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Want to be an audiophile but can't afford the price tag? Try making your own low-inductance speaker cables, complete with "decorative oak sleeves." Via BBG.
How-To: Low-inductance speaker cables
Posted by Becky Stern |
May 22, 2009 09:00 PM
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So could he tell the difference between this and any of the other speaker cables? Methinks not!
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Don't be silly. I'm sure any sufficiently discerning ear should be able to hear the extra dynamic wooden character attributed to the sounds.
Good thing they used oak though. I hear that any less dense material would not be rich enough and only distract from the listening experience!
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Utter nonsense. Any good audiophule knows it is all about the stain and varnish on the wood.
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Even though this is a reprint ad article, it should explain why you might want to make your own cables: http://sound.westhost.com/cablewhitepaper.htm (basically the main feature, low inductance, is for electrostatic loudspeakers).
If you've got some spare time to kill, he wrote two articles on cables:
http://sound.westhost.com/cables.htm
http://sound.westhost.com/cable-z.htm
There is a lot of other good stuff as well:
http://sound.westhost.com/articles.htm
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Any Audiophool worth his ears will tell you that the effectiveness of any notion, speaker oil, IC damping weight, gold power cord, etc. is directly proportional to the obscenity of the asking price.
To make for yourself out of scrap what others pay $459/foot for is to risk getting drummed out of the local Hi-Fi club.
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These would be hilarious if it wasn't beating a dead horse. You're lumping all audiophiles together. Us DIYers are skeptics as well.
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Oh you guys have got to be kidding! Did you even read the page?
You attack him for not for being able to "tell difference between this and any of the other speaker cables?" Yet never once does the article mention SOUND QUALITY!
You make fun of the wooden block even though it is clearly noted that the purpose of the block is "To add a little personal touch" and it is clearly marked as DECORATIVE. Not everyone wants to drive around in a white car.
@japroach Thanks for the links!
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