Decent IC's / Speaker Wire

falconcry72
falconcry72 Posts: 3,580
edited July 2010 in Wanted (WTB) Classifieds
The wire/cables in my system are my weakest link; I need to upgrade.

I'm using some bare copper Monster speaker wire someone gave me and crappy cheap RCA's. :o

The pair of speaker cables can be 6'-10'.

The RCA's are goin' from my CD player to my preamp, and can be real short, or not.

I have some decent (wire world?) XLR's goin from my preamp to my amp, so those will be the last to be replaced.

I'm lookin' to spend roughly $100 for the speaker cables and $100 for the RCA's.

Whatcha got?:D
2-Channel: PC > Schiit Eitr > Audio Research DAC-8 > Audio Research LS-26 > Pass Labs X-250.5 > Magnepan 3.7's

Living Room: PC > Marantz AV-7703 > Emotiva XPA-5 > Sonus Faber Liuto Towers, Sonus Faber Liuto Center, Sonus Faber Liuto Bookshelves > Dual SVS PC12-Pluses

Office: Phone/Tablet > AudioEngine B1 > McIntosh D100 > Bryston 4B-ST > Polk Audio LSiM-703's
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited July 2010
    I make silver IC's for Polkies on the cheap.
    Please. Please contact me a ben62670 @ yahoo.com. Make sure to include who you are, and you are from Polk so I don't delete your email. Also I am now physically unable to work on any projects. If you need help let these guys know. There are many people who will help if you let them know where you are.
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    Ben
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,418
    edited July 2010
    Ben's IC's are fantastic!
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  • falconcry72
    falconcry72 Posts: 3,580
    edited July 2010
    ben62670 wrote: »
    I make silver IC's for Polkies on the cheap.

    Cool. I've read here and there, well mainly here, about your fine work, and I'd be honored to give you a try.

    BTW #1: Can "IC" refer to both speaker cables and other interconnect cables? (newb)

    BTW #2: Cool first name; I have the same one!:)
    2-Channel: PC > Schiit Eitr > Audio Research DAC-8 > Audio Research LS-26 > Pass Labs X-250.5 > Magnepan 3.7's

    Living Room: PC > Marantz AV-7703 > Emotiva XPA-5 > Sonus Faber Liuto Towers, Sonus Faber Liuto Center, Sonus Faber Liuto Bookshelves > Dual SVS PC12-Pluses

    Office: Phone/Tablet > AudioEngine B1 > McIntosh D100 > Bryston 4B-ST > Polk Audio LSiM-703's
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited July 2010
    I don't do speaker cables anymore, but I still sell IC's at a minimum of 18's. I charge $10 a foot. Two 18'ers would equal 3 feet which would be $30 plus $10 handling. Any orders over $60 there is no handling charge.
    Thanks
    Ben
    Please. Please contact me a ben62670 @ yahoo.com. Make sure to include who you are, and you are from Polk so I don't delete your email. Also I am now physically unable to work on any projects. If you need help let these guys know. There are many people who will help if you let them know where you are.
    Thanks
    Ben
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  • kawizx9r
    kawizx9r Posts: 5,150
    edited July 2010
    falconcry72 wrote: »
    Cool. I've read here and there, well mainly here, about your fine work, and I'd be honored to give you a try.

    BTW #1: Can "IC" refer to both speaker cables and other interconnect cables? (newb)

    BTW #2: Cool first name; I have the same one!:)

    IC's = interconnect cables.

    I'd like to add that I've personally tried Ben's silver IC's and they're very good quality cables for the $$$.

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  • Conradicles
    Conradicles Posts: 6,081
    edited July 2010
    If Ben still does XLR falconcry72, you could get a set of them and a set of RCA's.

    When and if in the future you decide to sell them, you will recoupe about all of your money.

    Ben makes fantastic silver cables!
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  • falconcry72
    falconcry72 Posts: 3,580
    edited July 2010
    ben62670 wrote: »
    I don't do speaker cables anymore, but I still sell IC's at a minimum of 18's. I charge $10 a foot. Two 18'ers would equal 3 feet which would be $30 plus $10 handling. Any orders over $60 there is no handling charge.
    Thanks
    Ben

    Sign me up for a pair of 18's. PM comming.
    2-Channel: PC > Schiit Eitr > Audio Research DAC-8 > Audio Research LS-26 > Pass Labs X-250.5 > Magnepan 3.7's

    Living Room: PC > Marantz AV-7703 > Emotiva XPA-5 > Sonus Faber Liuto Towers, Sonus Faber Liuto Center, Sonus Faber Liuto Bookshelves > Dual SVS PC12-Pluses

    Office: Phone/Tablet > AudioEngine B1 > McIntosh D100 > Bryston 4B-ST > Polk Audio LSiM-703's
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  • falconcry72
    falconcry72 Posts: 3,580
    edited July 2010
    Looks like I'll be tryin out Ben's IC's, so now I just need speaker cables.
    2-Channel: PC > Schiit Eitr > Audio Research DAC-8 > Audio Research LS-26 > Pass Labs X-250.5 > Magnepan 3.7's

    Living Room: PC > Marantz AV-7703 > Emotiva XPA-5 > Sonus Faber Liuto Towers, Sonus Faber Liuto Center, Sonus Faber Liuto Bookshelves > Dual SVS PC12-Pluses

    Office: Phone/Tablet > AudioEngine B1 > McIntosh D100 > Bryston 4B-ST > Polk Audio LSiM-703's
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  • helipilotdoug
    helipilotdoug Posts: 1,229
    edited July 2010
    PM'd you
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  • falconcry72
    falconcry72 Posts: 3,580
    edited July 2010
    Looks like I'm all set on my cable needs... for now.;)

    I picked up a pair of Ben's Silver IC's and a pair of Audioquest Midnight 2 speaker cables from dane_peterson in the Flea Market.

    I'm looking forward to the improvemnts these should make vs. the junk I've been using.:D

    Thanks for the help everyone!!!
    2-Channel: PC > Schiit Eitr > Audio Research DAC-8 > Audio Research LS-26 > Pass Labs X-250.5 > Magnepan 3.7's

    Living Room: PC > Marantz AV-7703 > Emotiva XPA-5 > Sonus Faber Liuto Towers, Sonus Faber Liuto Center, Sonus Faber Liuto Bookshelves > Dual SVS PC12-Pluses

    Office: Phone/Tablet > AudioEngine B1 > McIntosh D100 > Bryston 4B-ST > Polk Audio LSiM-703's
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