With all due respect, you are a bit naive. First thing I learned when I got into the high-end audio business over 45 years ago...price sometimes makes no difference.I guess this is the case where you're right, and a whole lot of people are wrong.
Canare 4S11
I am taking delivery tomorrow of a 15 foot pair of Canare 4S11 cables which I will incorporate into my secondary system. I do not expect much from them as I only paid $106.00 for the 15 foot pair with locking bananas on both ends from Ram Electronics. I am putting these cables up against my Groneberg Quattro Reference cables that go for $25.00 a foot plus termination. I am hoping for the best but am not expecting too much. We shall see. I will report on what I hear after the 200hr break in as that is what I am being told it takes to break them in.
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Hmmmmm…. This sounds like something that the snake oil screechers would call Snake Oil, as according to them, nothing of that stuff really matters, inaudible, etc. etc. But, I guess because the price is cheap / reasonable, it’s not considered snake oil? I don't think Home Depot sells cable designs like Canare. Did you look at the wrap of the conductors or only the outer jacket?Electromagnetic interference (EMI) can radiate from these speaker lines directly into adjacent low voltage cables (i.e. microphone, video lines, etc.). Canare solves this problem by using a 4-conductor "Star Quad" configuration in all of our 4S Series speaker cables. Because every conductor is located the same distance from the center, the opposing magnetic fields are cancelled out. Attenuation of magnetic field radiation is superior when compared to a standard 2-conductor speaker wire. |
@thyname unless you have heard the Canare 4S11 cable, you have no clue as to what you are talking about. The Canare replaced a pair of Groneberg Quattro Reference Cables that cost me $1500 per run were replaced by the Canare at less than $200 a pair. The difference was obvious from the first note. I liked it so much that I re-wired both of my systems with the Canare. A friend with a Pass amp and preamp driving Magnepan 3.7i speakers liked them so much in my system that he bought them as well for his system. We are both extremely satisfied. |
Oh I have. And still own the Canare speaker cables I posted on the link above. Scroll up. Admittedly, they are not my primary speaker cables, but I keep them as a benchmark for any speaker cables I try. Two runs, as I bi-wire. Here is a copy/paste from my Ghent receipt: DescriptionUnit priceQtyAmountItem Name: S01(A)---Canare 4S12F Speaker Cables 4x13AWG (Ba---Spa) Item# Length: 2.0m $56.00 USD2$56.00 USDSubtotal$112.00 USDShipping and handling$0.00 USDInsurance$0.00 USDTax$0.00 USDTotal$112.00 USDPayment$112.00 USD |
Canare & Mogami manufacture some fine wire and rather than argue I suggest experimenting. I am not only an audiophile but was a composer musician in my youth and have used low to high-end cables from Goertz , Synergistic Research, Nordost, CRL, Acoustic Zen, Acrolink, Cardas and Oyaide. All excellent companies IMHO. In this hobby it behooves one to try patiently rather than criticizing out of embarrassment, ignorance or the insecurity of being duped for over paying high prices for boutique cable. Which admittedly I have done, and not just cable. |
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