Cables - what type for a fullrange

[imagios]

Hello,
does some one has any recomendation for good speaker cables? Idealy some in a reasonalbe price area...
Are there some specifics for fullrangers? Do I realy "hear" the difference?

 

[bubuxxl]

well,the best speaker cables I had my money invested in were some simple...diy solid core cables made from coaxial antenna cable!
Believe me it made a huge difference to my Wharfedale diamonds...they now sound livelier and punchier,clearer and more dynamic!
But this is with some relatively neutral sounding speakers...fullrange speakers tend to be a bit more on the shiny side,so it all depends on everything really!
There are lots of nice mates around here that can give you a hand in your quest for cables!
but in my humble opinion,you´ll hear the difference!

 

[Glowbug]

Basic two-conductor speaker wire between 12-16awg would do fine 🙂

 

[acold7dusta]

if you have the patience you could braid some cat5 cables 🙂

 

[Cal Weldon]

Spend your money on the drivers. Worrying about cables is like worrying about how pure the air is in your tires. Glowbug understands this.

 

[imagios]

if you have the patience you could braid some cat5 cables 🙂

do you have by any cance a image how this sould look like? And how many of the wires should than be soldered?

 

[edjosh23]

Cat5 solid core. Split the colored cables from their striped counterpart. 4 conductors per side. Works well for me.

Josh

Edit: forgot to mention, I tried the braided cat5 (3 cables) and I prefer the single cable to 3.

 

[planet10]

We tried the braided cable, a single cable, and a pair of single strands from the bundle (split apart and either separated or would in opposite spirals around a neutral holder) and preferred the last -- as long as your speakers are efficient enuff that current needs are not high.

dave

 

[Tom V]

Speaker Wire Pair Nakamichi Banana Plug

Check out the Topping TP-21 T-amp while you are there too.

I made my own cables from 14 gauge wire, but I think I spent $30 between the wire and the banana plugs, so the p-mac's look like a deal.

-Tom-

 

[john curl]

This commentary is like recommendations of what tires to buy at Walmart.

 

[planet10]

Alot more metal in those banana plugs than i like.

dave

 

[Tom V]

>> Alot more metal in those banana plugs than i like.

Then my own cables will suffer the same fault. How do you terminate your cables?

-Tom-

 

[doorman]

Spend your money on the drivers. Worrying about cables is like worrying about how pure the air is in your tires. Glowbug understands this.

Great, just when I thought I was running out of things to worry about, now I gotta think about the air in my tires too!!😀
Best, Don

 

[chuyler1]

I picked up some of these on my last PartsExpress order. They work great. Two set screws are used to clamp the wire in place (image only shows 1 because the other is on the opposite side). If you want to experiment with different wire, you can easily unscrew and try something else.
http://www.parts-express.com/pe/pshowdetl.cfm?&Partnumber=091-1165

 

[msb64]

I like the cat5e cables as well, here is some info on them

Humble Homemade Hifi

I am getting very good results with 6, 9 and 12 wire sets for high current applications, and if you braid them carefully they look nice too.

Here is a helpful place to read up on braiding different amounts of wires.

OPCS - Braiding Wires

I just saved up left over scraps and cutoffs from network cable installs, the only thing I had to buy was ends which you can get for a reasonable price on eBay. Make sure you allow for the extra length required due to braiding (20% or so).

 

[planet10]

Then my own cables will suffer the same fault. How do you terminate your cables?

We use pomona dual plugs (a bit of a compromise, but we are always swapping, better than the all metal thou). For more permanent installs, bare wire. When we get real fanatical, we run the internal wires out the box and just use the binding posts as clamps.

An externally hosted image should be here but it was not working when we last tested it.

dave

 

[quiet fish]

Idealy some in a reasonalbe price area

ideally it should be DIY for almost nothing!!!
it is probably true that cables make little difference in full range speaker's sound but, once you start using three way active you less and less think about wires.
18g solid hook-up wire from RS works nicely.
Vadim

 

[dcathro]

I am building a pair of speakers based around the Supravox 215 2000 EXC full range. Thes also have a helper tweeter and woofer I will be wiring the Supravox up with 1mm solid core silver in teflon sleeving (@ $15 meter ), I will wire the tweeters with .7mm silver, and the bass with 2 x 1mm.

If I was just using the full ranges, I would just use 1mm.

 

[mondogenerator]

Spend your money on the drivers. Worrying about cables is like worrying about how pure the air is in your tires. Glowbug understands this.

yup...or like worrying about the air temperature and barometric pressure affecting the tuning of your BR, TL or horn.........
Cheap mains flex cable or the 'el cheapo' 79 strand speaker cable, that every shop has sold at some time or other, and
can be had for £0.40/m....i doubt youll find anything else will improve upon the basic cable, as long as the gauge is reasonable.

 

[mondogenerator]

This commentary is like recommendations of what tires to buy at Walmart.

so true...after all the speaker is STILL going to be the weakest point in the audio chain, no matter what cable you use, so why spend out on expensive cable, or waste time making plaits of cat 5? Its a better idea to put the most effort into making decenty speakers in the first place, that dont require a convoluted plaiting of wire, or solid gold cable wire to tune them to sound 'good'