What do BBC studios use for speaker cables


Several loudspeaker companies, Spendor, Harbeth and others, have speaker products that stem from the BBC expertise in design and usage in their studios. (I have a 30 year old BC1 and are looking to upgrade to a Harbeth Compact 7) Accordingly I would assume the BBC knows something about the merits of appropriate cables. Can anyone shed some light on what they actually use and whether they have any views on the subject ?

Ron
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Showing 1 response by eweedhome

While I can't give you a direct answer, I can suggest that you go to the Harbeth website, where there are faqs and a forum for Harbeth users. I looked at it a while back (when I got my Harbeth M30s) and my recollection is that, frankly, Harbeth is not too picky about electronics or cables (at least in theory). I recall Alan Shaw, the owner, remarking to the effect that he wants the Harbeths to work well with relatively modest equipment. I use Cardas Cross, myself, which I think is just a basic, but very high quality copper cable that leans to the warm side.

Despite what Shaw says, I've found the Harbeths to be fairly sensitive to the equipment that feeds them. It's been my intention to buy a set of the better Linn speaker cables and try those, just for fun. I think they should be just fine.