if you guys want the best ribbon cable check out silversmith fidelium, it beat out Greg Weaver's reference cable for $18,000 and it's only $1,195 for 8 ft
Beginner Question
I was demoing speakers last weekend and at both shops they used a speaker cable that was about a 2-3 inch tall ribbon. It was bright silver, almost chrome looking. It has multiple thin wires side by side. Does anyone know the brand or types? I should of asked but was focused on the speakers, but thought it interesting that both shops used the same cable. BTW, listed to Wilson Audio Sabrina X and the Monitor Audio Platinum 300 II. I thought both sounded different but great in their own way.
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@12many - take a look at these three brands...
They are right up there with the Nordost perofrmance wise, but they mght be a little more affordable Regards - Steve |
Hello 12many! You can DIY such a cable for $0.65/foot plus your choice of connectors! 50 conductor, silver plated, flat cable is available from several surplus outlets for sixty-five cents a foot on 100 foot spools. It IS a bit tedious to seperate (4 X 50) 200 strands of wire and strip the insulation from the ends (that's why nobody does it in a commercial cable) but it's worth the effort. The flat grey cable isn't pretty, but who needs pretty? I have found only one cable that sounds better on my Magnepan LRS and various Golde Ear speakers. The secret? Every other wire is connected together to form one leg of the path to the speakers. Thus the magnetic field around the cable is nullified. It.'s easy to prove awith a compass and bass heavy music. The commercial flat cable guys run half the contuctors side by side for each leg of the audio path; two wide flat signal paths parallel to each other. Big magnetic field! Boo, hiss! It easly picks up interfering nonsense and radiates a field into everything nearby. Who needs trouble? Contact me for photos. |
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