Help me buy some new cables....

I hate my iPad....... Where did "notwithstanding" to moderators come from? It was supposed to be NOTE to moderators. Makes me look like an idiot when I am clearly more of a bonehead. ;)

Thanks to everyone again for helping me. I've got a more in depth reply in my other thread, but I just wanted to tell Dave that I'd call him soon.

Also, Vampire apparently no longer makes their OCC wires! Yup, they are out of the biz. Very sad. I don't know if that would change your offer. To be honest, if I were you I would hang on to what is now an irreplaceable item. Otoh, I'd love to get a Vampire OCC cable. I was never able to find what pricing would be for one, so I have NO idea whatsoever what a fair offer would be.

Karman, I don't know if the offer is till good but I will take a look. Thanks!

Hi guys, thank you all for your responses (and thank you Mt10425/David for a very pleasant and informative conversation today; I really appreciate you taking the time to speak with me). To give a few answers:

As for eBay, it isn't so much it 'has' to be eBay as it seemed like I could possibly find some good deals there. I've got two newborns, just finishing a house renovation, and have managed to squeeze out a little money to buy a couple of modestly priced (for me) pieces to finish my attic/music only system. Unfortunately, that has left me well and truly tapped and the cables were the last thing to get attention. That's why I've been scrounging for a deal and, hence, the eBay fetish. However, I'm not beholden to them (I hope not anyway... If the eBay police come we'll know that I am, in fact, beholden to the eBay behemoth :)

I have to admit that until you guys mentioned single crystal copper I never heard of or noticed it before. I've been aware of types of high quality copper, silver cables, and I think there is something like silver plated copper (or maybe I have that wrong). Silver cables are expensive, so I have no doubt that CC Silver would be WAY beyond my budget (and if I did buy them I'd simply have to sell them again to afford a divorce lawyer, so I guess I'll skip them).

This all brings up some other questions I've had, if you all don't mind. Out of curiosity, do silver cables/terminations tarnish? I would think so. Does that have an effect on sound quality? And why is it that it seems like whenever I see a silver cable--not that I've seen many--they are always the thinnest little things you can imagine and have what appears to be absolutely no shielding?

Btw, I will also check out harmonic tech and acoustic zen cables. Thanks Vhiner.

Notwithstanding to moderators: if you read any of the three threads I've got on this subject, could you combine them? I didn't mean to start my own quasi-sub-forum on my cable curiosities. Thanks!

I can help with the AQ G Snake, not Ebay cables, real ones!

send me a message on one of my listings...

Raymond

Rrog...shhhhhh

Mt10425, They let you post your phone number here to sell on the side? Maybe they're letting one slip by once in a while to keep customers happy.

I agree that you should stick with copper and steal clear of silver in this application. In addition to Vampire, you can find some good older Harmonic Tech or Acoustic Zen cables on the used market...all of their cables are made of high quality copper.

If you want I/Cs, I've got Vampire Wire AI-2 and CCC-II laying around. Give me a call 309-230-7675. I also use Vampire 12ga CCC speaker wire currently. It's hard to go wrong with continuous cast copper cables.

Why does it have to be eBay?
If it does, Vampire and a couple of others make some of their ICs and speaker cables using the Ohno Continuos cast "sigle crystal copper. That is the wire to buy. The OCC method has now been used to make Silver single crystal but it is expensive and you want factory terminated cable. I don't solder either but sure hope to learn one day.