Blizzard in some cases I am sure the savings could be 400-1000% off retail.
Yes I was referring more to if you were a bargain hunter. If you shop by name and buy the most popular cables most people use, then yes your figure is likely more accurate.
Blizzard in some cases I am sure the savings could be 400-1000% off retail.
I think Blizzard oversimplified the process of making cables. It isn't hard per say just requires some hand eye dexterity and soldering skills. You can buy connectors and wire that is very inexpensive to start the learning process which the process is, a learned skill.
Blizzard please interject with anything I may have missed.
But you can also get fancy and use multiple single strands like what Dave sells at Zen audio. This takes a bit more effort. Going this route you can also make your own hybrid blends with the different metals. Then you can tune the cables to the sound profile your looking for. This is more advanced, and requires time, practice and skill.
Blizzard,
Thank you for all info you have provided in this thread.
Unfortunately, my cable experience is limited to basic electrical wireing. Are you aware of any good tutorials that cover the basics of audio interconnect and speaker cable building? Or is it so foolproof that you just buy the parts and screw them together?
Thanks.
I didn't realize DaveC was a Furutech/Neotech dealer. He even has some special silver/gold alloys, and teflon coated silver and copper 26 gauge bulk cable!! Also good prices on the connectors. I think I know where I'll be getting my next bulk cable/connectors
His pre-terminated stuff looks beautiful as well. Prices look very reasonable for what you get.
http://www.zenwaveaudio.com/diy-parts/
PS: I've also learned something here about Neotech. I had no idea Furutech was no longer licensed to make the OCC wire anymore:
http://www.zenwaveaudio.com/home-3/667-2/
I'm very impressed with everything I see on this website. No snake oil here, this is the real deal!
We have the mother of all tutorials here: http://www.whatsbestforum.com/showt...lustrated-DIY-Guide-to-Making-Your-Own-Cables
For anyone new, I would start with speaker wires, not interconnects. And to the extent they are screw terminated, you don't even need to solder.
Looks like he has been holding out on us . I had actually landed on his web site without realizing until that now that it was his! Maybe we can rope him to help here!
We have the mother of all tutorials here: http://www.whatsbestforum.com/showt...lustrated-DIY-Guide-to-Making-Your-Own-Cables
Yes for the couple minutes it takes to build your own, you save about 200-300% VS retail pre-terminated cables of the same quality.
Very good advice. Speaker cables are rather easy to configure and terminate. The Canare 4S11 sounds great and is easy to work with. Just google it and you will find many places who sell it in bulk form.
I didn't realize DaveC was a Furutech/Neotech dealer. He even has some special silver/gold alloys, and teflon coated silver and copper 26 gauge bulk cable!! Also good prices on the connectors. I think I know where I'll be getting my next bulk cable/connectors
His pre-terminated stuff looks beautiful as well. Prices look very reasonable for what you get.
http://www.zenwaveaudio.com/diy-parts/
PS: I've also learned something here about Neotech. I had no idea Furutech was no longer licensed to make the OCC wire anymore:
http://www.zenwaveaudio.com/home-3/667-2/
I'm very impressed with everything I see on this website. No snake oil here, this is the real deal!
We need to get Dave into this thread to discuss his products.
Yes and when your ready for the finest of the fine, the Neotech and Dueland bulk cable Zenaudio sells is the way to go. I'm dying to hear that silver/gold alloy now. I bet it's to die for. The caps I've used that use silver/gold alloy foil are incredible. I don't think you can do better.
Funny you should mention Canare 4S11 as that is one of the speaker cables I put in my magnifier in this review of different 12 gauge wires: http://www.whatsbestforum.com/showthread.php?14134-When-12-Gauge-Wire-is-not-12-Gauge!Very good advice. Speaker cables are rather easy to configure and terminate. The Canare 4S11 sounds great and is easy to work with. Just google it and you will find many places who sell it in bulk form.
That's correct. It was just resistance. It got triggered from an argument on AVS Forum where I saw people recommending monoprice left and right. Looked up their specs and it looked suspect. Folks didn't believe so I set out to measure it.Amir great thread comparing cables. I didn't see anything comparing the sonic qualities of each or was this just looking at resistance?
Awesome. The Furutech cable is amazing, but a very close 2nd is the Neotech brand. They both use the same Ohno Continuous Casting Process, and are among the few who do. Several 3rd party OEM cable manufacturers buy their cable from them, put fancy braiding on it, and sell for much more. You can read a bit about it here:
http://www.audiotweak.co.za/items/1306765741-0910.pdf
I'm using the Neotech 3004 UP-OCC copper cable for my speakers. However they just came out with a NEW 3004II, that uses 2 silver plated strands kind of like you have done. The sliver is also made with the Ohno Continuous Casting Process as well.
http://www.neotechcable.com/technology.php
I'll be trying it next. IMO Neotech is one of the best deals in audio. The performance is far above the price level.
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