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Need replacement for garden hose Audio Advisor

There is a lot of good info on this site....and good minds as well. So I would like to hear a few experiences any of you might have had.
I run a slighty Modified Audionics CC-2 driving a set of Pro Ac Tab/2's.
I love the speakers and the sound I have but am very tired of the garden hose Audio Advisor cables that connect them. I have had to resort to cable ties to keep the things on the stands. (Silly putty gives up after a while with a horizontal pull.)
This all.....kind of being driven by my wife crying out in disgust at the looks of the system.

I am very sensitive to the top end, and lean towards all the information being passed rather than the "smooth" rolled off character some folks seem to prefer.

Without getting into the "shun-mookie and tice clock" ozone layer, what have you folks found for manageable, quality seamless cable that is not the size of garden hose??

My wife would very much like the roll of Radio Shack 18 guage. Don't understand her issue though...... Doesn't everyone have a packed 7 foot metal studio rack in thier living room?
gumbydammit
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glen
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Dekay,
Has there been any attempt to build a balanced cable with this stuff? I tried to click on your pic of the digital loopy cable but the link was not valid.
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dekay
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Glen: I have never tried a balanced version as I do not have a need for one. Guess I deleted the digital cable pic in error when I was loading photos for my wife's Ebay stuff? The digital cable no longer exists anyway as I ended up using the cable from it for TT IC's after selling my DAC (robbing Peter to pay Paul:-).
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glen
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The down side to this cable is an extra RCA cap will run you $25.00 a piece. The up side is you could probably cable a small system including the speakers with one kit. If this stuff really works and I think we can assume it does based on the reviews. That's a steal! Heck I could sell all my reference cabling and recover a couple dollialars.

Has anyone tried it on Electrostats yet?
gumbydammit OP
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Thanks for the advice.
You really paid 600.00 for that stuff?
Oy Vey.
Looking for some used as we speak........
paulwp
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Mapleshade makes a nice looking thin cable that is not very expensive. I think they have a website you can find. Some members here recommend their cables. For $3.99 x 2 (you need 2 colors to be safe), why don't you get 2 spools of the RS solid code hookup wire and lightly twist red and black together for pos and neg and try it. (You could do with one spool, but you have to cut the lengths first, mark them at each end and be very careful.) Black and white solid core Romex from the hardware store, lightly twisted again, also looks decent.
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