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This makes Monster (the cable company) look like chump change.

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Originally posted by: DPmaster
Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
Originally posted by: DPmaster
Originally posted by: Quasmo
My dad's best friend from grade school has some stereo thats rediculous. He wouldn't tell us how much it cost but he pointed to his mercades benz out side and said, "see that car? This costs more than that car." He said, heres the speaker cable I got, it's the cheap one, it cost $1000 for the cable. It was about an inch think and probably had enough shielding to make me wonder why they did not simply use individual DAC's in each speaker (only 2 speakers).

Crazy thing is... there was no EQ on the stereo at all. All it had was Bass and Treble.
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That's not crazy, that's standard. The most expensive systems only have bass and treble controls because that's all you need.
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Axiom of Audio Componentry: The quality of the component is inversely proportional to the number of buttons and flashy lights on the front. 😀
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Heh yep that's why I like the front panels of my pre-amps clean as possible. 😀
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Here's mine...

More of a straight wire with gain approach. Great for the money. Can be switched between active and passive mode.

http://www.adcom.com/preamplifiers/gfp750.htm

I swear the pre-amp is one of the most important parts second only to speakers.


 
Originally posted by: spidey07
Originally posted by: DPmaster
Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
Originally posted by: DPmaster
Originally posted by: Quasmo
My dad's best friend from grade school has some stereo thats rediculous. He wouldn't tell us how much it cost but he pointed to his mercades benz out side and said, "see that car? This costs more than that car." He said, heres the speaker cable I got, it's the cheap one, it cost $1000 for the cable. It was about an inch think and probably had enough shielding to make me wonder why they did not simply use individual DAC's in each speaker (only 2 speakers).

Crazy thing is... there was no EQ on the stereo at all. All it had was Bass and Treble.
Click to expand...

That's not crazy, that's standard. The most expensive systems only have bass and treble controls because that's all you need.
Click to expand...

Axiom of Audio Componentry: The quality of the component is inversely proportional to the number of buttons and flashy lights on the front. 😀
Click to expand...

Heh yep that's why I like the front panels of my pre-amps clean as possible. 😀
Click to expand...

Here's mine...

More of a straight wire with gain approach. Great for the money. Can be switched between active and passive mode.

http://www.adcom.com/preamplifiers/gfp750.htm

I swear the pre-amp is one of the most important parts second only to speakers.
Click to expand...

Yep now that's what I mean by being nice and clean. Eventually I want to power my HT with an Adcom GFA-7807. It looks like a beast of an amp.
 
Originally posted by: Nitemare
Originally posted by: PurdueRy
http://www.transparentcable.com/index2.html

They dont' post prices on their page for good reason. I think they are above $10,000 for cables...

EDIT they're top end is $23,000 for a speaker cable
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Do they pricematch to wal-mart?
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Yes but it has to be an equivalent product. This means you will have to find out how much they charge for copper wire, spray paint, and high shine gloss finish which creates a "hyper-acoustical transport" for the sound in the wire so you can hear music that will take you to the stratosphere!

😛
 
Originally posted by: DPmaster
Originally posted by: Anubis
my brother in laws dadhas something like 10K in cables hooking up his stereo to his B&W nautilus
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I'd LOVE to have those speakers but $60,000 is just a little out of my price range. 😉

I'm going to save up and go for the Paradigm Reference Studio 100 speakers or if I have the money, go for these Paradigm Signature Series S8 speakers. These aren't cheap either but aren't $60,000 either. 😉
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IDK what speakers you are thinking of but the Nautilus' dont cost 60K
 
Originally posted by: DPmaster
Originally posted by: Anubis
my brother in laws dadhas something like 10K in cables hooking up his stereo to his B&W nautilus
Click to expand...

I'd LOVE to have those speakers but $60,000 is just a little out of my price range. 😉

I'm going to save up and go for the Paradigm Reference Studio 100 speakers or if I have the money, go for these Paradigm Signature Series S8 speakers. These aren't cheap either but aren't $60,000. 😉
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Wait... who is selling those in FS/FT?
 
Originally posted by: DPmaster
Originally posted by: Anubis
my brother in laws dadhas something like 10K in cables hooking up his stereo to his B&W nautilus
Click to expand...

I'd LOVE to have those speakers but $60,000 is just a little out of my price range. 😉

I'm going to save up and go for the Paradigm Reference Studio 100 speakers or if I have the money, go for these Paradigm Signature Series S8 speakers. These aren't cheap either but aren't $60,000. 😉
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http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=45&threadid=1705033
 
Originally posted by: Anubis
Originally posted by: DPmaster
Originally posted by: Anubis
my brother in laws dadhas something like 10K in cables hooking up his stereo to his B&W nautilus
Click to expand...

I'd LOVE to have those speakers but $60,000 is just a little out of my price range. 😉

I'm going to save up and go for the Paradigm Reference Studio 100 speakers or if I have the money, go for these Paradigm Signature Series S8 speakers. These aren't cheap either but aren't $60,000 either. 😉
Click to expand...

IDK what speakers you are thinking of but the Nautilus' dont cost 60K
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Ah I was looking at the price for the UK market...17500 GBP per speaker which translates to roughly $30,000. The speakers are price more "affordably" in the US at just $20,000 per speaker. 😉
 
Originally posted by: DPmaster
Originally posted by: spidey07
Originally posted by: DPmaster
Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
Originally posted by: DPmaster
Originally posted by: Quasmo
My dad's best friend from grade school has some stereo thats rediculous. He wouldn't tell us how much it cost but he pointed to his mercades benz out side and said, "see that car? This costs more than that car." He said, heres the speaker cable I got, it's the cheap one, it cost $1000 for the cable. It was about an inch think and probably had enough shielding to make me wonder why they did not simply use individual DAC's in each speaker (only 2 speakers).

