Cable "Box" ?

MLZ

On photos of some high end speaker cable I see a "box" (Kimber's looks like wood) or cylinder at where the cable splits into two.

What is this purpose (a fancy replacement for heatshrink?), does it work, and should I add them to my DYI speaker cables (Canare 4s11 Techflex, heat shrink and banana plugs) for anything other than appearance?

McLoki

Any pics of which you speak? MIT has "boxes" on their cables and inside are some capacitors, resistors, magic dust or something to offset the something in the cable. (inductance or some such thing)

Anyway - there is really something in there on the MIT cables. Not sure about the kimbers though.

jgido759

Could be extra reinforcement to prevent the cable from being split further.

MLZ

After a quick search I turned up these cables:

Impact Acoustics SonicWave Speaker Interconnect
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MIT MH-750 Shotgun
http://cgi.ebay.com/MIT-MH-750-Shotgun-Speaker-Cables-10ft-Vintage_W0QQitemZ290277084670QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item290277084670#ebayphotohosting"]

SonicWave Cables
http://shopping.msn.com/specs/impact-acoustics-sonicwave-speaker-interconnect-speaker-cable-kit-10-awg-gray/itemid966963702/?itemtext=itemname:impact-acoustics-sonicwave-speaker-interconnect-speaker-cable-kit-10-awg-gray

mantis

On Transparent and MIT these are called network bricks. They shield out Interference and the higher end cables get better built bricks. This is where the technology goes into these cables. According to the training I had on Transparent, this is what separates them from all other cables. It's what makes them a better choice. In places where Interference is strong, these types of cables can transmit the signal without picking up other signals.

Kimber I never researched but I plan on meeting with the rep soon. I will get all the info I can on there cables.