Tired of Expensive Speaker Cable. Alternatives?

stringreen, i must agree w/ audiofeil.

i've anticables as a 'sanity-test', and oddly they performed better than $3k cables under a diff config in my system.

but these days, they, like all budget cables i've tried, cannot hold a candle to the uber-$ cables i've had in (prana, jorma, transparent).

if your system isn't reference level, no point in buying expensive cables; but if it is, then you may very well find your biggest bang for buck improvement is indeed in cabling.

(i'll cover this phenomenon more in my review of prana cables in dagogo, due in a couple months)

rzc

>>I've never heard a system that didn't benefit from Paul's cables.<<

Then you need to get out more.

For the record your system is moderately high end, not very high end.

It's pretty high end, Bill, as far us plebes are concerned.

Muralman, you say "Don't twist Speltz's SCs." Why? I think you must twist them, or at least run them in very close proximity.

In my system, the LAT international silver/copper hybrid clearly sounds better than the anti-cables - not even close. I won't spend truckloads of money on a cable, but there is a difference. However, LAT cables may not sound better in other people's systems so I won't presume that they will. Ditto for DH labs and AudioHorizons.

Hi Dan,
You'll note that I said it was not "very" high end. No way in hell is a VPI Scoutmaster "very" high end. Ditto on the Ayre electonics.

The table, preamp, and amp are high quality components from reputable companies but very high end is a stretch IMO.

His wire argument is totally bogus.