blue jeans cable

[Anarchist420]

What do you think of their product and service?

What do you use for your speaker cables?

 

[A5]

I've never used them, but they get a lot of positive buzz on AVS from people who want something with a more premium feel than what Monoprice sells. I don't know if the performance is any different.

For speaker wire, I bought a spool of some RCA stuff at Fry's years ago and it's still working for me.

 

[JackBurton]

They are a great balance between quality and price. Highly recommend them. I use them for my HDMI and component cables. For speaker cables I use some Audioquest Rocket 88's, but I can't say they will give you any better audio quality than BJC speaker cables or even some cheap Monoprice cables for that matter. I just can't stand Monoprice cables. They just feel cheap. But if you just want something to work for the lowest price, Monoprice cables are a good option. But again, if you want some quality cables at a great price, BJC can't be beat.

 

[gorb]

Good cables are cables. BJC products are reasonably priced and high quality. I'll stick to monoprice though.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

They are a solid company. I bought a cartoonishly huge component cable from them several years ago before I was all-HDMI. The products seem well-designed and fairly priced. Personally I use Monoprice speaker wire because copper cable is copper cable, but would not discourage anyone from going to Blue Jeans instead.

 

[NutBucket]

I use speaker cable I got from Parts Express...plain 14 gauge stranded copper. I bought a 100ft spool of the stuff. I am firm believer in not wasting money on fancy cables.

 

[slag]

I use speaker cable I got from Parts Express...plain 14 gauge stranded copper. I bought a 100ft spool of the stuff. I am firm believer in not wasting money on fancy cables.

You are missing out on the eargasms...

 

[iRONic]

I paid $44 for their 28' Canare LV77S subwoofer cable in '07. No issues with it.

 

[NutBucket]

Obviously. Its a sacrifice I'm willing to make.

 

[Howard]

Probably the best when it comes to quality, at least of the well-known cable labs.

 

[Ganiy]

It is good to pay really for quality, but not for the trademark. As for BJC, I have never used before.

 

[SyndromeOCZ]

I'm into having decent cables, not because I think they sound better, but I like the look and feel of them(even though I dont touch them often). But I build them all myself, and I can make them for much cheaper than these guys charge. I even make them for other people, on other forums.

 

[NutBucket]

If I had a system worth showing off I would definitely get some nice looking cables. But I would not pay a premium price for them!

 

[EvilYoda]

I've bought various cables from them throughout the years, all to a great end. For a speaker cable, I made my own with Canare Star Quad for the cable and the usual tech flex, heat shrink, and I went with a set of Chinese banana plugs.

 

[KentState]

I own 99% Monoprice or Amazon sourced economy cables and they work fine. However, you sometimes run into poor connector design or lack of quality. BJC is a little more thought out at times, but probably only matters if you move the cables around often.

 

[SyndromeOCZ]

I've bought various cables from them throughout the years, all to a great end. For a speaker cable, I made my own with Canare Star Quad for the cable and the usual tech flex, heat shrink, and I went with a set of Chinese banana plugs.

Why would you use Star Quad for speaker cables? With speakers you need high gauge wire, no need for insulation as the signal is high enough volts that you don't pick up as much interference as you do with line level signal.

 

[Aikouka]

I mostly just go with Monoprice cables, and I've never had a problem. The only "complaint" that I can make against them is that I'm so darned used to Amazon and Newegg's fast shipping speeds.

 

[NutBucket]

Monoprice is great because their warehouse is about 40 miles away from me

 

[Howard]

Why would you use Star Quad for speaker cables? With speakers you need high gauge wire, no need for insulation as the signal is high enough volts that you don't pick up as much interference as you do with line level signal.

He might be bi-amping.

 

[SyndromeOCZ]

He might be bi-amping.

Would be cheaper to use 4 conductor wire without shielding though.

 

[Howard]

Would be cheaper to use 4 conductor wire without shielding though.

Well, whatever.

 

[blackangst1]

I use their cables for front mains and subs. Very nice cables.

 

[Brian Stirling]

I use speaker cable I got from Parts Express...plain 14 gauge stranded copper. I bought a 100ft spool of the stuff. I am firm believer in not wasting money on fancy cables.

The fancy high dollar cables are a ripoff, but 14AWG is kinda small for any decent sized speakers. 10AWG is a bit more expensive but the resistance is much less and if you have a larger amp with speakers able to handle it then you do want fatter speaker cable.

Most of my audio cables are either BJ or Monoprice.

What's really amazing is the fact that someone would have the gall to sell power cords for several thousand dollars each. What's even more amazing is there are people that will only buy power cords that cost thousands of dollars each -- I guess if you shell out $10K for a shower curtain $2K for a power cord is a steal...


Brian

 

[NutBucket]

14 is plenty for short runs. Are you driving your speakers with 100W constantly? Any loss at normal listening volumes is negligible.

 

[EvilYoda]

It was simply a matter of convenience at the time - I had a spool for making some balanced cables so I took what I had left over and and created 2 terminations at each end by twisting together two of the lines for what was (I think) an equivalent 11awg cable. It was maybe a 6 or 7 foot run and that system didn't have a beefy amplifier. I listened and it sounded fine and so it stayed for a while.

That's when things were constantly changing throughout my two systems...lately, not so much.