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02-14-01
My total cable investment (retail) is almost as much as your ... Jadem6
02-14-01
Interesting question. for myself the cost for cable came to ... Onhwy61
02-14-01
Metaphysics- as for me, i think "it takes what it takes ... Jcbtubes
02-14-01: Sean
In my opinion, most of the cables on the market can be duplicated using as good or better quality components for appr. 20% of the retail price. IF your handy at DIY and doing some careful research and shopping, you can typically make BETTER cords and cables than what most of reviewers are raving about for that month or two. Of course, it helps to have a little electronics knowledge and various tools and supplies at one's disposal in order to keep costs down. As such, i find buying "fancy cables" ( including power cords ) to be a vast waste of money in most cases. Besides that, i've found cables to be so extremely system and component dependent that spending BIG money on specific cables without first trying them in your system is quite foolish indeed. What might be "the latest & greatest" might actually make YOUR system perform noticeably poorer. This is NOT to say that i think that spending that kind of money on them is wrong for others to do, i just don't think that it is necessary in my specific situation. Besides that, it helps when you get all your supplies "wholesale". Sean
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02-14-01
Having recently gained new interest in "upgrading" ... Elizabeth
02-14-01
I am flabbergasted that anyone would say that the purchase o ... Cornfedboy
02-14-01
Cornfed, well put. Onhwy61
02-14-01
I think that's what they said about the shelby cobra : ) ... Sean
02-14-01
I'm with cornfed; the whole wire and power cord thing is the ... Dkuipers
02-14-01
I am in the same boat almost as the original poster. i've go ... Esylsten
02-14-01
If you guys are reading this it means you probably buy at le ... Weiserb
02-14-01
I have always heard 10%-20% of retail is a good pricerange t ... Timperry
02-14-01
Cornfed, that isn't quite what i ment to say. i was trying t ... Jadem6
02-15-01
Weiserb: let me introduce myself as "that electrical en ... Bob_bundus
02-15-01
First, i would like to thank metaphysics for starting this t ... Jerie
02-15-01
Glad to have stared this thread. the trend that i'm seeing ... Metaphysics
02-15-01
I think cable is one of the biggest(if not the biggest) ripo ... Trelja
02-15-01
Thahks, treljia. that is the exact kind of info i was looki ... Metaphysics
02-15-01
I have never done a comparison; i just buy what sounds good. ... Sugarbrie
02-15-01
I guess i mean $500 a pair personal limit like trelja. hey ... Sugarbrie
02-15-01
I guess i can recommend the siltech st-18 g3 intereconnects ... Sugarbrie
02-15-01
I agree that cables are the marked up more then any other pr ... Perfectimage
02-15-01
Metaphysics- i've done some of the comparisons that you aske ... Jcbtubes
02-15-01
I almost always agree with the comments submitted by trelja, ... Sdcampbell
02-15-01
Add another vote to those who spent 20% of their system's ms ... Fpeel
02-15-01
I forgot to mention in my previous post that the current iss ... Sdcampbell
02-15-01
I feel that speaker cables and interconnects should actually ... Almost_heaven
02-15-01
Sorry, sdcampbell- i agree with you about the need for adjus ... Jcbtubes
02-15-01
I run synergistic designer ref. on my components and iam ver ... Steven_kh@
02-15-01
Ok, if so many are convinced that very expensive cables are ... Metaphysics
02-15-01
One more point. we must also consider that although materia ... Metaphysics
02-15-01
I often find the prices of some of these cables to be incred ... Panzercat
02-15-01
Hey, what's wrong with the rating system? just tried to give ... Jcbtubes
02-15-01
I just did some quick calculations that showed i had about 1 ... Garfish
02-15-01
I agree with you garfish. you need competent wire and compe ... Redkiwi
02-16-01
My experience is that a specific cable might work like magic ... Sean
02-16-01
I admit that the hyperexpensive cable can make a positive di ... Trelja
02-16-01
The best "budget" cable i have heard is transparen ... No_money
02-16-01
People who are willing and able to assemble audio systems wo ... Jostler3@
05-04-02
We are lucky to have a few new companies popping up that off ... Jm88439
09-02-02
I am guilty in this thread but i will say this once again, & ... The_kid
10-18-02
I'm with cornfed, ckuipers, and other experienced audio enth ... Muralman1
01-07-03
Cables are not an extra accesory you add later when you can ... Juicebox
01-08-03
Juicebox, buy whatever turns you on. don't go into debt doin ... Muralman1
01-08-03
The jerry springer show would be a great place to hold this ... Psychicanimal
01-09-03
The most perfect power cable is only as good as the romex in ... Rlips
01-17-03
Let me have my 15 minutes of fame. we live in a less than pe ... Resqueme
01-21-03
Just a few thoughts,if you are wanting to stop the noise loo ... Net225zx
02-02-03
Why should it matter how much you spend on cables, as long a ... Jmphotography
03-25-03
As a response to meta's question: "is there anybody usi ... Meisterkleef
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