Audio Cable Deathmatch!

Sherman · 24th March 2008, 08:34 PM

So at least for now I'm sticking with zip cord from Home Depot!

http://gizmodo.com/363154/audiophile...-a-coat-hanger

Brett · 24th March 2008, 08:56 PM

Both the tests and some of the comments below gave me a few chuckles this morning.

jon_010101 · 24th March 2008, 09:15 PM

http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech...ives/1082.html

Geek · 24th March 2008, 09:21 PM

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Originally posted by jon_010101
http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech...ives/1082.html

HAHAHAHAHAHA!

That's too good.

tubelab.com · 24th March 2008, 09:48 PM

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So at least for now I'm sticking with zip cord from Home Depot!

Hey, my speaker cables come from WalMart! They have some serious looking stuff in the automotive department that was made for the thumpa-thumpa crowd. It is right next to the 1 Farad cap. It was like $8 for a 50 foot roll of #14 speaker wire.

Boris_The_Blade · 24th March 2008, 09:52 PM

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Originally posted by tubelab.com

Hey, my speaker cables come from WalMart!

Same here! I found some clearance flat stranded copper speaker wire, something like 100ft 12awg equivalent for 8 bucks! The copper itself could be scrapped for that much methinks.

Geek · 25th March 2008, 01:56 AM

25' speaker cable for $1 at the dollar store. No cablephoolery here

tubelab.com · 25th March 2008, 02:00 AM

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25' speaker cable for $1 at the dollar store. No cablephoolery here

If we keep up this talk, the cable mafia will be issuing contracts!

Serge66 · 25th March 2008, 02:09 AM

Mmmmmh! I think I'll keep my old coat hangers!

jon_010101 · 25th March 2008, 02:12 AM

While I don't take $$$ cables seriously, I have found improvements by using affordable high capacitance / low inductance speaker cables (when the amplifiers don't object to the load). Kimber 4PR does "sound" pleasantly better than similarly priced zip cord when used with my more-tolerant amplifiers, and I have no doubt that the effects are measurable.

An interesting study:

http://www.bruce.coppola.name/audio/...teractions.pdf

25th March 2008, 02:09 AM	#9
Serge66 diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Canton of Jura	Mmmmmh! I think I'll keep my old coat hangers! __________________ 'I have no faith in prayer that's not electronically augmented' Philip K. Dick "A Maze Of Death" 'I have no faith in bimbos that are not surgically augmented' Serge66

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24th March 2008, 08:34 PM	#1
Sherman diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Chicago area	Audio Cable Deathmatch! So at least for now I'm sticking with zip cord from Home Depot! http://gizmodo.com/363154/audiophile...-a-coat-hanger __________________ --Sherman

24th March 2008, 08:56 PM	#2
Brett diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2002	Both the tests and some of the comments below gave me a few chuckles this morning.

24th March 2008, 09:15 PM	#3
jon_010101 diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2005	http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech...ives/1082.html

25th March 2008, 01:56 AM	#7
Geek diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2004	25' speaker cable for $1 at the dollar store. No cablephoolery here

25th March 2008, 02:12 AM	#10
jon_010101 diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2005	While I don't take $$$ cables seriously, I have found improvements by using affordable high capacitance / low inductance speaker cables (when the amplifiers don't object to the load). Kimber 4PR does "sound" pleasantly better than similarly priced zip cord when used with my more-tolerant amplifiers, and I have no doubt that the effects are measurable. An interesting study: http://www.bruce.coppola.name/audio/...teractions.pdf

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