Any thoughts on Vampire wire? "Vampire Wire SC-1108 twisted silver speaker cable RAW"

Echosphere

Thinking of making some speaker cables for a friend and if it works out, might make myself a pair.

I found some new bare wire on eBay from a great seller who just sells Vampire for the last ten years and has 285 100% positive feedback, so I know it's legit.

Vampire Wire SC-1108 twisted silver speaker cable RAW

Just need 10 feet of it @ $2.75 a foot, 7.00 shipping.

I still have a pair of Vampire RCA IC's for $35 I bought ten years ago and like it better then the entry level MIT stuff I tried once. So I thought I might try their speaker wire.

Any thoughts on Vampire?

Possibly compared to Canare 4S11, Carole Cable, Signal or Blue Jeans stuff?

Thanks in advance!

george daniel

I think that you would do better with the Canare

hearingimpared

Vampire makes great binding posts but I can't comment on the speaker wire as I have no experience with it.

heiney9

Be careful, silver wire has a much different sound than copper. It's not for every system. Canare gets my vote too

H9

NotaSuv

+2 for the Canare, listened to a pair of speaker cables a friend made this weekend and they sounded very very nice and the price was right...........good luck with your project....

Echosphere

Thank you all! Hmm... Maybe need to grab the Canare.

comfortablycurt

heiney9 wrote: »

Be careful, silver wire has a much different sound than copper. It's not for every system. Canare gets my vote too

H9

+1

I've never used silver speaker cables, but I've used Ben's silver IC's. They were nice cables, but the synergy just wasn't on in my rig I guess. The silvers gave my rig a somewhat thin, tinny kind of sound. My low end response was also significantly reduced.

I could imagine silver cables would work well in a rig that was overly warm sounding...they'd probably help to balance it out, and put a little more sparkle into the high end. I've still got a couple pairs of Ben's silvers around though, just in case I ever need to brighten my rig up.:)



+1 for the Canare. I've got a pair of Canare 4S11 speaker cables with GLS locking nanners on them...I terminated them myself, and used heat shrink and tech flex with them. It was an easy job, and they sound great. They look fantastic too. I made a 6' pair, and I believe the total costs were around $45. Not bad at all.

Here's an excellent walk through on how to terminate them properly. The end product looks great.

http://audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=94203

Echosphere

comfortablycurt wrote: »

+1

I've never used silver speaker cables, but I've used Ben's silver IC's. They were nice cables, but the synergy just wasn't on in my rig I guess. The silvers gave my rig a somewhat thin, tinny kind of sound. My low end response was also significantly reduced.

I could imagine silver cables would work well in a rig that was overly warm sounding...they'd probably help to balance it out, and put a little more sparkle into the high end. I've still got a couple pairs of Ben's silvers around though, just in case I ever need to brighten my rig up.:)



+1 for the Canare. I've got a pair of Canare 4S11 speaker cables with GLS locking nanners on them...I terminated them myself, and used heat shrink and tech flex with them. It was an easy job, and they sound great. They look fantastic too. I made a 6' pair, and I believe the total costs were around $45. Not bad at all.

Here's an excellent walk through on how to terminate them properly. The end product looks great.

http://audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=94203

You rock curt! Ok, this finally has sold me not to go the silver/copper route for now.

And for the price of the Canare, how can I go wrong?

That tutorial was fantastic! Helped to answer alot of questions about techflex. They look so very professional!

Btw, checking out Part-Express techflex stuff. Would you go with carbon or black? The carbon looks sexy as hell, but sometimes I don't want to attract too much attention, too many cables running around as it is!

heiney9

Echosphere wrote: »

Btw, checking out Part-Express techflex stuff. Would you go with carbon or black? The carbon looks sexy as hell, but sometimes I don't want to attract too much attention, too many cables running around as it is!

I used Black Tech Flex on my DIY Canare cables I use in the office/computer rig. Looks nice and traditional.

H9

Echosphere

Thanks H9, I'm sold and going for the "traditional" black.