My apologies London, I get antagonized easily, I'm hotheaded. You could just get what I suggested, if you want the biggest CONDUCTOR that's readily available (Cardas Golden Cross). |
Cwlonden: Ever thought of using prop cables (like in the movies)? Just use your regular "best" sounding cables, but surround them with something like for ex: the conduit used for heating and air conditioning systems, latex tubing, vacuum cleaner hose, well you get the idea. |
I thought we were talking about firehose sized cables..... |
What you think doesn't count, and it is you who singled me out, and got nitpicky when you didn't need to. It is you who always ruins threads, and it is you who needs to be banned. So there... |
mr_eber: you've ruined more than your share of threads with off-base, insulting posts. i think it's long past time for your permenant banning. |
Mr Cornchoked boy, I apologize if you took what I said as implying that FIM did the recording. I already know they didn't, I just meant it is released by them, and I enjoy it. Kiss my ass, you weak old man... |
"prorprius" should read "proprius" (the swedish label). sorry for the typo. |
mr. _eber: jazz @ the pawnshop is a prorprius recording. it has been reissued by mr. ma in xrcd and "super hdcd" formats but fim niether recorded nor produced the original or its progeny. |
Hello Carl! No - not really,the insulation helped to reduce the ability of the conductors to store any energy and act like a capacitor. But "huge" just showed us that it didn't necessarily work for best signal transfer, there is more to be gained in smaller conductors with good conductor topology. Regards, Richard. |
Avnut: FIM is "First Impressions Music", and I prefer their recordings, over the FIM power cord that I tried. My favorite is "Jazz at the Pawnshop"...but I like most every CD of theirs that I have. |
Hi Richard! Did those not sound "capacitive" at all? |
We made some speaker cables for test, the pair using four central conductors of "0" awg each side. The outside diameter of each conductor is nearly 4 inches. These were terminated with smaller "flying leads" for the connections. They weigh a ton and certainly don't lack in "finesse"..... Regards, Richard, www.vantageaudio.com |
Believe it or not, Monster Cable supposedly made the most expensive speaker cables (I have no idea what they look like), at least that I've ever heard of. They listed for like over $100,000 "per installation". If you don't believe me, check out the 10/99 Audio Buyer's Guide. If you don't want to spend that much, Harmonic Technology Pro-9 are over one inch diameter (not that this is a good indicator of conductor size, it's 9 AWG per pole). I believe the Cardas Golden Cross speaker cables have the largest conductors per pole, at 5.5 AWG. I could be wrong on some of this, but THAT seems very unlikely (as usual)... |
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Dear cornfedboy, "firehose size" is exactly the metaphor I had in mind...I get giggly just thinking about them...did you say FIM? Is Winston a company? Thanks for the suggestion. |
if you can find them, look at fim. they are made by winston ma, i think in oregon. they are firehose size and sound wonderful. |
Recently purchased the BMI's Whale Elite power cable. This cable is a monster! But very easy to handle. It's beautiful to look at and is the best power cable I've ever heard. |
You might check into a recent post (and numerous responses!) at Cable Asylum, within Audio Asylum, regarding a pair of $25,000 speaker cables from Transparent. Slightly out of my price range (I'm a Kimber 8TC guy right now) and don't know of anyone wanting to liquidate a used pair. After all, when you've paid $25,000 for speaker cables, it's probably pretty hard to stomach the fact that they aren't the best! I wish I could say I have "cable envy", but it's pretty far beyond any audiophile expectations I know I can reasonably ever have. |
Audioquest Midnight are a pretty big slab of cable.Not bad sounding either. |
Well the biggest I've seen were Kimber cables don't remember the model # but they looked quite similar to a Blue Indigo smake in both markings and diameter. Cost 8-10k I believe for an 8' pair. How did they sound you ask? Well I listened to them on an unfamiliar system, big Montana KAS speakers and a Cary push pull 100 watt tube amp. The Cary was most definitely the weakest link that is for sure. But I am not a big Cary fan other than their SET's which I suspect aren't the best. My 15 year old ARC was much more neutral than the Cary which was much too euphonic. |
The cables should be a good match to the amp and speakers you are running. Without that info, it's possible to get a great cable and still have the system sound terrible. anyone who tells you that their cable is perfect for all systems is blowin' smoke. |
Transparent...you'll love the way they sound and look... |
