What's the best value speaker cables peeps ?.
11 February 2011, 06:56 PM
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Do you want interconnects or speaker cable? How many units are you connecting and how far away are your speakers from the amplifier.
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11 February 2011, 07:01 PM
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I have this, QED Silver Anniversary.....cheap and cheerful.
http://www.audioaffair.co.uk/index.p...768fd862b80198
11 February 2011, 07:10 PM
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The last time we had this topic Trout and DCI ganged up on me. I am correct though and they are wrong
Firstly bi wiring is a waste of time, it doesn't work. Secondly unless you have a mega system I would not spend £130 on some speaker wire and interconnects.
Now I'm only saying this to put things in perspective not to show off but in my system the speakers alone are worth close to £10k and I don't have £130 worth of speaker cable.
There is a lot of nonsense and marketing behind AV peripherals, it's a huge industry based on very little fact.
Just one example from somebody making very expensive cables, and this is not the first time he has been done.
http://www.asa.org.uk/ASA-action/Adj...ADJ_49597.aspx
There will always be one idiot who will come along and say you should spend 10% of your budget when buying a system on cables. They will just be regurgitating rubbish they've read in that awful piece of cr3p What Hi Fi.
This guy makes excellent cables and to order, the only reason I even pay this much is that his stuff is just constructed so well I know it will last forever.
He also provides a 100% money back promise if not satisfied and anything can be custom made for very reasonable money.
www.markgrantcables.co.uk
Firstly bi wiring is a waste of time, it doesn't work. Secondly unless you have a mega system I would not spend £130 on some speaker wire and interconnects.
Now I'm only saying this to put things in perspective not to show off but in my system the speakers alone are worth close to £10k and I don't have £130 worth of speaker cable.
There is a lot of nonsense and marketing behind AV peripherals, it's a huge industry based on very little fact.
Just one example from somebody making very expensive cables, and this is not the first time he has been done.
http://www.asa.org.uk/ASA-action/Adj...ADJ_49597.aspx
There will always be one idiot who will come along and say you should spend 10% of your budget when buying a system on cables. They will just be regurgitating rubbish they've read in that awful piece of cr3p What Hi Fi.
This guy makes excellent cables and to order, the only reason I even pay this much is that his stuff is just constructed so well I know it will last forever.
He also provides a 100% money back promise if not satisfied and anything can be custom made for very reasonable money.
www.markgrantcables.co.uk
11 February 2011, 07:13 PM
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Here is some cheap stuff----
http://www.hificables.co.uk/10930/Qe...paign=pid10930
Is the kit you are using decent stuff?
11 February 2011, 07:25 PM
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I think that is a bi wire amp, which should give better results if you are biwing to speakers. Certainly biwiring speakers alone is nonsense.
To give you another 'perspective' to go alongside dings I have £20 a meter Chord Audesseys and £2 a meter Van damme. No difference at all, I wish someone told me before I bought it all those naive years ago.
To give you another 'perspective' to go alongside dings I have £20 a meter Chord Audesseys and £2 a meter Van damme. No difference at all, I wish someone told me before I bought it all those naive years ago.
11 February 2011, 07:26 PM
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The reason i mention this, is i think one cable has given up the ghost.So one speaker isn't playing the music.I've owned this setup for about 13/14 years now, still going strong woo hoo.
11 February 2011, 07:51 PM
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11 February 2011, 07:56 PM
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Bi-wiring DOES work.
I use ATC SCM300s with Crown Macrotech Reference amps. Tri-amped.
I'm a little bit more sceptical about speaker cable though - there's a LOT of bullsh1t about this, but amping/crossovers DO work.
IF you've got the capacity to use it, do. BUT they will need setting up to get a flat response.
I use ATC SCM300s with Crown Macrotech Reference amps. Tri-amped.
I'm a little bit more sceptical about speaker cable though - there's a LOT of bullsh1t about this, but amping/crossovers DO work.
IF you've got the capacity to use it, do. BUT they will need setting up to get a flat response.
11 February 2011, 08:04 PM
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The psychology of buying the best or most expensive is always quite interesting. Someone needs to fish out the youtube clip of the neuroscientists debunking everything about high end hi-fi 
11 February 2011, 10:00 PM
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Lot of tosh talked about cables, but its not all silly. You can 'hear the difference' between bell wire and something reasonably priced. When they start talking tens of pounds a metre or more though that is just fantasy land and daft as far as I am concerned.