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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
gumbydammit OP
186 posts
 
Thanks for the advice.
You really paid 600.00 for that stuff?
Oy Vey.
Looking for some used as we speak........
paulwp
585 posts
 
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.
badge
16 posts
 
The Homegrown Silver lace is a very good value cable that offers excellent definition and balance and is easy to bend and flex. It is a multi wire weave and will not pull your equipment off the rack by its weight or thickness.
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dekay
5,633 posts
 
Gumby D: Good luck on finding it used (some have purchased leftover portions, of whole kits, this way). I would love to pick up additional OTA as well to replace the internal wiring in some old components (it makes great hookup wire, though is a bit hard to work with in this application).
gumbydammit OP
186 posts
 
Dekay: Have you ever heard the guys equipment that sells that cable?
His CD transport looks interesting.
(Though I would be drawn and quartered before you would see me paying 1/4 of that for a transport....)
Just curious. The photos on his site (aren't those a set of (eck!) ginS speakers?) do not impress me much. Curious if anyone out there has heard the stuff on more than a set of home-made fostex based single driver speakers.....
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