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

"Jim Higson" wrote in message
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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.


B&Q usually have a small selection of speaker cables prepacked in useful
lengths...

In article , 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.

Try maplin.co.uk. :-)

You may also find it useful to look at

http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/cables/lscables.html

as it considers choosing such cables without the BS. :-)

It may (or may not) be useful to choose 'thicker' cables for the reasons
outlined on the above page. Depends on your audio system, in particular how
long the cable runs need to be.

Slainte,

Jim

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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.

d

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Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com

LOL :-)

--
John the West Ham fan



"Don Pearce" wrote in message
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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.

d

--
Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com

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

32 pence per metre at Farnell for 2.5mm^2 cable, which is adequate for
most domestic installations.
http://uk.farnell.com/jsp/Cable/Mult...sp?sku=3788076

--
Eiron.

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.

--
Jim

On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 17:12:23 +0100, Jim Higson wrote:

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.

Don't worry - we all knew exactly where you were coming from with
this. All except the Australian tit whom you can safely ignore.

d

--
Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com

"Jim Higson" wrote in message
. uk...
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..!! ;-)