NOS Polk Cobra Speaker Cable

F1nut
F1nut Posts: 50,552
in 2 Channel Audio
Check this out, probably the last new Polk Cobra cable in the world.

https://www.audiogon.com/listings/speaker-polk-audio-the-original-cobra-flat-speaker-cable-25-foot-pair-nos-2016-06-24-cables-g14-9ba

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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,285
    I have only seen them once at LSAF about 5 yrs ago, never got to see them in a rig. Here is a blast from the past thread by Madmax
    http://forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/19047/i-hooked-up-the-dreaded-polk-cobra-cables
    2-channel: Modwright KWI-200 Integrated, Dynaudio C1-II Signatures
    Desktop rig: LSi7, Polk 110sub, Dayens Ampino amp, W4S DAC/pre, Sonos, JRiver
    Gear on standby: Melody 101 tube pre, Unison Research Simply Italy Integrated
    Gone to new homes: (Matt Polk's)Threshold Stasis SA12e monoblocks, Pass XA30.5 amp, Usher MD2 speakers, Dynaudio C4 platinum speakers, Modwright LS100 (voltz), Simaudio 780D DAC

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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 10,716
    there was a bunch on flea-bey for sale from UK I believe.
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  • mrbiron
    mrbiron Posts: 5,711
    I confuse..........easily
    How are those cables terminated? It looks like someone jammed a paper clip in the end and sent some solder through it.
    I think someone needs to be these......F1 of "The original morning wood" F1's!
    Where’s the KABOOM?!?! There’s supposed to be an Earth shattering KABOOM!!!
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    Those would be sweet! @$525.......that's too much to experiment with (for me). Nice to see them completely unmolested.

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 6,765
    edited June 2016
    According to Salvatore, to make these actually 'the best' you need to cut these down to less than 6' lengths (or shorter if possible) and run them 4-8 parallel. Lots of wiring/soldering. Very tedious.

    BTW, he says the 'flat' versions are not as good as the round. So, there ya have it. Interesting, but probably not worth $500+

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,802
    edited June 2016
    All I remember is the horror stories of them (Cobra Cables, that is) cooking marginally stable amplifiers due (if memory serves) to their relatively high capacitive reactance :-)

    My ol' friend George* (first Polk Audio loudspeaker owner/user known to me... in 1976) bought & used a pair of Cobra Cables with his original (unsuffixed) Monitor Series Model 10 loudspeakers... and a GAS Son of Ampzilla amplifier, which didn't seem to mind them at all.
    * Not the late, lamented George Grand (of the Jersey Grands); another George.
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,240
    As much as I would like to play with them, $500?? I'll stick with my MIT's..
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