dill
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| Speaker cables for Focal Electra 1008be and Hegel combination. Supra Ply 3.4/S? While I do not have experience with the Focal's or the Hegel, I do recommend and use Supra Ply speaker cables. I do prefer the 3.4 over the 3.4/S (shielded) as I found them a bit more revealing.. | |
| It's Simple Breakthrough, hardly, been around for a long time. You should try it sometime. | |
| It's Simple And that's the news from inside the box. | |
| It's Simple " Another's opinion on a particular cable may not be valid unless they have a very similar system."Stop it, that's just silly .... | |
| Who thinks $5K speaker cable really better than generic 14AWG cable? Flash said: "I bought 10 awg braided copper speaker wire for $1/ foot at Lowe’s on a 100 foot spool." Not pure copper at that price, no doubt an aluminum & copper weave. Great for PA, workshop or outdoor applications, but has no place in high-... | |
| Who thinks $5K speaker cable really better than generic 14AWG cable? " I did try a comparison with borrowed high price specialty speaker cables and found no difference."What was the cable you tried? | |
| Thinking out of the box here. It might make some defensive " I have never owned expensive cable, but both myself and other electrical engineers believe that cable type/gauge/weave is pretty insignificant."If only to believe ... ;-) | |
| Thinking out of the box here. It might make some defensive I think you are right geoff, why waste time gaining experience or actually experimenting when one can play the "snake oil" card? | |
| Who thinks $5K speaker cable really better than generic 14AWG cable? " BJC cables meet my criteria of a cable that does not have to be better than this, and if it is, I sincerely doubt i will see or hear a difference."Now, don't try to experiment or anything, you already know the outcome.Bet if you substituted sol... | |
| Who thinks $5K speaker cable really better than generic 14AWG cable? " Sadly this is what HI FI has devolved into over the past 40 years!"Or, evolved into higher resolution gear that even allows the laymen to hear a difference, if only they would actually try it. | |
| I have a few things i dont need, how do i get them gone? Older low to mid-fi stuff, Craigslist. | |
| How does a Transport effect sound? Here we go .... | |
| How to properly put audio equipment on top of an antique buffet cabinet? +1 for Herbie's Tenderfeet, I use them in my system. | |
| How to properly put audio equipment on top of an antique buffet cabinet? " Cork is not a good idea since it retains moisture."Nonsense, those cork/rubber pads (I linked above) are used in the HVAC industry with heating and A/C units for vibration control, cork floats and does not absorb moisture. https://en.wikiped... | |
| How to properly put audio equipment on top of an antique buffet cabinet? If you use the cork/rubber feet just cut a square washer out of felt or thin cardboard, to place between the rubber & wood top. If you use the larger feet you would not need a platform, just put them under the component feet as the larger size... |