If they are directional, they are not marked as such so it seems that they would not be. I had them made with locking bananas at the amp end and spades at the speaker end. They are sonic welded terminations and seem to be very well made. All are very positive connections, locking bananas are nice, very firm fit when locked and I do like spades at the speakers. The cables are more stiff than I would like them to be but I am pleased with how they sound. It will be interesting to see if I perceive any improvement over time as most say they have a long burn in period. Interesting as I do not see anywhere that the company makes this claim.
Breaking in Blue Jean/Canare 4S11G speaker cable
I recently bought a set of 4 of these cables, 8 foot locking banana at amp end, spades at speaker end. I bi-amp my speakers with two identical SS amps. I had been using 12 gauge Signet wire with Nakamichi bananas for the last 20 years or so. Listened to an HDCD Mannheim Steamroller, 25 year celebration Cd on Denon player that is HDCD compatible. I listened first with the Signet wires then swapped out to the new Blue Jean cables.
I purposely left the volume control on my preamp untouched between this swap. It's not quite a blind test but I very clearly heard improvement in SQ. It isn't night and day but it is improved. The bass seemed more full, maybe a tad tighter. Mids maybe not much different, they were pretty good before. Highs seemed overall a bit cleaner and clearer. Some say there is a long break in process to these cables. I'm impressed already and pleased with what I'm hearing.
One thought is that I went from 10 foot, 12 gauge single/stranded runs to double runs of 8 foot 14g which is equal to 11g. The combination of slightly shorter run and drop in gauge, could lower the resistance (should theoretically) and maybe I was getting a 1 or 2db gain, which can seem as an "improvement". Not sure but it sounds better and it isn't just because I want it to. It is clearly at least somewhat better. Shout out to BJ/Canare.
I won't jump up and down and proclaim it's the best or whatever but it is an improvement over stock 12g speaker wire for sure.
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@curiousjim I'd say go for it not sure what they cost now but I paid $17 for a 1M cable well worth it. |
I am running the Canare 4S11G cable as well. I have a 5.2 HT setup with a few long runs (one is 40 ft!) so I made the cables myself with components from Performance Audio. Bananas on both ends. I had old Monster Cable that wasn’t very good to begin with and was long overdue for replacement and upgrade. |
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