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Let's build a subwoofer interconnect

I need a high quality 3 meter single subwoofer interconnect for a nice music/HT system. My speakers cross over to the sub at 80 Hz. I haven't shopped interconnects for several years. There sure are a lot of choices. I've got my preferred RCAs narrowed down to Bullet copper or silver and WBT NextGen copper or silver. I need help narrowing down further to the best assembled sheilded wire/RCA combination. Some suppliers I'm looking at include Bolder and VH Audio. I've asked VH Audio for a price on a 3 m Pulsar with the WBT NextGen silver RCA. If you were having a custom subwoofer interconnect built what choices would you make? Let's say we keep the budget for this litte project under $300. Member input is much appreciated.
rogereckert
ckorody
643 posts
 
Given your budget you can eiher have fancy connectors like Next Gens or better cable. Spending your money on NextGen's which are designed to get you the last nth of detail in the mids and highs hardly makes sense. IMHO what you need is a well shielded cable - in fact, many companies offer a coax design for this application.

VH Audio makes terrific stuff - drop Chris an email and ask him for his RCA recommendation. Miner42 and Rives have also provided very good recommendations.

Check the Gon too - use advanced search Cables/Subwoofer - tonight there is a very serviceable 3m Analysis Plus subwoofer cable for $55.00 As a happy AP customer I am pretty sure it will do the job... you can always have it reterminated
rogereckert OP
17 posts
 
Thanks for the ideas thus far. I'm still waiting to hear from Chris at VH Audio. At this point, for me, the minimum acceptable connector would be the Bullet copper. This would also allow extra $$ for a nice shielded wire. I've 'gotten by' with a sub par interconnect to my sub for years. Perhaps I'm trying to over compensate now. That's fine with me.
gmood1
1,251 posts
 
This sub par Blue jean subwoofer cable is as good as any subwoofer cable on the market.
I have to agree with the other guys. The cable needs only to pass 80hz and down, while keeping out the hum. Not a tough job for the crummiest cable or connector. It is your money though..so what ever makes you feel better ..go for it.:-)

Just so you understand most audiophile cable makers buy their supplies from companies like Belden,Canare and only a few other large wire providers. The odds are your $300 wires will come from the same place as the $25.00 wire.
Buy some Canare LV-77S.. add your bullet plugs and have a terrific cable.And don't forget an isolation transformer if you need one. That will give you $200 to spend on something else.

Good listening
rogereckert OP
17 posts
 
I didn't mean to imply a low cost recommendation would be considered sub par. I was simply saying the old microphone cable currently feeding my sub is sub par and I'd like to replace it with something exceptional that includes very good connectors like the Bullets or NextGen. The Canare LV-77S mated with Bullets sounds like a good option. I'll look into that particular Canare cable. Thanks.
rhcustoms
1 posts
 
I would use the Canare L4E6S.

RH
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