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Looking for really fine cables at really low price

I have been listening to excellent sounding Exemplar exception cables for the last several weeks. While my HFCables are better they are also much more expensive than the below $500 cables.

They offer an excellent sound stage, dynamics, and top to bottom quality sound. Not only are they inexpensive but they are very portable and easy to install.

I am not a dealer or investor in this company.
tbg
signature8
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Mitch: This is what I understand to make XLR cables; 

Pin 1: Ground/Shield
Pin 2: Positive
Pin 3: Negative

I think this is how I made Belden IC's.

Are you saying that just connect Pin 2, put the shield on and connect only at source to Pin 1, and then wrap another 16 gauge Duelund on the shield and connect to Pin 3 on both ends? Just want to make sure I understand, not an expert on this. Just ordered Furutech 601, and 602, and wire from PartsConnexion, they have 25
adeep42
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+1 for Signal Cables!!!!!!!!!!!!
mitch2
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signature8, you twist two of the same type of wire, with or without a core, then connect one wire between pin 2 (positive) at both ends, connect the other wire to pin 3 (negative) at both ends, place a shield around those two wires connected to Pin 1 (ground) only at the source end and then countersprial a ground wire (i.e., in the opposite direction to the two twisted wires inside of the shield) outside of the shield and connect that ground wire to pin 1 at both ends.  You need three total wires per cable run, plus the shield and whatever other materials you use to construct the cable.

signature8
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Mitch: Thank you so much. I understand now.
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kenwood61
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I can jump in with my two cents on the Supra 3.4 ply speaker wires. I got mine from Lars. Nice guy. He is not the only source in the US. You can get them cheaper at Madisound, which is where I’m going to place my next order when I figure out my length requirement.

I did not like the combi connectors that I chose because I wanted to be able to switch between spade and banana plugs for two different sets of speakers. The connector ends would manage to loosen up on a weekly basis no matter how tight I tried to get them. So I just went bare wire.

A unique aspect of their structure is the rectangular shape of the weave. This makes it a little trickier to trim off the casing without also nicking/cutting some of the wire. And as thick as this wire is for inserting into stock vintage speaker terminals, it is doable with some imagination ... that is, unless the openings are big enough, which my current set of speakers are.

For the money, you can’t go wrong. But I suggest going bare ends if at all possible.
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