On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 19:34:58 +0100, Dave Plowman
wrote:

In article ,
The EggKing wrote:
It has been said that I could walk into Maplins and get hold of some
speaker cable for a couple of quid a metre. It's getting to me now and
my dad needs his cable back soon! So anyway I don't want two runs to
each speaker so Biwire cable it must be.

Maplin have got heavy duty speaker cable on special offer at the moment,
according to a flier I saw. Just use that and forget bi-wiring - it
offers
no advantage whatsoever. If you're convinced it does, then I'd guess
you'd appreciate the 'sound'
of expensive cable too.


I bought some of this recently, on special its 49p/m. So a potentialy an
extra £94 to spend on music!

I'm happy with it, or at least as happy as I can be with speaker wire. I
must admit I've not compared it directly with real 'high-end' cable, but
compared [1] to some chunky puple QED stuff I had (IIRC £2.50/m) there was
*no* difference.

My understanding is that the signal passes through a much greater length of
non-branded cable at the crossovers than on the run from the amp. I'm sure
the wiring inside the amp and the speakers isn't brand name stuff either.

[1] how I compare speaker wi
Get someone else to wire the same speakers to A/B outpus of your amp,
without telling you which is which. Switch between the two while listening.

--
Jim H