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In Reply to: RE: Monster Sigma 2000 spkt cables/IC's posted by Harley on March 24, 2016 at 13:34:24
The Sigma ICs listed for $500 for 1 meter and the speaker cables were $100/ foot .. so an 8 foot pair of speaker cables listed for $800
I auditioned everything from the 350 series to the 850 series in Monster ICs and the Sigma's were clearly notably better ... the Sigma speaker cable easily displaced the lower end Monster speaker cable .. I forget what series it was
I bought 3 sets of ICs and 18 feet of the speaker cable for my home theater in the early 90's
The Monster cables were displaced by the much less expensive and better preforming L.A.T. International IC's and speaker cable ... the L.A.T speaker cables were replaced with the early Anticables
The single solid core conductor was on a whole different level than the stranded Monster Cable and the L.A.T. multi conductor cabling
My last stop was replacing the Anticable and LAT ICs back in early 2000 ... when I went with all Ridge Street Audio Poiema P!!! ICs and speaker cable
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Thanks! That was exactly what I was looking for. I am actually waiting to hear back from someone who has a 6ft pr of Anticables Level 3 for $75. That seems to be the way to go. Thanks, Harley
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oldmkvi is correct some have returned their Anti Cables ... the biggest issue with the speaker cables is those terrible terminations he uses ... they really degrade the sound severely and should be replaced with a premium termination or go bare wire
I had mine reterm-ed with Echiman bananas
With the ICs I didn't even take the plunge because of the way he wound the return around the hot ... unequal lengths in the hot and returned made me balk at the ICs
My speaker cables are different lengths, one 15', one 30',
cannot hear the slightest problem.
I'm not saying that equal shorter lengths couldn't sound better, in a direct comparison,
but it seems fine to me, so maybe different lengths, esp an inch or so,
don't matter.
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Well, some liked them, some didn't.
Just like most Audio Products.
I have no idea if solid core is better than stranded, but all my cables are stranded, and sound good to me.
I understand that Anti-Cables are cheap.
That's their main claim to fame, AFAIK.
That Monster stuff should sound very good, esp if you can get a lower price.
Only Clarus Crimson have beat my Monster IC's.
I have M1.4 and M2.4 Speaker Cables, Bi-Wire, on different systems, definite keepers for me.
My main system has very long and un-even lengths, 15 and 30 feet, M1.4's were expensive at those lengths.
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