On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 09:07:02 -0800, GeneK wrote
(in article <Ho1pj.971$lU5.373@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):
>
> "Sonnova" <sonnova@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote...
>> I realize that some folks don't have the soldering skills
>
> You solder your speaker wires? I've just been trimming
> an inch off the ends every few years as they get frayed
> from the speakers being turned around periodically for
> cabinet cleaning and oiling. I started out sometime in
> the 1970's with two 10' lengths of 18ga clear lamp cord,
> and at the rate I'm going I might have to replace them
> in another 30 years.
I'm talking about terminating one's speaker cables with decent quality
connectors; you know, spade lugs, banana plugs pins for 5-way binding
posts,
etc. AFAIC, good quality, air-tight connections that don't break all the
time coupled with color-coded sleeves over the ends of the wire are the
only
thing that commercially made speaker cables bring to the party. What I was
saying is that even then, if one is competent with the required tools
(such
as a soldering iron), one can still roll one's own, but if not, the
lower-priced cables from people like Monster, Audioquest, etc, might be a
good buy - but certainly NOT for any sound advantage over heavy zip cord.
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