Topic: garden hose speaker cable

[scb]

so i came across a KILLER deal on audiogon for a 7 foot bi wire pair of audiomagic sorcerer speaker cable (like 20 % of retail price)

they came today.  jesus, these things are thick.  what the hell am i supposed to do with them?  can't wait for the speakers to arrive to hook them up.  did a trial run with just the thick line on the old tannoys and damn, i've never heard bass like that from these speakers...

but what the hell?  soooo thick

[scb]

oh they're actually very flexible, much more flexible than the 1 meter sorcerer interconnect i used to have

but soo thick.  and yes that read 20 percent of retail not 20% off retail.   but had i known they were so thick....

[BobW]

Aren't the Tannoy's self-powered ?

[scb]

tannoy makes plenty of regular speakers...

[Chanher]

any more still available on audiogon?

[scb]

that was it

[Lil Kim Jong-Il]

of course they look thick next to a thumb ;-).

Nice catch.  It's amazing what cables can do.  When I got the MIT 750s, I heard the same thing you describe.  I got more bass and there was a smoother definition all along the entire range.  I never cease to enjoy the "WTF?" look on the faces of people when the see them for the first time.

[Nick's Picks]

i'm about to pick up some cables myself finally.
they are custom, hand made jobbies by a guy named "Gregg Stanley".  They are supposed to be quite impressive, but ugly.  Bright red and braided like licorice rope.  
He lives in Chicago and is a member of an audiophile club there whos members include some big names in the hi-fi world.  Big names as in owners, founders and designers of a lot of gear we use (the P of PS-Audio comes to mind, Paul something or another....)
any way, almost everyone in the club runs his cable, and they have ABA'd it against a lot of big dollar cables.  I think he sells an 8' pair for under $200 !!
I'm going to build him a web site to help get his cable efforts rolling, and in return I get a free pair, a pair of jumpers and an IC.  Pretty cool!  I'm going to review them, though I dont have much to benchmark them against (MIT term 3 and term 2), but it should still be interesting.
I'll post here when I'm finished with it.

Scott, great score on those fatties you have!  +T for the find.

[jpschust]

nick, i dont have much use for my MIT 5's for the time being if you want to throw those in the mix for ab'ing them

[Nick's Picks]

term 5's?
I dont think I'll need to use those after teh term 3/2's I have go under the gun, but thanks for offering them up! +T to you my friend!
i'm loose w'the Ts today...watch out

[Lee]

those are actually nick's old term 5's, Jonny...

[jpschust]

HAHAHAHAHA thats funny.  round the circle they go!

[Nick's Picks]

I think my hands will have been on a good percentage of gear in this forum by the time i'm gone...

[Lee]

SLUT!