Good day, everyone.
Recently, a friend of mine here on AK offered to make me a set of speaker cables, and I said, "Sure, I've always used old extension cords, lamp wire, etc, and would enjoy actually owning a good set of Cat5 cables".
Aside from a short detour, they arrived fairly quick. They wouldn't fit my Allo Volt D, so I swapped out that lovely little Class D for a MOSFET Adcom 5200 (50 wpc) I had.
The speakers are Alpair 10P's in Frugalhorn cabinets. I am very familiar with these, even have a backup pair of drivers.
From the first note, I heard it. Stunning focus. The analogy that came to mind was the old "Sharpness" knob on CRT's from back in the day. It's like everything just got dialed in nice and specific.
Van Halen II, an album I know front, back and inside-out, revealed off-mic grunts, studio farts, bonhomie noises, and what felt like a peephole into Sunset Studios.
Uncanny is NOT the word. The shrieky-shouty nature of full range speakers was improved during busy passages in orchestral stuff. Everything improved, and not by a little.
As I run on far too often, I will simply say that I figured copper wire was copper wire. I was dead wrong. Admittedly, I had never ONCE experimented with better speaker wire.
As I stated to the creator (who I've ordered 2 more sets from at a more-than-reasonable cost) I cannot go back. I have also spared any comparisons to super-expensive speaker cables, though I know a few who have made some pretty shocking claims about just how good these are. They may chime in.
This isn't a sales pitch. This isn't to convince the horde. It is simply sharing my experience. Maybe it helps you, maybe not. I hope it leads you to better sound.
If anyone wishes to know who these cables are made by, PM me. The guy isn't drumming up business, but willing to crank out some more. The price? I think most of us will find it more than agreeable. There's lots of time that goes into these, and the laborer is worthy of his hire.
They're also very darn good looking cables. My thinking on speaker wire?? "Retain the good, keep the bad out." I cannot explain it any better than this.
Happy listening!!
Recently, a friend of mine here on AK offered to make me a set of speaker cables, and I said, "Sure, I've always used old extension cords, lamp wire, etc, and would enjoy actually owning a good set of Cat5 cables".
Aside from a short detour, they arrived fairly quick. They wouldn't fit my Allo Volt D, so I swapped out that lovely little Class D for a MOSFET Adcom 5200 (50 wpc) I had.
The speakers are Alpair 10P's in Frugalhorn cabinets. I am very familiar with these, even have a backup pair of drivers.
From the first note, I heard it. Stunning focus. The analogy that came to mind was the old "Sharpness" knob on CRT's from back in the day. It's like everything just got dialed in nice and specific.
Van Halen II, an album I know front, back and inside-out, revealed off-mic grunts, studio farts, bonhomie noises, and what felt like a peephole into Sunset Studios.
Uncanny is NOT the word. The shrieky-shouty nature of full range speakers was improved during busy passages in orchestral stuff. Everything improved, and not by a little.
As I run on far too often, I will simply say that I figured copper wire was copper wire. I was dead wrong. Admittedly, I had never ONCE experimented with better speaker wire.
As I stated to the creator (who I've ordered 2 more sets from at a more-than-reasonable cost) I cannot go back. I have also spared any comparisons to super-expensive speaker cables, though I know a few who have made some pretty shocking claims about just how good these are. They may chime in.
This isn't a sales pitch. This isn't to convince the horde. It is simply sharing my experience. Maybe it helps you, maybe not. I hope it leads you to better sound.
If anyone wishes to know who these cables are made by, PM me. The guy isn't drumming up business, but willing to crank out some more. The price? I think most of us will find it more than agreeable. There's lots of time that goes into these, and the laborer is worthy of his hire.
They're also very darn good looking cables. My thinking on speaker wire?? "Retain the good, keep the bad out." I cannot explain it any better than this.
Happy listening!!
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