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Do you consider cables to be a "component" of your system?

Meaning, do you think that cabling (AC/InterConnects/SpeakerWire) should be considered a component that is integral to your system?

I have probably as much money in cabling and fuses as I do in most of my components (if not more).

Please, please, PLEASE don't tell me that cables don't make a difference. I disagree and there's nothing you can say or do that will change my mind, so save it for another thread, please.

I just wondered if you had to recommend a set up to someone (who wanted a nice stereo), would you consider cabling to be essential in your build price and your recommendations? If so, would you consider the cost of the cables to be on par with the cost of a component?

 

 

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1971gto455ho
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I get it just like water witching except using a piece of wire, will 12 gauge Romax work ? Lol

 

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bikeboy52
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I think Romax is more commonly found in sex shops , there is however a type of sheathed electrical wire rated for residential applications called Romex and yes one could use it as speaker wire.

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1971gto455ho
499 posts
 

Oops that’s what you get when you Siri auto text and don’t check…lazy. Did use it back in a day, looks bad hard to work with glad I grew up finances to boot. 

 

 

ghdprentice
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@mitch2 Nice system. That is a big commitment to SRA  isolation platforms. I have one under my turntable. Made a very definite and important improvement.

mitch2
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@ghdprentice - Yeah, SRA is a good company.  Mine are the Ohio-Class XL model.  I sold some Lamm amps to a gentleman who owned them and didn’t need them anymore so we made a trade plus cash deal.  They were the perfect size for my SMc amps so I sent them to SRA with detailed info about the SMc amps (weight, dimensional footer locations, and location of the heavy transformer) and they reconfigured the platforms (whatever that entails) so that they are a custom fit for my amps.  They also removed their tall’ish feet and replaced them with their low profile style feet so they fit on my stand.  They said it doesn’t matter what footers are under the amps if they are supported on the SRA platforms.

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