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A large audio cable manufacturer lists 21 - yes, 21 - different speaker
cables in its current price book. Twenty one! This does not include
biwire versions of a particular cable. Twenty one! How is an informed
consumer supposed to choose amongst these? Well, price is one metric, of
course. There's several different flavors of actual wire, different
insulations, different twist patterns, different overall wire gauges,
solid and stranded wire, and other variables I've missed. Not to mention
terminations ...
Another manufacturer has only 4 different speaker cables: basic copper,
doubled basic copper, a gold/silver alloy, and a doubled gold/silver
alloy. That's it. Choose your metallurgy and your wire gauge and you're
good.
So how does one choose? Well, one can "borrow" cables from The Cable
Company and compare. Don't like cable A? Send it back, try Cable B.
You like Cable B, but want to try Cables C, D, and E? Good luck. Try
one, send it back, try another, and hope that your "audio memory" is
good enough? Good luck with that.
And besides which, wire that sounds good in one rig may not sound good
in another, so there you are on the merry-go-round again!
I suppose if you have unlimited funds, you can play this game. I don't
so I can't.
You don't think the manufacturers are purposefully trying to keep us
buying and buying and buying whilst searching for audio nirvana, do
you? I just can't imagine such a thing ...
Lack of skill dictates economy of style. - Joey Ramone
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Topic - Twenty one different models? - Mike K 07:14:15 05/20/20 (38)
- RE: Twenty one different models? - Todd Krieger 09:11:42 05/23/20 (0)
- Anti-cables, Blue Jeans, OFC - Bill Way 07:03:48 05/23/20 (0)
- "Audio" nirvana? Or musical nirvana? - willkayakforfood 02:33:53 05/23/20 (0)
- What do you mean us? - Goober58 13:13:47 05/22/20 (0)
- different models? - hifitommy 12:57:02 05/22/20 (0)
- If I had $10K lying around - jedrider 08:47:57 05/22/20 (0)
- RE: $12K speaker cables for less than $200.00 - House13 05:05:25 05/22/20 (0)
- any models use aged wire? nt - bjh 19:47:44 05/21/20 (0)
- Cable gripes - Craiger56 09:59:38 05/21/20 (0)
- RE: Twenty one different models? - Bill the K 05:13:31 05/21/20 (2)
- "BTW, somebody stole my Pet Rock." - musetap 23:00:40 05/21/20 (1)
- RE: "BTW, somebody stole my Pet Rock." - Bill the K 07:24:57 05/22/20 (0)
- "How to choose" - RhythmDevil 04:56:45 05/21/20 (1)
- Yes! - "How to choose" - Chris from Lafayette 01:19:05 05/22/20 (0)
- Just buy the Cable Cookbook - Dawnrazor 16:55:22 05/20/20 (0)
- Challenge - AbeCollins 14:13:34 05/20/20 (0)
- Compare to other product categories - Brian H P 11:37:42 05/20/20 (0)
- Belden lists forty-six speaker cables! - E-Stat 11:03:55 05/20/20 (1)
- By customer demand - Dave_K 15:23:53 05/20/20 (0)
- in general - Story 10:51:01 05/20/20 (0)
- I've bought every speaker cable - Byrd69 10:28:41 05/20/20 (4)
- Put all those cables in your antic - jedrider 10:35:36 05/20/20 (0)
- RE: I've bought every speaker cable - Sondek 10:35:24 05/20/20 (2)
- Nice try but no cigar - Byrd69 10:43:53 05/20/20 (0)
- Thank you for that, it is overwhelming... - musetap 10:41:15 05/20/20 (0)
- Lowe's has three... - ghost of olddude55 10:23:43 05/20/20 (0)
- Choose a price range, pick a cable in it, give it a try... - musetap 10:00:54 05/20/20 (1)
- RE: Choose a price range, pick a cable in it, give it a try... - old guy 42 10:23:11 05/20/20 (0)
- Audiophile Infancy: Spring clips and zip cord . . . - Billy Wonka 08:46:37 05/20/20 (0)
- RE: My quinquennial cable offering - B. Scarpia 08:18:46 05/20/20 (0)
- You must have a real challenge purchasing loudspeakers. nt - viridian 08:01:02 05/20/20 (7)
- Not really. - Kal Rubinson 11:54:26 05/20/20 (4)
- Now Kal..... - viridian 12:20:13 05/20/20 (3)
- RE: Now Kal..... - Kal Rubinson 14:14:13 05/20/20 (2)
- RE: Now Kal..... - JURB 15:16:23 05/20/20 (1)
- Romex is a pain to use............................ - Kal Rubinson 17:11:08 05/20/20 (0)
- Actually not - Mike K 09:07:06 05/20/20 (0)
- RE: Oh, that's gonna leave a mark! * - B. Scarpia 08:21:43 05/20/20 (0)
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