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Title: Speaker Cables
Post by: spott on January 28, 2004, 08:59:59 AM

After my move, I need to get some new speaker cables, perhaps anyone knows a cost effective routes for DIY?? I used 10-base T cable in the past and it sounded pretty good, but I was wondering if anyone had other suggestions?? I'm refusing to buy the 60 gauge monster cable on principle.

Title: Re:Speaker Cables
Post by: John R on January 28, 2004, 09:37:43 AM

qick and easy is anything above 14 ga. with a high strand count

Title: Re:Speaker Cables
Post by: nickgregory on January 28, 2004, 11:09:52 AM

I bought a couple hundred feet of the canare speaker cable....see the playback section for part numbers, relatively inexpensive (.41 a ft I believe) added on banana clips and the result was a HUGE improvement from the crap I had before...especially in the bass response, much more defined, rather than muddy as before!

Title: Re:Speaker Cables
Post by: jlykos on January 28, 2004, 12:21:56 PM

If you go to any hi-fi store, they will likely have speaker cable in bulk  as well as connectors that you can purchase.  A lot of their markup comes from the labor cost of cold-welding the connectors on.

I have some Vampire Wyre at $4 a foot and silver spades as connectors that sound great.  The spades provide a tighter connection from the wire to the post than bare wire or banana clips.

Title: Re:Speaker Cables
Post by: jpschust on January 28, 2004, 10:09:33 PM

yah ive got the spades on my stuff too (low end monster... rather put my money elsewhere for now) i like the spades a lot personally