Topic: Speaker wire

[jdawg]

The highs were much more pleasing, and just more detail all around. doh! it's sucking me in.... 

How are your cables connected? 

IMO you should be connecting your speaker wire to the HF posts and letting the signal pass through the jumpers to the bass posts.

Well, I did some experimenting and I actually prefer the wire connected to the woofer posts (regardless of what the manual says). Once I get some decent cables, I'll have to, once again, experiment

[Lil Kim Jong-Il]

There's no substitute for personal experimentation.   

What didn't you like about them with the wires to the HF posts?

[jdawg]

There's no substitute for personal experimentation.   

What didn't you like about them with the wires to the HF posts?

The highs were a little too harsh for my taste.

[Nick's Picks]

i can report that the 6ga milspec silver cables i'm using are very, very nice.

and if you want to pursue it, I'll build you a pair.  and/or, show you what you need to get to do it yourself.

Nick,  what kind of connectors are you using on this cable? 

This stuff is so large that I've been unable to find something suitable to use. 

Thanks for any suggestions!

I am also still searching for some larger spades.  In the meantime, I have trimmed some of the wire from the edges of the braid so that it will fit w/the spades i'm using.

[Krispy D]

There's no substitute for personal experimentation.   

What didn't you like about them with the wires to the HF posts?

The highs were a little too harsh for my taste.

you are probably just exposing the limitations of your receiver at this point.

[jdawg]

There's no substitute for personal experimentation.   

What didn't you like about them with the wires to the HF posts?

The highs were a little too harsh for my taste.

you are probably just exposing the limitations of your receiver at this point.

That, I don't doubt.

[cshepherd]

http://eugenehifi.com/VanDenHul/htm/Speaker_Cables_from_Van_den_Hul.htm

We love van den Hul's speaker cables.  They come with interchangeable spade and banana tips.  We have demo sets available if you are interested in a home trial before purchase.

What type of amplifier are you using with your new speakers? 

Chris

PS...you can strip your current speaker leads back so their is enough bare wire to thread them through both posts (two leads, each going to two posts on the speaker side).  It will eliminate the need for those wretched metal plates until you decide on the new cables.

I would hope you love them as they cost >$60 a foot    

That would be their 5 AWG Revelation Hybrid ($1050/3m set).  We use D-352 ($300), The Magnum ($440) and The Breeze ($595) in our systems.  Heavy gauge wire is difficult to terminate and vdH does it very well.  Van den Hul cables come with interchangeable spade and banana tips for maximum flexibility with future purchases.   It's the best speaker cable we've found so far.

Chris

[scervin]

http://eugenehifi.com/VanDenHul/htm/Speaker_Cables_from_Van_den_Hul.htm

We love van den Hul's speaker cables.  They come with interchangeable spade and banana tips.  We have demo sets available if you are interested in a home trial before purchase.

What type of amplifier are you using with your new speakers? 

Chris

PS...you can strip your current speaker leads back so their is enough bare wire to thread them through both posts (two leads, each going to two posts on the speaker side).  It will eliminate the need for those wretched metal plates until you decide on the new cables.

I would hope you love them as they cost >$60 a foot    

That would be their 5 AWG Revelation Hybrid ($1050/3m set).  We use D-352 ($300), The Magnum ($440) and The Breeze ($595) in our systems.  Heavy gauge wire is difficult to terminate and vdH does it very well.  Van den Hul cables come with interchangeable spade and banana tips for maximum flexibility with future purchases.   It's the best speaker cable we've found so far.

Chris

So the prices are per pair on the site?

[cshepherd]

So the prices are per pair on the site?

Hi Scott,
Yes, prices are for the pair.  We bi-wire with two separate sets of speaker cables.  D-352 is 10 awg wire.  They're a little overkill for a Sony 5.1 amplifier.  I couldn't recommend them until jdawg gets his amplifier for the VR-2's.  We also have access to Chord Cable off the spool.  Their Carnival Silver Plus is $3.50/ft. without terminations.  The folks who distribute Rega in the states also have Chord.  Our Rega rep was using it during his demonstration at my house.  We use Chord speaker cable in our Vanagon.  What Hi-Fi gave the Carnival Silver Plus a five star rating and cable product of the year award in 2004.

Chris

[BobW]

I scored some(100feet) individual 4ga. stranded silver plated copper in thick Kapton from an aeronautics surplus house.

So, I silver soldered some Cardas banana jacks at the ends after I put a pair in techflex
with heat shrink on the ends to make it neat and pretty.

And am currently feeding the VR-1s with it.
The stuff might as well be hardline, but the room allowed it, so I went for it.
It milks every drop of bass from the VR-1's, but I still see a Sub in my future, if I keep them.

[Nick's Picks]

regarding the VR1s....
I like them a lot, but I liked the Epos m12.2s better, in hindsight.
they were more lively.

[BobW]

regarding the VR1s....
I like them a lot, but I liked the Epos m12.2s better, in hindsight.
they were more lively.

Most of my rooms are "hot" and I don't want to sacrifice the window views of the trees with treatments, so flatter speakers work well for me.
The Epos are formidable, I liked the Soliloquy's and the Paradigm's as well.

Damned if I didn't move to another place without a great listening room.
I am building an addition!