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!
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!
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?
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-
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-
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
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
http://www.parts-express.com/pe/pshowdetl.cfm?&Partnumber=091-1165
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).
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).
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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
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.
If I was just using the full ranges, I would just use 1mm.
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.
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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'
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