Anyone know where in the uk I can buy 18-16 gage solid cooper core speaker cable please I have looked around but can not find a uk site that sells it I do not want anything fancy just something that will do the job without costing a arm and a leg .
yes that is something i would not mind making myself i have seen some utube video's of cables being made up . the audioquest is type 8 is that better then for the low frequencies ? . and is there a gage that you need for 4ohms speakers or does this not matter ? just that i had a play around with some satlite cable just to try as its solid core cooper it worked and sounded good a little louder then the atles cable was on the other channal of the amp . but got me thinking to buy some proper soild coreVladimir said:Audioquest Type 4 or 8 from a spool is an option. Type 4 has a bit of lean character in the lower frequencies.
Also you ca buy quality CAT5 ethernet cable and braid your own high end speaker cable.
Blacksabbath25 said:yes that is something i would not mind making myself i have seen some utube video's of cables being made up . the audioquest is type 8 is that better then for the low frequencies ? . and is there a gage that you need for 4ohms speakers or does this not matter ? just that i had a play around with some satlite cable just to try as its solid core cooper it worked and sounded good a little louder then the atles cable was on the other channal of the amp . but got me thinking to buy some proper soild coreVladimir said:Audioquest Type 4 or 8 from a spool is an option. Type 4 has a bit of lean character in the lower frequencies.
Also you ca buy quality CAT5 ethernet cable and braid your own high end speaker cable.
thanks so 30 amp cooker cable where would you buy a new outer to cover the cooker cable so it's insulated from and all the bits you need to make it look like speaker cables so it looks good ( maplen's ?davedotco said:Most 'mains cable' is stranded but 'twin and earth' is solid core.
Screwfix will sell you 25m of 30amp 'cooker cable' for £15. Strip out the two insulated cores, dump the outer sheathing and uninsulated earth wire.
Voila, 25 meters of 2.5sqmm solid core speaker cable at less than £1 per metre.
sounds good mate I will give this a go is there any videos on how to make this and BradVladimir said:Blacksabbath25 said:yes that is something i would not mind making myself i have seen some utube video's of cables being made up . the audioquest is type 8 is that better then for the low frequencies ? . and is there a gage that you need for 4ohms speakers or does this not matter ? just that i had a play around with some satlite cable just to try as its solid core cooper it worked and sounded good a little louder then the atles cable was on the other channal of the amp . but got me thinking to buy some proper soild coreVladimir said:Audioquest Type 4 or 8 from a spool is an option. Type 4 has a bit of lean character in the lower frequencies.
Also you ca buy quality CAT5 ethernet cable and braid your own high end speaker cable.
Thicker gauge will do better passing current, which affects bass. Thinner wires have higher resistance and will do worse. Type 8 is thicker than Type 4 so it is better in the low fr. area, but the price hike is substantial.
I'd recommend making your own braided cable with CAT5. I've done it and it sounds great. A bit tedious to make, but will save you quite a bit of cash.
davedotco said:Most 'mains cable' is stranded but 'twin and earth' is solid core.
Screwfix will sell you 25m of 30amp 'cooker cable' for £15. Strip out the two insulated cores, dump the outer sheathing and uninsulated earth wire.
i am not to worried about it being intrusive as it will be hidden upkeeper of the quays said:Go with cat5 I used a solid core flat cable, idea being less intrusive..flatter under carpet! Etc..it wasn't very good..flat cable flat sound..
lol i do not want that to happen to me *smile*Vladimir said:davedotco said:Most 'mains cable' is stranded but 'twin and earth' is solid core.
Screwfix will sell you 25m of 30amp 'cooker cable' for £15. Strip out the two insulated cores, dump the outer sheathing and uninsulated earth wire.
As long as you twist them together, they will do fine. Otherwise the inductivity may break/fry the amp.
Don't ask how I know this.
Blacksabbath25 said:Anyone know where in the uk I can buy 18-16 gage solid cooper core speaker cable please I have looked around but can not find a uk site that sells it I do not want anything fancy just something that will do the job without costing a arm and a leg .
yes I know stranded is easier to use but I did try satellite cable and just put some plugs on the end and it worked a treat . I just would like to make up my own cables up using solid coreTrevC said:Blacksabbath25 said:Anyone know where in the uk I can buy 18-16 gage solid cooper core speaker cable please I have looked around but can not find a uk site that sells it I do not want anything fancy just something that will do the job without costing a arm and a leg .
The main reason stranded cables are normally used is for ease of installation. There's no performance advantage to using solid core and it's a real pain in the bum to handle.
it just goes to show that you do not have to spend a fortune on speaker cables I heard about mains cable being used when I was a kid but I thought they were joking but it works as its copper at the end of the day just different grades of copper being used for speaker cablesEdbo2 said:When I worked for Ferguson the engineers used 13A mains cable to connect to Goodman's HiFi speakers. Cheap as chips!!
thank you for the link I will give this a godavedotco said:Ideally the cable should be lightly twisted, like the old Chord Co Rumour.
If you want to make it look the part, use expandable sleeving, like this...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3m-4mm-Expandable-High-Density-Polyester-Sleeve-Sleeving-Cover-Braiding/261205667791?_trksid=p2141725.c100338.m3726&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20150313114020%26meid%3D20599406f27a4ea6a52b20681dc33191%26pid%3D100338%26rk%3D5%26rkt%3D19%26sd%3D261211810736
Even comes with free heatshrink to tidy up the ends.