Keep what you have...or go to home depot for some 12ga. I personally see no use for expensive cables.
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Has anyone used Tara labs omni speaker cables? any other suggestions?
I am looking for new speaker cables. I need about 80 Feet, and I don’t want to spend more than $50 shipped for the wires. So far, I am looking at 2 cable types.
1) Tara Labs Omni (Search on ebay) its 14ga solid core and $4.90 per 10 ft. Supposedly, the solid core will increase your mid and low range.
2) 10 Gauge OFC blue wire from HUGFEN audio?
3) Keep my cables
I have heard that Kimber kables were good, but they seem to be out of my price range.
BTW, my home theater consists of
Kenwood Sovereign DV-5700
Kenwood Sovereign VR-5090
2 Athena AS-F2s (using monster 10 ft 14ga)
1 Athena AS-C1 (monster 10ft 14 ga)
2 Infinity US-1 (using El cheapo 25 ft 14 ga)
1 HSU STF-2 (Using a Tara labs 4meter 500s cable)
1) Tara Labs Omni (Search on ebay) its 14ga solid core and $4.90 per 10 ft. Supposedly, the solid core will increase your mid and low range.
2) 10 Gauge OFC blue wire from HUGFEN audio?
3) Keep my cables
I have heard that Kimber kables were good, but they seem to be out of my price range.
BTW, my home theater consists of
Kenwood Sovereign DV-5700
Kenwood Sovereign VR-5090
2 Athena AS-F2s (using monster 10 ft 14ga)
1 Athena AS-C1 (monster 10ft 14 ga)
2 Infinity US-1 (using El cheapo 25 ft 14 ga)
1 HSU STF-2 (Using a Tara labs 4meter 500s cable)
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I thought about the Home depot wire. But I decided against it. I just dont know anything about it. Is it 99.9% copper? Is it OFC? Without this its just doesn't seem like a good choice to me. some extra $$$ on cables that I know the specs on isnt going to hurt me too much
Yes, and yes. But that's irrelevant because it doesn't really matter what the heck it is. It has low resistivity and very small complex impedance elements. That's all you need electrically. And unlike solid-core wire it actually bends (ever try to get Romax to lay flat?).
Why not keep your cables? Whatever you spend on new ones, it won't make any difference in the sound of your system.
Why not keep your cables? Whatever you spend on new ones, it won't make any difference in the sound of your system.
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The answers to those questions dont matter, because regardless of the answer, you wouldn't know what they meant anyway. Unless you're an electrical engineer, at which point you would know that it's irrelevant to the equation because there is no scientific study which says that any kind of speaker cable makes any kind of impact on the sound or conductivity in your system. As long as you are sending the signal along a conductive wire, it will sound the same regardless.
That being said, I've paid close to .49 a foot for speaker wire from home depot, so the Tara labs is most likely just fine if it is going to induce a placebo affect and you'll believe that there is some sort of difference.
That being said, if you are replacing long runs of cable, save the money and treat yourself to a bottle of nice bourbon, it will have a greater effect on how you view your theater than any sort of special wire will.
| I thought about the Home depot wire. But I decided against it. I just dont know anything about it. Is it 99.9% copper? Is it OFC? |
That being said, I've paid close to .49 a foot for speaker wire from home depot, so the Tara labs is most likely just fine if it is going to induce a placebo affect and you'll believe that there is some sort of difference.
That being said, if you are replacing long runs of cable, save the money and treat yourself to a bottle of nice bourbon, it will have a greater effect on how you view your theater than any sort of special wire will.
Originally posted by PolkThug
Tara Labs article:
http://www.mailtribune.com/archive/2...ries/02biz.htm [/QUOTE/]
That is crazy, I will strictly buy home depot wire from now on, not because of the article. Because I know where it comes from and do not care, but at least I am not over chargered. Makes ya wonder who else has done this.
What is your thoughts on video cables?
Three reasons people can't hear the differences in cables:
1. Less than optimal hearing - some people just can't hear as well as others.
2. Poor equipment, poor equipment placement, poor seating placement and/or poor room acoustics.
3. Some cables ACTUALLY DO sound the same.
It should not be surprising at all that a poor system (equipment/room/placement) can't reveal low level detail. If you can't hear the differences in cables (high AND low-level), determine which one of the three reasons stated above applies and respond accordingly.
On this forum, I would bet that #2 applies most of the time, with #3 a close second, and #1 in a very distant third.
1. Less than optimal hearing - some people just can't hear as well as others.
2. Poor equipment, poor equipment placement, poor seating placement and/or poor room acoustics.
3. Some cables ACTUALLY DO sound the same.
It should not be surprising at all that a poor system (equipment/room/placement) can't reveal low level detail. If you can't hear the differences in cables (high AND low-level), determine which one of the three reasons stated above applies and respond accordingly.
On this forum, I would bet that #2 applies most of the time, with #3 a close second, and #1 in a very distant third.
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Yes indeedy!
| Originally posted by policy That being said, if you are replacing long runs of cable, save the money and treat yourself to a bottle of nice bourbon, it will have a greater effect on how you view your theater than any sort of special wire will. |
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Not the same thing. There you're dealing with high frequency and low level (albeit digitalization makes noise less of a problem). You need wire with good bandwidth and shielding. But again, you can go way way overboard. Plus terminations (e.g. DVI) tend to be far more complex than bare lead.
| Originally posted by Vis57 What is your thoughts on video cables? |
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Prove any of the above assertions. Then we'll treat them as something more than speculation.
| Originally posted by purifiedaudio Three reasons people can't hear the differences in cables: 1. Less than optimal hearing - some people just can't hear as well as others. 2. Poor equipment, poor equipment placement, poor seating placement and/or poor room acoustics. 3. Some cables ACTUALLY DO sound the same. It should not be surprising at all that a poor system (equipment/room/placement) can't reveal low level detail. If you can't hear the differences in cables (high AND low-level), determine which one of the three reasons stated above applies and respond accordingly. On this forum, I would bet that #2 applies most of the time, with #3 a close second, and #1 in a very distant third. |
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