what high quality thick multi-strand Oxygen Free Copper cable

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I have just read that PMC recommend high quality thick multi-strand Oxygen Free Copper cable for the DB1i speakers and would like some recommendations on different makes, i have looked at the van damme blue series cable and this seems a good option, are there any better options or are the van damme cables good enough?

also i would like some options for interconnects for my rega gear that would go well with high quality thick multi-strand Oxygen Free Copper cable.

thanks in advance

 

[Anonymous]

What speaker cable have you got now?

 

[Anonymous]

I currently have chord odyssey 2 install cable, but when i went from floorstanders to standmounts i forgot to add an extra meter for the height of the speaker so my current cable is to short. After a bit of investigation i noticed that PMC actually recommend high quality thick multi-strand Oxygen Free Copper cable so im now after 2 x 3m lengths preferably terminated.

 

[pwiles1968]

I use 4mm Van Damme Bi Wire (4x4mm Tour Grade Black series), I believe they do a 2x4 and 2x6mm and a Blue Series which they call Studio Grade. Gives excellent performance especially considering the cost. Good thick cable but very flexible.

Think I got it from Clearly AV - http://www.clearly-av.co.uk/searchresults/Speaker-Cable/Floor-Standing-Speaker-Cable/All/all/all/all/VanDamme/display_price/ASC/0.html

Other retailers are available

 

[aliEnRIK]

Id recommend the Van Damme UP LC-OFC grade (Which is used in Abbey studios and at least one speaker manufacturers internal wiring)

 

[Anonymous]

cheers guys that seems to be what im after, any idea what size to go for 2.5 or 4.0 or 6.0mm

 

[Diamond Joe]

I've got Van Damme 6mm cable and I can't fault it, the thicker the better in my book, so, oddly enough, I'd recommend the 6mm cable.

 

[Dan Turner]

I used to own some PMC TB2+s and I called up PMC to find out what speaker cables they recommend and when I spoke to them they went further than simply to say a thick multi-stranded copper cable, the bloke I spoke to actually said that they use Van Damme when they do their product development and studio installations.

So off the back of that I bought some Van Damme LC-OFC Hi-Fi speaker cable (6mm) and found that it worked great (and noticeably better than the QED silver anniversary I was using previously. No doubt the Van Damme is a very good solidly engineered great value for money cable.

However, eventually curiosity (or upgradeitis, call it what you will) got the better of me and I borrowed some Atlas Hyper 2.0 from my local dealer, and found that gave a subtle but distinct improvement.

So I would recommend Van Damme for being very good and excellent VFM, but ultimately it is possible to do better - although as ever, it's all system and taste dependent.

 

[tosh]

Would the Van Damme 2.5mm up lcofc cable be good enough for 2x7 metre runs from amp to speakers or would i need 4mm

 

[vinod_david]

Ha, the usual Damme suspects here, including me!

Another vote for Van Damme Blue. I just upgraded from QED SA XT to VD Blue 6mm; the sound is a lot smooth and weighty bass, in a forward setup like mine.

 

[aliEnRIK]

tosh:Would the Van Damme 2.5mm up lcofc cable be good enough for 2x7 metre runs from amp to speakers or would i need 4mm

2.5mm would be fine. Generally speaking though, bass is enhanced (technically I should say, bass isnt lost as much) using thicker cable (Bear in mind youll need to terminate yourself though)

Personally I have 4mm, and its heavyweight on my system. Also bought from 'clearly av' (Posted above). Great service

 

[Andrew Everard]

aliEnRIK:Bear in mind youll need to terminate yourself though

Suicide would seem a somewhat extreme requirement in order to get the best from this cable...

 

[aliEnRIK]

My girlfriend gave me a funny look when I wrote something similar a while back ~

'......youll need to terminate yourself........."

 

[Anonymous]

ex terminate ex terminate

 

[Anonymous]

Another vote for 'jean claude'. 6mm blue series is the stuff my dad's got and it's a great, thick and well built cable that could withstand a car running over it. Will be getting some myself in the near future.

 

[vonchief]

Paulthefilmfan:Another vote for 'jean claude'. 6mm blue series is the stuff my dad's got and it's a great, thick and well built cable that could withstand a car running over it. Will be getting some myself in the near future.

If i had known that i would have bought some ages ago.

The amount of cables i have had to throw away due to cars running over them is unbelievable.

 

[Anonymous]

well as good as they probably are i have decided to just get longer runs of chord odyssey, my hi-fi dealer did me a favour and i swapped an unwanted interconnect and got 2x3 meter runs terminated with chord plugs for only £30 new. I just love the oydessy cable and could'nt bear being without one.

thanks to you all for your coments.

 

[Anonymous]

Good choice mate, I think it's fantastic cable.

 

[Anonymous]

vonchief:
Paulthefilmfan:Another vote for 'jean claude'. 6mm blue series is the stuff my dad's got and it's a great, thick and well built cable that could withstand a car running over it. Will be getting some myself in the near future.

If i had known that i would have bought some ages ago.

The amount of cables i have had to throw away due to cars running over them is unbelievable.

Lol, could see someone being petty enough to say that that when i typed it, so thankyou. Anyway, at the price you can get the cable for they are pretty unbeatable and i've tried quite a few more expensive ones.

 

[Anonymous]

your not wrong, they are brilliant, even better now i have them round the right way DOH!

I did'nt notice the direction arrows on the chord plugs and have had one round the wrong way since i bought them