Tired of Expensive Speaker Cable. Alternatives?

If it wasn't already suggested, go to The Cable Co. New Hope, PA. (fatwyre.com). They have a lending library of cable. Great deals on used. Pick your price range and search their site. The price range on cables is mind-blowing.

I have made a speaker cable much better than the Anti-Cable, and have replaced my anti-cable with it.

Muralman, will you share your recipe with me?

He's such a tease!

I just came back. Now, with more listening there is a glitch in my system that I must remedy. If I had not heard it, though much more faintly, with the Speltz cables in, I would question my switch.

It is true, that though my system is even more transparent, and focused, the highs are too hot. This is a system that began as too dark. I know there are remedies.

I just recently replaced Theta bypass caps in my amps with V-Caps. That change brought a marked improvement, as others said it would. They also introduced that shake too much of Tobasco. Before I even think of going back to my Anti-Cables, I will try yet another bypass cap type.

What is this cable? Think very thin ribbon.

Bill,
If your list is "very" high end, would Atma-Sphere be "extremely" high end?:)

Making a ribbon speaker cable takes some work. You need to get some 12 gauge very thin copper ribbon. I am talking about thousands of an inch. Then you need to lightly sand with 320 paper and spray a thin coat of polyurethane. Do this to both sides. Leave the last half inch unvarnished. It is really hard to get this around a post. so I used a high quality rhodium on silver spade. The difference in sound over the magnet wire must be heard.

By the way, I probably will never replace my Speltz ICs.

I won't hijack this thread any further, but appropos Audiofeil's list, take it from a long-term user, Atma-Sphere is right up there and the reason, it just occurred to me - duh - that he didn't mention them is because he sells the product. Kudos to him for that.

Say, what? What is 12 g. thin copper ribbon and where do you get it? Can you take a photo of this creation of yours?

So, the Speltz ICs are good, huh? What have you compared them to?