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In Reply to: anti-cable vs Anti-Cable posted by Joel_Waterman on February 18, 2007 at 21:56:35:
Dear Joel, They are my IC cables too. I agree with your assesment. Since they have no bulky insulation, they have to be physically separated from each other and not allowed to touch or else the soundstage collapses. Also, because of their stiffness they cannot be allowed to "drape" against components. They come in several lengths and the needed length between components should be measured before purchase. JKwinn
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anti-cables can touch themselves and other things, like speaker cable lifts, with absolutely no degradation.c'mon!!!!!!!!!!!!
For years i had them separated...i have ss ampstwisted about 3 turns per 1' sounds pretty better, but again YMMV.
Seems a strange claim to me as well. For the speaker cables I can say that in my system touching cable lifters or each other for that matter makes no difference at all. I have not yet tried twisting them to get more top end extension as is claimed. I am going to try it this weekend.
But don't actually twist them, just lay one cable over the other and so on. I 'twisted' as tight as i was comfy with and only got 3-4 twists per 12". later on i found out that's what Paul recomends, and is on his site somewhere.Since these suckers are so thick, be sure to give the twisted pair 24 hrs to settle or re-burn in before any ciritical eval. I notice a much smoother top end.
With them untwisted tap a cable with your fingernail and listen (and feel) the gonggggggg vibration. Untwisted mine would ring over 15 seconds for a 10' run of cable. Now that they are tiwsted, the gongggg lasts just a few seconds.
My cables sit on ceramic cable elevators, and I keep a 2" square of spongy shelf paper in between the lifts and the cables. I do not rubber band the cables to the lifts...
anti-cables are the gift that keep on giving! I know this sounds nuts, but its as if my amp has an easier time running my speaks now with the a-c's twisted. the monstrous tight bass stayed the same, everything above 80hz is now smooooother.
Belles 150A Hot Rod and Muse Model 100 amp both exhibited the same reaction to the twists...
Funny thing about the Orig Post..how do you know what your system sounds like when you are out of your chair touching your cables??My speaks are on the other side of the room, of course touching the cables sounds weird, i'm right next to the speakers!!! If the soundstage collapses, I dare say a speaker cable connection is loose...
In all fairness i've had (and spread) my fair share of anti-cable voodoo. Good to know they are competent cables for very little $, and great conversation pieces :)
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