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SteveFord
SteveFord Posts: 38
edited September 2011 in 2 Channel Audio
I need to order some more interconnects and am trying to get ahold of Ben.
Could someone either send me his phone number or have him write to
Buell1200x5@yahoo.com

Thanks
Steve Ford
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited August 2011
    Ben is having some problems right now. Something about being in another state with problems and no internet access. I'd try again shortly.
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,648
    edited August 2011
    Ben's Aunt says Ben can't talk.

    Sorry
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited August 2011
    I'm sure he'll be in touch offline and not here, just give him a couple days Steve.

    Keep in mind, from recent events, buyer beware and if you need some cables made, they're about 5-6 other people willing to do such work. Hell, if you supply the products, I'll do the work for free just to ensure you actually get what you want and paid for.
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  • mdaudioguy
    mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
    edited August 2011
    Vr3MxStyler2k3 wrote: »
    Ben's Aunt says Ben can't talk.

    Sorry

    Um, perhaps ben62470 is ben62670's cousin or something... :tongue:
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  • TouchOfEvil
    TouchOfEvil Posts: 967
    edited August 2011
    dorokusai wrote: »
    I'm sure he'll be in touch offline and not here, just give him a couple days Steve.

    Keep in mind, from recent events, buyer beware and if you need some cables made, they're about 5-6 other people willing to do such work. Hell, if you supply the products, I'll do the work for free just to ensure you actually get what you want and paid for.

    Brb sending you a slew of materials lol.:biggrin:
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited August 2011
    Please don't as I have enough member work to do for other members....or as Ben would say, hundreds and hundreds of xover work and special projects completed for Polk members. Which just FYI folks, is complete and utter BS.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • michaeljhsda2
    michaeljhsda2 Posts: 2,184
    edited August 2011
    dorokusai wrote: »
    I'll do the work for free just to ensure you actually get what you want and paid for.

    Amen to that! I've held my breath long enough about Ben...issues or not...his communication and workmanship are less then desirable and that's putting it mildly.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited August 2011
    michaeljhsda2 wrote: »
    Amen to that! I've held my breath long enough about Ben...issues or not...his communication and workmanship are less then desirable and that's putting it mildly.

    I've seen some very nice work that he's done for other members and some equally bad work for others. I've fixed two projects of his already but don't expect anymore since he didn't really do as much as advertised. He's got talent and knows how to do some work that I wouldn't tackle but who knows if that's even true anymore.

    All of this could have been avoided by simply talking to the ppl involved....communication just completely broke down and everything was willful negligence. It's such a stupid reason to ruin everything he created for himself and the relationships he flushed down the toilet for nothing.

    Forunately for CP, there's other DIY guys here. Good luck Steve.
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  • SteveFord
    SteveFord Posts: 38
    edited August 2011
    Thank you, gentlemen.
    It seems as if I may have caught someone at an inopportune time in their life. We've all had them .
    I may take you up on the cable making - I like Ben's cables just fine but I'm not sure what he was using.
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited August 2011
    dorokusai wrote: »
    I'll do the work for free just to ensure you actually get what you want and paid for.

    Cool, I have 100 pairs of polk cobra cables which I need stripped, tinned and terminated. (1000 coated strands per connection) :biggrin:
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited August 2011
    That would probably be the death of me M&M.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • SteveFord
    SteveFord Posts: 38
    edited September 2011
    I think I'm going to look into building my own cables.
    Can anyone point me in the right direction for materials?
    I really like the sound of the silver ones that Ben was making.
    After having one of the connectors come apart in my hand the other day the construction doesn't look to be too daunting. I did work on motorcycles for decades for I living so I should be able to make a few dozen audio cables without setting myself on fire.
    Thanks in advance.
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  • codyc1ark
    codyc1ark Posts: 2,532
    edited September 2011
    Here you go...

    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=121583

    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=117529
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  • SteveFord
    SteveFord Posts: 38
    edited September 2011
    Thanks.
    Anyone have a source for the silver interconnect wire?
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,243
    edited September 2011
    Has anyone received their stuff back from Ben yet??
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  • dcmartinpc
    dcmartinpc Posts: 844
    edited September 2011
    TOOLFORLIFEFAN wrote: »
    Has anyone received their stuff back from Ben yet??

    No. I am cautiously optimistic that they will be shipped back this coming week. His aunt or cousin or whoever said he was coming back on the 5th, so that should give him a day or 2 to put my silver cables together and send me them, my AQ speaker cables, and my crossovers with all the upgrade parts and ship them Out by the end of the week. :)
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited September 2011
    This is what I use: http://soniccraft.com/products/wire/chassis/neotech.htm

    Anything smaller than 24ga is too fragile for an I/C.
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited September 2011
    http://www.tempoelectric.com/cables.htm#foot
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  • brgman
    brgman Posts: 2,859
    edited September 2011
    dcmartinpc wrote: »
    No. I am cautiously optimistic that they will be shipped back this coming week. His aunt or cousin or whoever said he was coming back on the 5th, so that should give him a day or 2 to put my silver cables together and send me them, my AQ speaker cables, and my crossovers with all the upgrade parts and ship them Out by the end of the week. :)

    I salute your optimism
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  • FTGV
    FTGV Posts: 3,649
    edited September 2011
    This is decent http://www.silversonic.com/docs/products/BL1.html
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  • SteveFord
    SteveFord Posts: 38
    edited September 2011
    Whoo hoo!
    Thanks one and all.
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  • headrott
    headrott Posts: 5,496
    edited September 2011
    Face wrote: »
    This is what I use: http://soniccraft.com/products/wire/chassis/neotech.htm

    Anything smaller than 24ga is too fragile for an I/C.

    Very solid choice.:wink: I've used neotech for chassis wire for the DAC I built and it is great stuff.

    Greg
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited September 2011
    How much are you needing Steve?
    Testing
    Testing
    Testing
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  • SteveFord
    SteveFord Posts: 38
    edited September 2011
    At least
    4 pr 1/2 meter
    4 pr 1 meter

    Some stuff for me, some stuff as a gift for my wife.
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  • mdaudioguy
    mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
    edited September 2011
    SteveFord wrote: »
    At least
    4 pr 1/2 meter
    4 pr 1 meter

    Some stuff for me, some stuff as a gift for my wife.

    The look on my wife's face if I ever gave her interconnects would be just like this: :confused:.
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited September 2011
    mdaudioguy wrote: »
    The look on my wife's face if I ever gave her interconnects would be just like this: :confused:.

    Either that or she would tie them all together as one long rope that could be put over a tree branch. :confused: :eek:
    Michael ;)
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited September 2011
    mdaudioguy wrote: »
    The look on my wife's face if I ever gave her interconnects would be just like this: :confused:.

    I gave my girlfriend a pair of Shotgun S2 I/C's for her Cambridge rig. :tongue:
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • SteveFord
    SteveFord Posts: 38
    edited September 2011
    This is just to hook up the whole system she's getting!
    If I just gave her cables it would be WTF time.
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  • TECHNOKID
    TECHNOKID Posts: 4,298
    edited September 2011
    FTGV wrote: »
    This is decent http://www.silversonic.com/docs/products/BL1.html
    Looks like nice cabling. :cool:
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  • mdaudioguy
    mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
    edited September 2011
    Face wrote: »
    I gave my girlfriend a pair of Shotgun S2 I/C's for her Cambridge rig. :tongue:

    Nice! :smile:
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