on a sub.

my pleasure...interesting how the ext cord stacks up...
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Re: Home Depot Cable
« Reply #29 on: January 26, 2005, 08:40:30 PM »
apparently in blind tests that The Absolute Sound did it matched up with some pretty high dollar cable...
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