Best speaker cables?

HDTVAV
HDTVAV Posts: 80
edited June 2014 in Basic Hookup/Wiring Questions
Anyone have any input on the best speaker cables?

I am looking for pre-terminated ones.

At a reasonable price...

Thanks!
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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
    edited April 2014
    Canare 4S11 Star Quad 11AWG Wire Speaker Cable W/ Sleeving Guard, 10 Ft. at Ebay.
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  • HDTVAV
    HDTVAV Posts: 80
    edited April 2014
    chumlie wrote: »
    Canare 4S11 Star Quad 11AWG Wire Speaker Cable W/ Sleeving Guard, 10 Ft. at Ebay.

    I was told not to buy cables from Ebay - a lot of fake/counterfeits...

    ?
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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
    edited April 2014
    Get them from cablebuyer. They will terminate them any way you want in any length you want. I never had a problem. I think your thinking of really exspensive cables that are counterfeit.
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  • HDTVAV
    HDTVAV Posts: 80
    edited April 2014
    Anything a little "better"...?

    $1 per foot seems a little "cheap"...

    Although I may have been brainwashed by the more expensive cables...
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  • seabeerob213
    seabeerob213 Posts: 1,843
    edited April 2014
    the canare are spectacular cables, you wont regret that purchase
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  • PSOVLSK
    PSOVLSK Posts: 5,208
    edited April 2014
    http://www.douglasconnection.com/Custom-Made-Speaker-Cables_c31.htm

    Go as crazy as you want to go. Great cables.
    Things work out best for those who make the best of the way things work out.-John Wooden
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  • villian
    villian Posts: 412
    edited April 2014
    You'd be surprised at the difference between "Cheap" and "Expensive" speaker wiring ;) Try a coat hanger yet?
    Too many good quotes to list..waiting for some fresh ammo. :)
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,647
    edited April 2014
    villian wrote: »
    You'd be surprised at the difference between "Cheap" and "Expensive" speaker wiring ;) Try a coat hanger yet?

    Trolls don't last long on this forum.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,647
    edited April 2014
    For the rest of you, don't bother as HDTVAV doesn't care. He was trying to up his post count to reach 100.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • WLDock
    WLDock Posts: 3,073
    edited April 2014
    HDTVAV wrote: »
    Anything a little "better"...?
    $1 per foot seems a little "cheap"...
    Although I may have been brainwashed by the more expensive cables...
    Interesting? The Canare has a great rep in the pro audio and home audio world. Its about the best start one you can get....from there the cost goes up and only ones ears can say if it is worth it or not.
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  • acmf74
    acmf74 Posts: 936
    edited April 2014
    Look at Signal Cable and Blue Jeans.

    Great people/companies.
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  • marvda1
    marvda1 Posts: 4,903
    edited April 2014
    check out audio art and for a little bit more straley reality cables. there are a lot of people who have stop searching for better cables after getting the straley's, I still have a pair of the speaker cables that have been here so long the directional arrows are starting to fade.
    there is no "best", just what fits your system and ears and bank account.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,647
    edited April 2014
    I hate to repeat myself, but it seems I need to.....
    For the rest of you, don't bother as HDTVAV doesn't care. He was trying to up his post count to reach 100.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • czarodzi
    czarodzi Posts: 38
    edited April 2014
    chumlie wrote: »
    Canare 4S11 Star Quad 11AWG Wire Speaker Cable W/ Sleeving Guard, 10 Ft. at Ebay.
    Ditto on the Canare cable. I just made a set of cables over the weekend, terminated with some nice heavy duty spades and neatened up with cable "pants" just like the big guys! Don't be influenced by the pseudo science padded with high prices.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,981
    edited April 2014
    czarodzi wrote: »
    Don't be influenced by the pseudo science padded with high prices.

    You know this for a fact do you ?
    HT SYSTEM-
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  • villian
    villian Posts: 412
    edited April 2014
    tonyb wrote: »
    You know this for a fact do you ?

    Doesn't everyone?
    Too many good quotes to list..waiting for some fresh ammo. :)
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,593
    edited May 2014
    Unless it says Monster its not worth 2 cents....
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,981
    edited May 2014
    villian wrote: »
    Doesn't everyone?

    Only those who have never ventured outside what your local BestBuy offers. or if you pray to the alter of Roger Russell.
    HT SYSTEM-
    Sony 850c 4k
    Pioneer elite vhx 21
    Sony 4k BRP
    SVS SB-2000
    Polk Sig. 20's
    Polk FX500 surrounds

    Cables-
    Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
    Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
    Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
    Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable

    Kitchen

    Sonos zp90
    Grant Fidelity tube dac
    B&k 1420
    lsi 9's
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,981
    edited May 2014
    nbrowser wrote: »
    I've got a pair of Transparent Musicwave bi-wire cables coming, review to come. Looking forward to the upgrade. Review will be done.

