I can buy for a reasonable price a Chord Clearway speakercable. Also Van Damme LC-OFC 4 mm speakercable. The Chord cost 20 GBP more. Both are 2 x 2m and terminated with plugs. Which one will be better if you like a warm and smooth sound?
ellisdj said:The Van damme is very full in the mid range which could be classed as a warm sound - not sure about the other one as I havent heard it.
Obviously taking into account the non differences cables cant and dont make .....
Andrewjvt said:ellisdj said:The Van damme is very full in the mid range which could be classed as a warm sound - not sure about the other one as I havent heard it.
Obviously taking into account the non differences cables cant and dont make .....
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ellisdj said:The Van damme is very full in the mid range which could be classed as a warm sound - not sure about the other one as I havent heard it.
Vladimir said:ellisdj said:The Van damme is very full in the mid range which could be classed as a warm sound - not sure about the other one as I havent heard it.
I actually like that. Should get me some Jean-Claudes from ebay some day. Shipping from UK is reasonably priced.
Vladimir said:Which one sounds more beige?
Did you notice a sound difference? If so,what? (Placebo or not,of course).nopiano said:I bought my first speaker cables for almost 20 years recently, when trying out the Martin Logan ELS. My old Transparent Musicwave bi-wire set (that I'd bought with the Krell amp as part of the recommended system) were so heavy on the weedy terminals I thought they'd snap off, and as they were single wired inputs I had to use banana plugs to piggy back them together.
Anyway, I bought a 2.5 metre pair of Van Damme OFC 4mm terminated with decent bananas from 'Lucasoundvision' on eBay. About £50 posted. I cannot fault them in any way. Flexible, neat looking, excellent plugs, nicely packaged, and four reusable cable ties included. Sound absolutely fine. These are the shotgun ones with transparent insulators, not the very similar spec 'blue studio' version that is heavier and fractionally lower resistance (relevant only for very long runs). Strongly recommended!
Not on the Martin Logan Electromotion I was trying. On my thread about that audition you will see I didn't like them in the end. But once back with my original speakers I couldn't say that I could hear the cables contribution, so significant was the overall change in presentation. I'm planning to use the Van Damme with my new ATCs as that's how I auditioned the dem models at home. (And I've just bought some line level Van Damme too, but have only just plugged them in!)radiorog said:Did you notice a sound difference? If so,what? (Placebo or not,of course).nopiano said:I bought my first speaker cables for almost 20 years recently, when trying out the Martin Logan ELS. My old Transparent Musicwave bi-wire set (that I'd bought with the Krell amp as part of the recommended system) were so heavy on the weedy terminals I thought they'd snap off, and as they were single wired inputs I had to use banana plugs to piggy back them together.
Anyway, I bought a 2.5 metre pair of Van Damme OFC 4mm terminated with decent bananas from 'Lucasoundvision' on eBay. About £50 posted. I cannot fault them in any way. Flexible, neat looking, excellent plugs, nicely packaged, and four reusable cable ties included. Sound absolutely fine. These are the shotgun ones with transparent insulators, not the very similar spec 'blue studio' version that is heavier and fractionally lower resistance (relevant only for very long runs). Strongly recommended!