What speaker cable is this?

[davidro]

Bought some Arcam & Ruark stuff and the seller threw in these cables saying they're 'high-end'. I see no marking but a brief Googling shows they look like some Nordost Superflat stuff.

Anyone has any other clue?

 

[4-2-7]

Nordost Flatline 2.0 or 3.0

 

[davidro]

So you reckon it's some Nordost stuff? Yay!

 

[4-2-7]

So you reckon it's some Nordost stuff? Yay!

Your's looks like clearer plastic, and do you only have one side as it would be two cables per side.

 

[davidro]

4 cables a side for bi-wiring.

 

[4-2-7]

4 cables a side for bi-wiring.

3.0 bi-wire

 

[4-2-7]

Northeast Flatline 3.0 Biwi-4

http://www.springair.de/de/detail/index/sArticle/76258

 

[davidro]

So all I need is Nordost bananas...thanks

 

[MikeT.]

Looks like winners David. What amp and speakers will you connect. I've lost track of what you are using currently.

 

[MikeT.]

Not to hijack your thread but it's a question along the same line as bi-wire I think.

What the heck are "shotgun" cables. I've seen some makers use the term but haven't been able to find any real definition.

 

[davidro]

Looks like winners David. What amp and speakers will you connect. I've lost track of what you are using currently.

I can't blame you Mike. My main rig stays pretty much stable, but I've begun to tinker with my desktop setup. Right now, I have another 300B driving a pair of Ruark mini monitors. There's a pair of Monitor Audio speakers incoming next week though.

http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=656674

 

[skippy_ps]

Not to hijack your thread but it's a question along the same line as bi-wire I think.

What the heck are "shotgun" cables. I've seen some makers use the term but haven't been able to find any real definition.

Speaker wire with one connection at the amp and two or more at the speaker. For example, two wires connected to one banana at the amp and split into two separate bananas at the speaker end.

Murray

 

[petehall347]

looks ok wire .. might be a problem if moved a lot as the conductors might break being solid wire .
i don't see real bi-wiring here ... unless the wires carry different frequencies where they are split to 4 ..
....
anyway ..enjoy some expensive cables ....

 

[MikeT.]

Speaker wire with one connection at the amp and two or more at the speaker. For example, two wires connected to one banana at the amp and split into two separate bananas at the speaker end.

Murray

Thanks Murray. That's what I thought. I've seen Acoustic Zen talking about their shotguns but with only two connectors on each end, but with two cables running each side. One other manufacturer was positioning similarly.

 

[davidro]

Oh BTW I also got a pair of Monster THX ICs. Any good?

 

[luvvinvinyl]

Shotgun is two wires running between one set of connectors at each end.

Biwire from one amp to two sets of speaker connectors is one set of connectors at one end, and two sets at the other. Like a "Y".

 

[MikeT.]

Shotgun is two wires running between one set of connectors at each end.

Biwire from one amp to two sets of speaker connectors is one set of connectors at one end, and two sets at the other. Like a "Y".

This is consistent with Shunyata, makes sense.

 

[bare]

Those flat wires most resemble an unwound Inductor coil.