Why can't I re-terminate speaker cable and use it as an IC?
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MartinC
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Surely the major difference is that most interconnects are shielded whilst speaker cable is not?
wadia-miester
Mighty Rearranger
Alex, isolda I/c's (which aint that clever, I used to swear by them, but a session with A/Z sorted that out), are basicaly, 1 standard dct width speaker cable split along it's length & 2 strips per single i/c, so in essence, 1m s/cable makes one pair, of I/C. Wm
Aledgelly I might add
Aledgelly I might add
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penance
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AFAIK, the DNM reson stuff is the same.
No idea about the others tho.
Interesting question Alex, would like to hear a deffinitive answer
No idea about the others tho.
Interesting question Alex, would like to hear a deffinitive answer
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Right, WM! I guess the plugs cost about the same so why is the speaker cable 50 quid pm and the ICs whatever they are - market forces? The gullibility of people like me? I don't needed shielded cables particularly.
One reason I asked this Q is because logic told me to replace my tiny DNM jumpers with spare DNM mains lead instead - bigger, better, far cheaper - perhaps I could use T&E as signal cable.
One reason I asked this Q is because logic told me to replace my tiny DNM jumpers with spare DNM mains lead instead - bigger, better, far cheaper - perhaps I could use T&E as signal cable.
wadia-miester
Mighty Rearranger
Alex, methinks you'll get good bass (big and full, bit slow though), rolled off top & maybe muddy mids, but wait!!! Alex, sorry mate I'm giving a load of marco, cables are a crock of pooley, shite busted 
Wm
Just to show I'm not favouring anybody here, Nordost eldarado Power cables, if you up pick them you can get 2 pairs of quattro Qil I/C's at $£$£$$, common one I no but there you go.
WmJust to show I'm not favouring anybody here, Nordost eldarado Power cables, if you up pick them you can get 2 pairs of quattro Qil I/C's at $£$£$$, common one I no but there you go.
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I think you will find you need shielded cables more than you think! Just imagine all those broadcasted radio station waves getting into ur audio signal :S Never mind passing mains wires (in the wall? Under floor?) and then the T.V. signals and the local cab radiosââ'¬Â¦ blah blah blahââ'¬Â¦.
Think of it like thisââ'¬Â¦.. why would you need a thicker conductored i.c.?? It only has to transmit a matter if mill volts!! The important thing is doing it without any distortion.
Cheers,
Can't speak for the Isolda...
But neither the Reson i/c or the speaker cable is shielded. The only difference is the cross section of the solid core copper and the spacing between the two solid core conductors.
So, I can't see any major reason why the speaker cable couldn't be used as an i/c.
jtc
But neither the Reson i/c or the speaker cable is shielded. The only difference is the cross section of the solid core copper and the spacing between the two solid core conductors.
So, I can't see any major reason why the speaker cable couldn't be used as an i/c.
jtc
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Alex S - strangely your idea of turning DNM speaker cable into an IC is precisely what I did only a month or so ago. I got myself a 1.5m run of cable and then a set of Eichmann Bullets. This was in response to having a home demo of a Cyrus interconnect, which was basically a DNM reson IC with bullets and a nice fabric braid over the top. And I was buggered if I was going to pay £80-90 for something I could DIY for £32. My only words of caution would be that the DNM speaker cable is not quite as flexible as the IC stuff and it was a bit of a bugger trying to get it into the bullets (though a vice and a second pair of hands helped greatly ). But the end result is good and I prefer my DIY job to the Qunex 2 I was running before, having done the good old A/B/A/B testing to see if there was a difference in sound or whether it was all in my head. So I say give it a bash, after all I reckoned that if my DIY job wasn't up to it I still had a set of Eichmanns for a future project/tweak.
P.S If you do decide to go for it and want any advice etc. please feel free to contact me.
). But the end result is good and I prefer my DIY job to the Qunex 2 I was running before, having done the good old A/B/A/B testing to see if there was a difference in sound or whether it was all in my head. So I say give it a bash, after all I reckoned that if my DIY job wasn't up to it I still had a set of Eichmanns for a future project/tweak.P.S If you do decide to go for it and want any advice etc. please feel free to contact me.
