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In Reply to: RE: Here’s the thing, posted by jupiterboy on November 06, 2009 at 07:31:53
Clear as mud, but thanks for trying to explain it. If you "borrowed" the geometry from a manufacturer, I can understand your reluctance to divulge that and direct others accordingly. If not, then I don't understand your coyness. Oh, well...your choice. Even a simple braid is very effective if good materials are employed, and I encourage others to try it.
I also have braided my own speaker cables from individual OCC solid copper/teflon wire. I think they're better in the mids and highs than all the commercial stuff I've tried, including some upper-middle priced stuff such as AZ, AQ, and Cardas, at one-quarter the cost. I use braided stranded silver for the bass, and it is superb. Most people do it the other way around, which makes no sense to me.
I've never tried the crazy expensive wires, but I have heard some VERY expensive Siltech's in a friend's system. Can't remember the model because I knew it would never be important to me ($3000 for speaker wire is beyond rational, to me). They do sound very nice, but I'm not sure they're better than what I made. He has lots of money to spend; I don't.
Peace,
Tom E
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