Speaker wire... Diy?

Just as an example I have found silver to be bright and exaggerate the highs and lose some of the lower end.
Solid core copper was too bass heavy and muddied.


Tinned copper strands worked fine.

However that’s my system to my ears.

A lot is going to depend on your system and if you feel that right now it is already bright and needs taming or is it dull and needs life?

Only your ears will know in the end.

OP

I whole heartedly encourage you to try making your own cables after you have decided which direction to pursue.

It will certainly cost a lot less and be educational in the extreme.

But yes a lot of choices to narrow down first and as per usual ask 10 audiophools and you will get 11 different answers...
Good luck !

GK

Mindreading?

I thought it was all just a case of mind over matter.

I don't mind and you don't matter.

😎😎😎😎😎

GK
At least Dave understood what I meant , yes it should have read MODEL not make but if that is the best you got it is going to be a loooong week!

Happy trolling...….

Dave_b

i May have missed it but what make of transparent cable are you using?

I was shocked nobody jumped on that line like the hot potato it was GK.

I just could Not rpt Not leave you hanging buddy......

I’m full of them.

  I REALLY had to bite my tongue there...…..

Kimber cable at $10? Would be shocked if it was genuine, no offense..... 

And this just goes to show how it all can mean nothing as completely system and hearing dependent.

I also tried solid core Anticables and they rendered the music lifeless and supremely bass heavy and not in a good way, more a muddied way. Kept them 29 days with no signs of improvement and returned them for full refund.

Does that mean they are bad or will sound that way for everybody?

Of course not!

Just did not work for me in my system at the time.

My Western Electric cables in use right now are tinned copper strands.

Might sound awful in YOUR system though...….

So here is someone who tried various mid level speaker cables ( $2k most expensive) and after purchasing new to me speakers was on the verge of selling them as they just did not sound "right" to my ears.
Not what I expected or other reviews had led me to believe.

A friend loaned me some different copper construction speaker cables and a change was wrought, still not what I expected but led me to believe it was my " higher end " cables not matching well with said speakers.

Talking with a fellow member who now makes cables for a side living, Western Electric was suggested, so two 13ft lengths were purchased from ebay, some nice spades and shrink tube and outer braided sleeving, grand sum maybe $140.

Best sound so far I had heard and this was quite a few months ago and even though the amp has changed since then I still feel these " home brew horse patty DIY stuff" hold their own  very well in my system.

Now I truly have no idea if 5k or 10k cables would trounce them and to be frank I have no intention of finding out, at least not on my dime.

Just my experience, YMMV.