"Jim Higson" wrote in message
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Don Pearce wrote:

On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:18:55 +0100, Jim Higson wrote:


I think we all know about expensive "audiophile" quality speaker
cable.
Although I don't believe their claims about amazing sounds, those
overly-thick, braided, exotic-looking cables *are* pretty.

Does anyone sell similar cables without a huge pricetag? Not having
to
wade through marketing BS about "soundstage" and "holographic
instruments"
would be nice too.

I can't see any of this stuff costing more than pennies per meter to
make.
I'm wondering if an Internet dealer has picked up than this and is
selling
nice looking cables for 20p/meter or whatever.

Regards,
Jim

If you buy ordinary speaker cable and thread it through clear garden
hose (the sort with the string wrapping inside it), is looks like
really fancy expensive stuff. If you also thread a string of blue
LEDs
in there, you will have something worth ten grand at the very least.

It'll certainly impress the neighbours.

Yeah, that *is* kinda what I'm looking for

I'm actually asking for a collegue at work who was going to buy some
of the
expensive wire you see in hifi shops. I gave my opinion that it isn't
worth
the money sound-wise, but he insists he still wants the fancy stuff
because
it looks nicer. Personally I use two-core mains cable, but I must
admit it
looks utilitarian and couldn't be considered "hifi jewelry".

If there was something that looked fancy, but came without the
questionable
sonic claims, it'd save him some money and keep it away from dishonest
marketing companies.

I've looked around on Google a bit, and I'm surprised I couldn't find
something cheap that looks like the "high-end" brands.

Anyway, I seem to have met some hostility elsewhere in this thread.
Sorry, I
don't meant to get into a debate on how different cables "sound". I'm
not
trolling, just looking for advice on a particular product. If other
people
enjoy expensive wire (that I can't hear the difference with), that's
fine
by me.


Cables will always trigger this group (it's about all that does) but
understandably so - these days, even 'respected' hifi publications are
not above taking advertising revenue from some people peddling the most
blatant bull**** 'sucker products' including silly *audiophile* cabling!
But not everybody wants plain white flex snaking about the room and it's
a free world (or was...), if your friend wants to pay a little more than
the sub £1/m sensible stuff for a 'posher' appearance, have a look at
the 'installer cables' on Impact Audio's site:

http://www.impactaudio.co.uk/speaker...924dd8ce496c11

This Monacor silver plated copper cable looks and feels a lot more
expensive than the white plastic stuff:

http://www.impactaudio.co.uk/product...4d d8ce496c11

- it's only about 3 quid a metre and is a lot less faff than threading
LEDs down a hosepipe!

(I have some and it sounds every bit as good as the orange Black &
Decker mains flex I use elsewhere..!! ;-)