Clayton Shaw is the new owner of ANTICABLE

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Clayton Shaw Acoustic Lab is the manufacturer/seller of Caladan open baffle speakers, which is no longer accepting orders.

Looks like he has a new business to focus on. Here is the ANTICABLE ownership announcement. ANTICABLE is located in MN, not OK where the last Caladans were being built.

https://anticables.com/anticables-ownership-transition
 
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I tried the anti-cable wire and it was ok. Don't remember which cable I used to replace them that sounded better, it was so long ago.

I still have sections of it that I snip down to size for various uses. Small pieces with the ends hammered flat soldered to circuit boards, etc. work good as jumpers. I scraped the insulation off a couple small pieces then formed them to fit my lawn mower seat connection so I can get off without having it shut down.
 
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Got 2 pair AntiCable interconnects in my main 2ch system. I tried mapleShade,
but I thought they seemed a bit fragile for multiple use so I sent them back for the refund.
As long as the quality stays good, a new owner doesn't have to be a bad thing.
Never owned or heard Emerald Physics - but I've heard good things about them here.
 
I tried anticable speaker wire many years ago on my Mcintosh mc2500. It made the mc2500 make a loud thump on turn on which was something it had never ever done before. Called anticables and spoke to the owner and he said to send them back and he'd "test" them. I did and of course there was no issue with their product. I got a refund and haven't touched anticables since.
 
motorstereo said:
I tried anticable speaker wire many years ago on my Mcintosh mc2500. It made the mc2500 make a loud thump on turn on which was something it had never ever done before. Called anticables and spoke to the owner and he said to send them back and he'd "test" them. I did and of course there was no issue with their product. I got a refund and haven't touched anticables since.
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That is a new one on me, speaker cables causing turn on thump. I've had amps thump on turn on, but never related that to the speaker cables. Not doubting your experience though.
 
BmWr75 said:
That is a new one on me, speaker cables causing turn on thump. I've had amps thump on turn on, but never related that to the speaker cables. Not doubting your experience though.
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It was to me as well. The 2500 had never thumped in all it's years here until that very day that anticables were hooked to it. Extra points go to anticables for getting an amp with a half ohm rating to go thump.
What I believe caused the thump was the ultra thin coating had worn off and the wires touched. I couldn't think of any other possible solution but of course the owner's "testing" proved my theory wrong.
 
BmWr75 said:
That is a new one on me, speaker cables causing turn on thump. I've had amps thump on turn on, but never related that to the speaker cables. Not doubting your experience though.
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If the cables have enough capacitance to cause instability- all kinds of issues, including turn-on/ turn- off thumps, can happen.

I had a related issue with a Marantz 250 power amp- Kimber Kable speaker wires (woven) would make it oscillate. To the point where it was almost clipping all the time, at an ultrasonic frequency. Sounded TERRIBLE. Fortunately, I didn't blow up tweeters before I discovered the problem. Replaced those with some more conventional Audioquest cables (not woven, less capacitance), and the problem was permanently solved.

In theory, at least, that could be the cause of what's happening here.

This is why I tend to shy away from cables with unconventional layouts. Oftentimes, they have unusual characteristics, in terms of inductance and/or capacitance, which is NOT what most amp designers plan for.

Regards,
Gordon.
 
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