High end speaker cables and cases

warlocks1
warlocks1 Posts: 1,252
edited February 2024 in Clubhouse Archives
Why do they put high end speaker cables in these fancy carrying cases? Does anyone actually carry their cables around with them?
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited April 2004
    :)

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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,746
    edited April 2004
    Mine came in a cardboard box....lol.

    I think Monster does it to make it look like you're getting more than you really are.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited April 2004
    There are a few manufacturers that have that kind of marketing for their high end cables, not just MC. It does add value for some people, as it's presentation is very nice. I personally don't care if it comes wrapped in tinfoil or a paper bag, as long as it works.
    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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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited April 2004
    Not sure if they still do, but Audioquest used to package their factory-terminated cables in metal film cans. I'm talking the big reels a movie projector would use.

    They would also have the cables wrapped in plastic, and provide a pair of white gloves for you to wear while handling the cables - to keep the contaminates and oils on your meathooks off the cables.

    I've always hoped to get an official Polk Labcoat to wear around my SDA's (nothing underneath of course), but that offer has yet to present itself.

    Cheers,
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited April 2004
    Russ - We should chip in to send Jesse some gloves for when he handles cables :D Perhaps mittens would be best.
    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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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited April 2004
    No joke, his cables need to ship with a midget in the box to hook them up.

    Freakin gorilla hands, I swear. He's like the opposite of King Midas - everything he touches, breaks.

    Cheers,
    Russ
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  • tonyv1
    tonyv1 Posts: 365
    edited April 2004
    When my best friend bought some Kimber PBJ (PBJ = peanut butter and jelly)cables, they came in a ziplock sandwich baggie.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited April 2004
    Originally posted by RuSsMaN
    Not sure if they still do, but Audioquest used to package their factory-terminated cables in metal film cans. I'm talking the big reels a movie projector would use.

    They would also have the cables wrapped in plastic, and provide a pair of white gloves for you to wear while handling the cables - to keep the contaminates and oils on your meathooks off the cables.
    Not anymore. No cans...no wrapped in plastic...no gloves...at least up through the Copperhead. Now this is for the shop here loacally. Just in a box with your run-of-the-mill hard pastic inserts. I guess the marketing gimick proved to be of little value vs the cost.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited April 2004
    I'm talking AQ Slate, Granite, etc.

    Copperhead isn't very high up the AQ chain.

    Cheers,
    Russ
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited April 2004
    The Gibralter's still come in a hard case, I believe. Anyways, who cares :D
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited April 2004
    The less the cables are bent around in shipment the less burn in they will need.
    madmax
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    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited April 2004
    That sounds like new age hooey Max, and I am a upgraded cable supporter ;) I don't plan on getting that involved.
    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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