Re: Splicing Speaker Wire
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I don't think we're far enough off-topic yet.
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Re: Splicing Speaker Wire
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Uh, cat gut makes for good heat shrink around spliced wires.
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Re: Splicing Speaker Wire
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How can you splice Monster XP cable? It has a patented Magnetic Flux Tube in the middle. Would you just stick a wire nut over that?
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Re: Splicing Speaker Wire
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Why would you purchase monster cable to begin with!?
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Re: Splicing Speaker Wire
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I didn't purchase the Monster Cable speaker wires I still use. I have 3 lengths, each about 6' long, that the dealer threw in when I bought my Paradigm Monitor 9s and Paradigm CC back in 2000. I now use them for my M22s and VP100.
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And they fell apart damn quickly for such expensive cable, too.
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Re: Splicing Speaker Wire
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only the silly rubber caps at the base of the banana plugs. the copper is still shiny.
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I was just being facetious about the Monster cable, because they claim to have all these patented technologies, such as "Magnetic Flux Tube Construction." What that amounts to is a piece of polypropylene cord in the middle of the copper that does nothing more than make the copper look thicker than it is. Combine that with their unnecessarily thick clear jacketing called "LPE" or "Linear Polyethylene" which they also claim has some kind of proprietary signal preserving properties, and you have this huge-looking speaker wire that is really only 16 gauge copper costing $1.00 per foot. It looks monster, but it is claimed you can get the same or better performance in an electrical zip cord for about $0.40 per foot. As a matter of fact, in Crutchfield's product description, they call this a low-cost "entry-level" speaker wire "Especially recommended for small speakers, mini systems, and rack systems." Low cost? It's a buck a foot, and in my book that aint cheap.
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I totally agree. That magnetic flux tube really annoys me when I'm re-twisting the ends of the cable.
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I think that it is somewhat amazing that people still believe the crap from Monster and even worse that they are still allowed to claim that BS!!!!!
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