Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion The Water Cooler Cheap Speaker Wire Alternative

Does high thread count in a cable result in a more luxurious feel, like it does in bedsheets?

Oooh, 300 percale speaker cable....

Makes me snoozy and smiley just to think about it.

I thought chess used string instead of speaker wire anyway.

Oh, no, he's the one using 12 gauge cable (nice and thick). You're the one using thin little string stuff. ;-)

Mapleshades aren't string, they're more like Slinkies. Slinkys. Slinkies. Whatever.

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I also came across a good price for banana plugs on ebay.

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I bought a whole bunch of those bannana plugs from that guy. They work great.

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Chess, not trying to open a can of worms but what on earth would the thread count have to do with anything?

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Ford, some ppl think that more strands equals more resolution, less signal degradation, etc.
I put the strand count out there to give ppl a better idea of its flexibility. A higher strand count means there are obviously more, but thinner strands in the bundle. This tends to make the cable easier to twist ends and more flexible. The less strand count the closer the bundle gets to being a solid core. Obviously 6 thick wires making up a 12ga cable are much harder to twist than 100 small ones.
That's about the only reason i mentioned it. Increased physical description.

Nice plugs and nice pics.
Is that shrink wrap tubing i see on the ends?
Nicely done.

Did you crimp or solder?

I crimped them on and sealed off the ends with some adhesive heatshrink tubing. The wire I am using is the basic 12g stuff from knukoncepts.

Mike, i should mention that wire looks an awful lot like the stuff i just bought.

The plugs look great. I have some heatshrink tubing on order so i'm hoping to have my plugs redone soon as well.

The QT VR of your room is great. How did you make it?