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Post by sₚⲁᵣₖydₒg on Feb 7, 2021 21:49:29 GMT
what is the warmest, most full-bodied sounding interconnect cable you have ever heard?Jesus Christ. The moderators know and have seen the chaos and heartbreak this idiotic topic can cause. "what is the warmest, richest, darkest, smoothest, most full-bodied interconnect you've ever heard? i'm looking for the sort that seems to thicken the sound and "tame" bright tweeters. "colored", "romantic", and "euphonic" is fine. i prefer that sound." And someone said they wanted a syrupy one. 
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Post by respiratoryproblems on Feb 7, 2021 22:03:39 GMT
Please give me more snake oil, daddy.
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Post by bradman on Feb 10, 2021 1:10:43 GMT
Thick and colored is how I likes 'em.
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Post by Sanjay Gupton on Mar 5, 2021 18:19:04 GMT
That's what Karla said.
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Post by PacificOceanSpew on Apr 22, 2021 17:57:07 GMT
Seems every other day one of these threads get started. Followed by someone replying with the popcorn emoji, followed by the suggestion to roll your own for cheap, followed by someone claiming they installed $4000 cables plus burn-in service and how the heavens opened. Wash, Rinse, Repeat.
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Post by sₚⲁᵣₖydₒg on Apr 22, 2021 20:20:09 GMT
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Post by banjowhackadoo on Dec 30, 2021 1:44:26 GMT
Please fill out your equipment profile.
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Post by antiram on Dec 30, 2021 18:50:32 GMT
When I was a teenager, I had a pretty good component stereo set-up. However, the speaker cables were too short for where I wanted to place the speakers. So, I took an old table lamp, cut off its cord, and used that for speaker cable. I dunno if the sound was warm-bodied or not, but it sounded fine to me. I don't think I would have wanted Black Sabbath to sound warm-bodied anyway. That lamp cord lasted me through college. And I'd do it again, if I had to.
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Post by Boozin' Susan on Dec 30, 2021 19:59:23 GMT
When I was a teenager, I had a pretty good component stereo set-up. However, the speaker cables were too short for where I wanted to place the speakers. So, I took an old table lamp, cut off its cord, and used that for speaker cable. I dunno if the sound was warm-bodied or not, but it sounded fine to me. I don't think I would have wanted Black Sabbath to sound warm-bodied anyway. That lamp cord lasted me through college. And I'd do it again, if I had to. When I bought my first real system, the speaker cables were basically the same as yours. (Dad brought me to the hardware store downtown and we bought two lengths of regular, run-of-the-mill copper cable from a giant roll they had.) It was dark brown, and looked identical to the cords on just about every lamp in the house. The price? I seem to remember something like 12¢ a foot, so I think the total outlay was about two bucks. And, just like in your case, it worked perfectly fine (although the wires were very stiff and looked quite odd compared to the RCA cables that tied all the components together). |
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Post by Boozin' Susan on Dec 30, 2021 22:23:24 GMT
Lamp cord was the standard speaker hi-fi connection before the world went completely insane. I have seen old McIntosh manuals that recommend that lamp cord be used for speaker connection. To this day, the best (and cheapest) speaker cable you can get is a heavy duty AC cord from a hardware store. Just cut it half, cut off the plug ends, strip to expose some wire, and you are good to go. Also, there are much nicer color options these days than ugly brown. COLA, if you ever come across that manual again, it would be great to put a copy of it up over there. It is just (more) solid proof that snake-oil salesmen have completely taken over their hobby. |
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Post by GeddyLeePierce on Dec 31, 2021 3:15:39 GMT
Lamp cord my ass! In my time we’d just apply silver spray paint to some fishing line and call it a day. Afternoon Delight has never sounded better! Eventually some kids down the block used gold spray paint and the hifi world hasn’t been the same since.
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Post by Brick Wall on Dec 31, 2021 3:22:40 GMT
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Post by Boozin' Susan on Dec 31, 2021 7:47:33 GMT
I think their manuals were stating that even into the 1980s. I don't know when "speaker cable" even became a distinct product. I'm guessing the late 1970s? If you look at any of the old hi-fi magazines, there is no mention whatsoever of "speaker cables." I imagine that in the 50s/60s/70s hi-fi retailers probably kept a reel of lamp cord that they just snipped off and charged the 10 cents per foot or whatever, or more likely just threw in the lamp cord if someone splashed out on Klipschorns or Altecs or giant JBL speakers. I always thought the JBL Paragon looked cool. It was outrageously expensive for the day, but at least the workmanship seemed to actually warrant the price tag. If nothing else, it is a fine piece of mid-century modern furniture. I wonder what it really sounded like.  That’s an attractive piece of furniture. It looks like it might just be the best-sounding tiki bar in the world. |
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Post by Chicken in Black on Dec 31, 2021 9:26:43 GMT
Monster Cable started the trend in the early eighties, but if they hadn’t, some other company would have.
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Post by kingdiamond on Dec 31, 2021 19:16:50 GMT
I have a pretty nice system, not top of the line, but it does have McIntosh components, stuff like that. I've never been able to get myself to buy expensive speaker cables. I had a sales guy at a high end audio store get kind of pissed at me because I told him I couldn't hear the difference between lamp cord and expensive boutique cables. He decided to prove me wrong. He played the usual shit you hear at hifi shops-Diana Krall, Dark Side of the Moon and I think Dave Brubeck. It sounded really good. Then he went to the trouble of disconnecting the speaker cables, putting far cheaper cables in-and I can't remember the brands in each case-sat down and played the same music again. He gave me a look as if to say "see? Doesn't it sound awful now?" I told him it still sounded really good and I couldn't hear anything different about what was played the first time. I remember his face got a little red and he sort of jokingly said I should get my ears checked. I guess I just don't have the ears pal. And I'm glad I don't.
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