ICs: Van den Hul The Tide Hybrid and Harmonic Technologies Precision Link
Speakers: QED XT-400
Best way to figure out which cable you want is to try it. Have a friend or partner help you blind test between some cables, DIY or not. Not all cable differences are apparent in all system setups, on all source material, in all rooms, to all ears.
Speakers: QED XT-400
Best way to figure out which cable you want is to try it. Have a friend or partner help you blind test between some cables, DIY or not. Not all cable differences are apparent in all system setups, on all source material, in all rooms, to all ears.
I use (speaker) cables that happen to have the right connector at each end.
Currently jack to NL4.
Interconnects are XLR. Bog standard shielded stuff, with Neutrik connectors at each end.
Chris
Currently jack to NL4.
Interconnects are XLR. Bog standard shielded stuff, with Neutrik connectors at each end.
Chris
New amp requires change.
Well, OK, I bought a new sub amp and it has Speakon's, so I have to change from tined leads to a real connector. I'll have to make up a shorter set of my generic Belden mic cable pseudo balanced RCA to XLR interconnects.
Well, OK, I bought a new sub amp and it has Speakon's, so I have to change from tined leads to a real connector. I'll have to make up a shorter set of my generic Belden mic cable pseudo balanced RCA to XLR interconnects.
14 gauge speaker wire from Menards, and it's about 30 feet from amp to speaker so about a 60 foot round trip.
Got a couple of those T-shirts!
Polk style braided cable (Mission) killed two amps, a Naim and a DIY Mosfet. A long long time ago!
Been using Yamamura-[ART (Italy)] since it was first available. No problems with 15' runs.🙂
Ditto for all interconnects.only they are fragile and need very careful handling.
Life is too short to braid cables.
Or to use fragile interconnects for that matter.
I can walk on mine without causing any problems and none of them cost me more than £10.
Or to use fragile interconnects for that matter.
I can walk on mine without causing any problems and none of them cost me more than £10.
Never bothered trying their cables.
The cheapest XLR in their line up costs at least 15x more than I am willing to pay.
The cheapest XLR in their line up costs at least 15x more than I am willing to pay.
I bought a spool of 12ga speaker wire that was on buyout at parts express...70 bucks for 250 feet.
As far as interconnects, OFC is pretty much my only requirement, I don't like to mess with green copper.
As far as interconnects, OFC is pretty much my only requirement, I don't like to mess with green copper.
Glad its not just me.
That said, I got hold of some armoured 3-phase mains cable, so I'll probably end up using that for something. Maybe just beefing up internal speaker wiring - its bright orange and the outer diameter is too big to attach an NL4...
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Cambridge Audio something shielded, the clear ones so you can see the silver braiding. I tried making my own with different cables and messing about trying to find half decent connectors the right size for sensible money to find each seemed to alter the sound slightly. Gave up messing about and bought a load of Cambridge Audios second hand from eBay, there cheap and work for me..
I wouldn't buy cables with connectors NOT made by Neutrik.
At least that way I know that they make excellent connections, connect ground before signal and they are very robust.
Also almost all chassis sockets on my gear are made by Neutrik. It's a no-brainer really.
Hmmm. Oxygen is added to copper to help pull out the impurities in the smelting process. As far as I can see, OFC is just another sales gimmick. The real question is how much tin/lead/arsenic/iron etc. is still in the mix or the actual important parameter, if the jacket is acidic like the clear stuff so it turns the entire gable green and oozes green slime out the ends. I'm happy with whatever Belden uses.
I am not doubting you, it is just that here in the UK I've never seen a cable with those fitted. It seems to be either Neutrik or unbranded chinese ones.
Years ago at work we used a mix of Neutrik and Switchcraft XLRs.
The Switchcrafts never seemed to last as long as the Neutriks.
The connection was always fine but the barrels of the Switchcrafts didn't like being driven over with a forklift truck while the Neutriks survived 90% of the time.
As for speaker cable: I've still got a few meters of OFC 10gauge in a clear jacket which I bought in the mid '80s. So far no signs of anything green.
May be I should put it up for sale on an audiophile site, should be properly burnt in by now. ;-)
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