    Well look at you....getting all audiophile on us now. LOL

    Congrats man, looking forward to your observations.
    HT SYSTEM-
    Sony 850c 4k
    Pioneer elite vhx 21
    Sony 4k BRP
    SVS SB-2000
    Polk Sig. 20's
    Polk FX500 surrounds

    Cables-
    Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
    Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
    Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
    Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable

    Kitchen

    Sonos zp90
    Grant Fidelity tube dac
    B&k 1420
    lsi 9's
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  • GlennDog
    GlennDog Posts: 3,120
    edited May 2014
    villian wrote: »
    You'd be surprised at the difference between "Cheap" and "Expensive" speaker wiring ;) Try a coat hanger yet?

    Coat hanger? It'll work, but where do you draw the line? How far do you want to venture down the proverbial "rabbit hole"

    As a little shaver, one of my first fun audio memories was to cut–out the back panel of a cereal box with the Jackson 5s latest hit ABC . . . If you'r not familiar, the cardboard box had a Single play song bonded to it, once the cereal box was empty, you could cut around the dotted lines so it could be played on the TT of your choice . . .

    Guess what? The SQ was acceptable (then) but not what I would consider acceptable today . .

    In short, it all matters, IF IF You can hear a diff, go for it, IF Not don't spend the $

    G



    Guess what? To those virgin ears, it sounded good, so did a crude transistor ra-did-E-O. . . .
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,981
    edited May 2014
    Good post Glenn, but also lends itself to something else.

    If you never heard anything different, an old transistor radio and cardboard record would still be your choice of music playback. So unless you venture outside your comfort zone, you won't discover squat.

    BTW, yeah....I too had those cereal box cardboard cutouts, sounded like **** to me. lol
    HT SYSTEM-
    Sony 850c 4k
    Pioneer elite vhx 21
    Sony 4k BRP
    SVS SB-2000
    Polk Sig. 20's
    Polk FX500 surrounds

    Cables-
    Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
    Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
    Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
    Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable

    Kitchen

    Sonos zp90
    Grant Fidelity tube dac
    B&k 1420
    lsi 9's
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,647
    edited May 2014
    I'm happy, but in the back of my mind...I know I can eke out more performance from the pieces in play.

    That's what makes you an audiophile. It's the ones suggesting coat hangers or yapping on about pseudo science and placebo effects that are the audiophools.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • DracoAmericanus
    DracoAmericanus Posts: 112
    edited May 2014
    I make my own cables but i have wondered how they would compare to premade cables. I have engineered cables for a few companies in the past but all of them where for power or small signal stuff
    There is no cure....
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,647
    edited May 2014
    It's in the mail.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    edited May 2014
    nbrowser wrote: »
    Well if that's the case, who here hands out the "audiophile membership" cards? LOL Seriously though, I'm now at a place in my journey to take the next step. Small steps as I can afford to the system but so far, whatever I've done to it has been a good move.
    Now it's time for some SDA's :)
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,981
    edited May 2014
    F1nut wrote: »
    It's in the mail.

    Don't listen to him....mine's been in the mail for a decade now ? LOL

    Nbrowser,
    Small steps is a good thing, that way you can appreciate and take note what each step brings to the table. We of coarse jest about the audiophile name tag, it's about trying different stuff and finding what blows your skirt up. If your happy with a 400 buck system, cool, open a cold one and kick back...enjoy the tunes. This audio hobby thing is about sharing experiences, not throwing darts at those with deeper wallets...or those without.

    Don't make me send Cathy up there to strangle a review of those cables out of ya either. She hates Canada to begin with so she won't be so pleasant when you get that knock on the door.
    HT SYSTEM-
    Sony 850c 4k
    Pioneer elite vhx 21
    Sony 4k BRP
    SVS SB-2000
    Polk Sig. 20's
    Polk FX500 surrounds

    Cables-
    Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
    Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
    Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
    Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable

    Kitchen

    Sonos zp90
    Grant Fidelity tube dac
    B&k 1420
    lsi 9's
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    edited May 2014
    tonyb wrote: »
    It's about trying different stuff and finding what blows your skirt up. If you're happy with a 400 buck system, cool, open a cold one and kick back...enjoy the tunes. This audio hobby thing is about sharing experiences, not throwing darts at those with deeper wallets...or those without.
    Sig material there.
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

    Village Idiot of Club Polk
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  • inspiredsports
    inspiredsports Posts: 5,501
    edited May 2014
    I've been in and out . . . mostly out for a while . . . it's amusing how some things never change :-)
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  • daboyz
    daboyz Posts: 5,207
    edited May 2014
    Sorry guys but I'm going to have to differ on the Canare. It's a decent cable but I'd spend a little more and go with Doug's cables. well worth the extra investment. Then you decide if jumping way up the cable chain is worth it.
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  • headrott
    headrott Posts: 5,496
    edited May 2014
    inspiredsports wrote: »
    I've been in and out . . . mostly out for a while . . . it's amusing how some things never change :-)

    Hey Greg, yeah long time no read.

    Nope, they never change.
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    My response is: If you need 60 seconds to respond in one sentence, you probably should't be evaluating Polk speakers.....

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