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Anyone try Blue Jeans Cables?
#175766 08/31/07 06:50 PM
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Hi: I'm thinking about trying Blue Jean speaker wire anyone try their wire and/or interconnects? What is your opinion of them as a company? Thanks


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Stereoguy99 #175767 08/31/07 06:57 PM
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I just bought some 10 gauge speaker cable from them this week. I ordered on Tuesday and had the in my hands on Thursday. I chose them this time because I was looking for cables with one end terminated and the other bare wire. The banana connectors are adequate, but I prefer Cobalt Cable as the quality seems a bit better. I have also used Impact Acoustics as well. I would order from any of the three companies again. Just my 2 cents.

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I've bought cables and wire from them. Excellent service and well made products.


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Their 12 guage belden 8000 (I think) greyjacket is some very nice stuff!

I ordered about 200ft from them, they have really good pricing too.

For my interconnects (banana plugs), and video cables I went with monoprice, their banana plugs (the sauder (sp?) type) work very well for screw-in wire. they are VERY cheap too, like $2 for a pair or something.

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Stereoguy99 #175770 08/31/07 08:52 PM
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Blue Jeans has EXCELLENT cables. I've bought optical (though it may be cheaper at monoprice for similar quality), 2 channel RCA, 5 ch RCA, and component from them. Fantastic quality and very reasonably priced. Just be aware that some of their cables built from coax are VERY stiff so if you need cables w/ tight bends, pick the right kind of coax. Also, their Canare connectors are pretty long so you'll have to account for that length at the back of your AV rack. I had to remove the back of my Salamander to accomodate the RCA connectors and stiff cable.

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Stereoguy99 #175771 08/31/07 09:25 PM
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I've bought quite a bit from them. High quality cables at a good price... Check out MonoPrice as well.


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nickbuol #175772 08/31/07 11:03 PM
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Thanks for the feedback so far,the cable I'm planning on ordering is the Canare 4S11 to bi-wire my current speakers or new one's(I'm wearing flame resistant clothes so flame away about bi-wiring speakers, LOL)thanks again for the help.


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Stereoguy99 #175773 09/01/07 12:19 AM
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Why would we flame you? Bi-wiring with that cable will give you an improvement of 0.014dB. Not to mention an improvement in your damping factor of 0.25 units. Money well spent? You be the judge .

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Why would we flame you? Bi-wiring with that cable will give you an improvement of 0.014dB. Not to mention an improvement in your damping factor of 0.25 units. Money well spent? You be the judge .







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Bruce, Mo may have misplaced a zero, since my calculation indicates that the improvement from bi-wiring(aka "buy-wiring")is 0.0014dB.

More seriously, Blue Jeans is a very reputable no-nonsense outfit, remarkably so for a cable supplier. Their prices are a little higher on some items, but certainly aren't outrageous. The wire that you're considering is thicker and stiffer than necessary except for very long runs, but of course it does the required job.


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