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Re: $3000 cable using stock Home Depot wire...
« Reply #15 on: August 05, 2005, 06:10:03 PM »
good luck :)
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Re: $3000 cable using stock Home Depot wire...
« Reply #16 on: August 30, 2005, 07:16:05 PM »
fwiw - I'll never use straight copper in my stereo again. Copper has a low end bloom that does not sit well with my ears, perhaps it's the fact that I run tubes but the lowend color and warmth that copper brings is just too much for me. I much prefer the clarity and balance of silver-clad cables.

on a bright system though they may do better

also those HD cables still have thrown the widest soundstage I've ever heard on my system, so they've got that going for them.... which is nice
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Re: $3000 cable using stock Home Depot wire...
« Reply #17 on: August 31, 2005, 12:25:02 PM »
so they've got that going for them.... which is nice

Nice point Carl.

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Re: $3000 cable using stock Home Depot wire...
« Reply #18 on: August 31, 2005, 12:30:23 PM »
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Re: $3000 cable using stock Home Depot wire...
« Reply #19 on: August 31, 2005, 06:59:49 PM »
trust your ears

and your wallet

the HD's served me fine, just wanted to point out some sonic issues to keep in mind :)
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Re: $3000 cable using stock Home Depot wire...
« Reply #20 on: September 01, 2005, 02:47:44 AM »
So you are making speaker wires from extension cords?  Or am I totally confused here?
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Re: $3000 cable using stock Home Depot wire...
« Reply #21 on: September 01, 2005, 03:52:43 AM »
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Re: $3000 cable using stock Home Depot wire...
« Reply #22 on: September 01, 2005, 08:27:18 PM »
>>Where else can you find an HDMI cable though?  I was looking around everywhere and the only other option to Monster Cable was RCA for about $30 less.  I did end up buying a used Monster HDMI for $50 shipped on ebay though ... so not too bad.<<

i went to Coconuts and found an acoustic research 6 foot hdmi cable for 19.99.

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« Reply #23 on: September 03, 2005, 06:41:22 AM »
WTF is Coconuts?
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Re: $3000 cable using stock Home Depot wire...
« Reply #24 on: September 04, 2005, 03:20:42 PM »
Coconuts is a music store...

And I use these HD extension cord speaker cables...  I bought a 50' piece and chopped myslef 2x 10' cables.  I sent the extra to NicksPicks, but never heard back about any comps or anything...  NP, where are you???  What do you think???

Big honking cables for cheap.  Sounds good to me, I need to improve my playback system before I think to upgrade my cable from copper extension cord to silver cable...  Need new speakers first...

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Re: $3000 cable using stock Home Depot wire...
« Reply #25 on: September 04, 2005, 03:52:05 PM »
remember that silver is not the end all, and copper is not necessarily bad... both have their own sound and may work better in certain systems than others
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Re: $3000 cable using stock Home Depot wire...
« Reply #26 on: September 09, 2005, 10:52:45 AM »
This thread has got my interest and am thinking about checking out the Home Depot cables.  Is this the one that everyone is talking about:
http://www.homedepot.ca/escalate/store/DetailPage?pls=hd_canada_gift&bc=hd_canada_gift&pc=212538&tab=desc&clist=0189803237ff:018980323811
Just asking so I know excatly what I want when I walk in to a store near me.   ;D
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Re: $3000 cable using stock Home Depot wire...
« Reply #27 on: October 04, 2005, 08:49:20 AM »
This thread has got my interest and am thinking about checking out the Home Depot cables.  Is this the one that everyone is talking about:
http://www.homedepot.ca/escalate/store/DetailPage?pls=hd_canada_gift&bc=hd_canada_gift&pc=212538&tab=desc&clist=0189803237ff:018980323811
Just asking so I know excatly what I want when I walk in to a store near me.   ;D

Bump.  Again just wondering if this is the cable that everyone is talking about in this thread.
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DPA 4061 (x1, hat mounted) > MPS 6010 > P-mod UA-5 >  NJB3 (48KHz)

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Re: $3000 cable using stock Home Depot wire...
« Reply #28 on: October 04, 2005, 10:01:45 AM »
As always Mike, I think you get what you pay for...unless you are in the world that believes cables do not make a differnce, then buy all the extension cable you want :P

I do use home depot cable on my subwoofer where I wanted all copper cable anyway, so it works fairl well though it sounds a bit wooly to me.
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Re: $3000 cable using stock Home Depot wire...
« Reply #29 on: October 04, 2005, 03:58:18 PM »
I don't buy that someone was rebranding hd cable and asking 3 grand for a second, at least not anyone with the slightest amount of integrity. 
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