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In Reply to: "Yet Another Home Depot" recommendation by TAS(long) posted by PeAK on April 17, 2004 at 08:25:21:
... at the home of my friend Roberto (Basis TT, Sony SACD player, Rogue 99, custom-made push-pull 300B amps, Von Schweikert VR-3s). He had just bought some Nordost speaker cables he liked (don't know the model) to replace his Straightwires. We put my old Omega Mikros in the mix as well, and finally the Home Depot 14 gauge.There was simply no comparison.
He wouldn't give me back the HD 14s until I promised to make him a pair.
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and I bought a 25 footer. Just so I'm clear, I'm just snipping off the plugs, cutting the cable in half so I have one run to left and right and that's it? I leave the wire in the orange and black sheathing?
Just strip the orange and black covering back a couple of inches, snip off the green wire, and use the other two as the + and - (your choice). I crimp on Radio Shack nickel plated spades and dress it up with heatshrink. I've made three sets like this, and they sound sensational. I wouldn't bother with doubling up as in the post below, but that's me. These things keep sounding better all the time.
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Yeah, I think I'm just going to do it this way except that I think I'm not going to opt for the spades. I'll just go w/ the bare wire.
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You'll find three wires within the wrap; I twisted all 3 to make one cable; total of four cables altogether. YMMV
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Okay, so there ends up being three wires for positive and three for negative? So two runs of the orange/black cord to each speaker?
two wires(cables) per speaker. Sorry if I was misleading!
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All I can say is WOW ----and --- I ain't deaf after all!
I think they are great too.Exstension cord,Coax RG6 cable,CAT5 cable,Aluminum foil,all make great speaker cables and aren't designed for it.In the cable game,to get good sound,all you have to do is be creative and use a touch of common sense.
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