A Clear Day speakercable story.

Posted by jeffreybehr (A) on December 26, 2017 at 15:40:47

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This year I rearranged my system and am back to having amps right next to the speakers, and I can again use SHORT speakercables.

I used a conglomeration of old cables until I decided what I wanted, so I contacted Paul Laudati of Clear Day. Discovered a couple months ago he was recovering (slowly!) from an accident and that his target for rebeginning his cable making was Jan. 1, 2018. I had asked him to make a trio (left, center, right) of six-conductor cables, but altho he wasn't up to that, he'd make a trio of four-conductor ('Double Shotgun'; net 18g. per pole) cables. He did so, they arrived, and after a week or so of burn-in, they sounded quite nice*. Then a couple weeks ago, he e-mailed that he'd be willing to make three six-conductor (c. 16-1/4g.) cables and indicated he'd take the four-conductor 3-1/2' single back to use with his centerchannel.

Those three cables arrived Friday, and after a couple days of burn-in by Paul and two more days here, finally I can say that the sounds of these cables are VERY good. They're very clean (transparent), not veiled, and not colored that I can tell. These are keepers. :-)

Amps are five-channel, hybrid, 150Wpc Butler TDB 5150s; L/R speakers are Vienna Acoustics Mahlers; center is a Revel C208. All are biwired and biamped, with, on the bass sections, inexpensive 16/4 stranded 'speaker cable' from Home Depot, using three of those (= 8-1/4g. per pole) on the Mahlers and double 16/4 = (10g. per pole) on the CC.

* I'm 73 years old, and my upper-mid- and hi-frequency hearing has been fading for about 40 years. This fall I bought hearing aids, so EVERYTHING sounds different...usually LOTS different, and usually better, or at least more complete. I'm fairly comfortable with them now, and I continue to recalibrate my opinions with as much live, acoustic music as I can find. This month, I'm finally confident enough in what I'm hearing to offer public opinions of what I hear.

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Topic - A Clear Day speakercable story. - jeffreybehr 15:40:47 12/26/17 (4)

RE: A Clear Day speakercable story. - fantja 14:49:05 02/6/18 (2)

TYVM. :-) (NT) - jeffreybehr 14:54:07 02/6/18 (1)

RE: TYVM. :-) (NT) - fantja 11:11:47 02/12/18 (0)

RE: A Clear Day speakercable story. - milpai 08:11:41 12/28/17 (0)

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