Crazy thing is... there was no EQ on the stereo at all. All it had was Bass and Treble.
Click to expand...

That's not crazy, that's standard. The most expensive systems only have bass and treble controls because that's all you need.
Click to expand...

Axiom of Audio Componentry: The quality of the component is inversely proportional to the number of buttons and flashy lights on the front. 😀
Click to expand...

Heh yep that's why I like the front panels of my pre-amps clean as possible. 😀
Click to expand...

Here's mine...

More of a straight wire with gain approach. Great for the money. Can be switched between active and passive mode.

http://www.adcom.com/preamplifiers/gfp750.htm

I swear the pre-amp is one of the most important parts second only to speakers.
Click to expand...

Yep now that's what I mean by being nice and clean. Eventually I want to power my HT with an Adcom GFA-7807. It looks like a beast of an amp.
Click to expand...

Adcoms always had "decent" amps for not too much dough.

If your doing a home theater application you may want to look at using bookshelfs equivently priced as the paradigm 100s. Tough call.

I know if I ever redo my theater I'll be getting bookshelfs/monitors for the mains. I'm lucky though because I have a home theater and a 2 channel system.

Its just so hard to have a music system and home theater combined. You have to make compromises to accomodate both of them.
 
Originally posted by: DPmaster
Originally posted by: Anubis
Originally posted by: DPmaster
Originally posted by: Anubis
my brother in laws dadhas something like 10K in cables hooking up his stereo to his B&W nautilus
Click to expand...

I'd LOVE to have those speakers but $60,000 is just a little out of my price range. 😉

I'm going to save up and go for the Paradigm Reference Studio 100 speakers or if I have the money, go for these Paradigm Signature Series S8 speakers. These aren't cheap either but aren't $60,000 either. 😉
Click to expand...

IDK what speakers you are thinking of but the Nautilus' dont cost 60K
Click to expand...

Ah I was looking at the price for the UK market...17500 GBP per speaker which translates to roughly $30,000. The speakers are price more "affordably" at $20,000 per speaker. 😉
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ahh you are quiting the price for the Prestige series, he doenst have those, he has ones in the 800 series, im not sure exactly, id have to ask my bro in law, but IIRC he paied like 15K US for the pair
 
Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
OMG IT WORKS!!!!!!111
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can you hear all the crisp detail? When you throw in your CD's can you know hear their fingers plucking the strings? I don't have time to explain all the physics of it right now, but I am glad you trust in this obvious tweak and will enjoy it while others only scoff!

Please paypal me $50 for use of my hyper-acoustical-waveglide-red pen
 
Originally posted by: PurdueRy
Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
OMG IT WORKS!!!!!!111
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can you hear all the crisp detail? When you throw in your CD's can you know hear their fingers plucking the strings? I don't have time to explain all the physics of it right now, but I am glad you trust in this obvious tweak and will enjoy it while others only scoff!

Please paypal me $50 for use of my hyper-acoustical-waveglide-red pen
Click to expand...

At first I only wrote Rocket... but it didn't seem to make any difference. Then I saw that you needed the brand name of the speaker written.

The difference was amazing.
 
I guess really the only people that can afford these cables don't need to worry about money so it's a moot point but WOW...you can send some of that money my way. 😉

*Wishes he were filthy rich after seeing 2 Lamborghinis and a Lotus Elise following each other on the freeway yesterday.
 
Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
Originally posted by: PurdueRy
Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
OMG IT WORKS!!!!!!111
Click to expand...


can you hear all the crisp detail? When you throw in your CD's can you know hear their fingers plucking the strings? I don't have time to explain all the physics of it right now, but I am glad you trust in this obvious tweak and will enjoy it while others only scoff!

Please paypal me $50 for use of my hyper-acoustical-waveglide-red pen
Click to expand...

At first I only wrote Rocket... but it didn't seem to make any difference. Then I saw that you needed the brand name of the speaker written.

The difference was amazing.
Click to expand...


:beer::laugh::beer:

 
Originally posted by: DPmaster
I guess really the only people that can afford these cables don't need to worry about money so it's a moot point but WOW...you can send some of that money my way. 😉

*Wishes he were filthy rich after seeing 2 Lamborghinis and a Lotus Elise following each other on the freeway yesterday.
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the elise isnt that expensive
 
Originally posted by: Anubis
Originally posted by: DPmaster
I guess really the only people that can afford these cables don't need to worry about money so it's a moot point but WOW...you can send some of that money my way. 😉

*Wishes he were filthy rich after seeing 2 Lamborghinis and a Lotus Elise following each other on the freeway yesterday.
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the elise isnt that expensive
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Yeah I know it's only about $40K-45K or so but it does look nice.
 
Originally posted by: DPmaster
Originally posted by: Anubis
Originally posted by: DPmaster
I guess really the only people that can afford these cables don't need to worry about money so it's a moot point but WOW...you can send some of that money my way. 😉

*Wishes he were filthy rich after seeing 2 Lamborghinis and a Lotus Elise following each other on the freeway yesterday.
Click to expand...

the elise isnt that expensive
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Yeah I know it's only about $40K-45K or so but it does look nice.
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yes.. only 40k. chump change.
 
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