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Good looking speaker cable?

Darren L said:
Good looking speaker cable = speaker cable you can't see (hidden)
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I think that was the point of my OP. If the new arrangements work hiding 8m of cable will involve some significant and expensive building work. Lifting the floor; removing skirting or chasing through plaster. Whilst the cables are on the floor during a trial I’d like them to look nice.
 
At the minute due to living in a rental and having to put an excess of furniture in the living room I have my system at one end and the speakers at the other, I bought a couple of 6.5m long lengths of Chord Odyssey it goes from the back of the amps then behind a sofa, theres a bit of excess below the sofa for one speaker, then it's just below the edge of a rug, with one run across the front of a fireplace at the other edge of the same rug, under the base of the speaker stand and up into the back of the speaker, there's a little bit of cable visible but nothing noticeable, if run Nordost and TQ under carpet and rugs which makes for a neat job.
 
Eyebroughty said:
How do you find the Linn K200 against say the K20 or other Linn cables you have had?
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I preferred it over both K20 (which I only used for a short period) and K600. I used to have a three way ‘aktiv’ setup but moved to passive some years ago.
I used one pair of each run of K600 for a while, but was then given some K20 with an amp I bought. Wasn’t that taken with that so moved to K200. I’ve read of folk preferring a single pair of K600 (or K400) to the new cable, but not me, although it’s entirely possibly the K600 connections were getting old and knackered - I bought it in ‘93 and it’s never been reterminated in the years since.

Mick
 
Salamander said:
I agree, and that goes for all cables, but it is not always easy and cost effective. If that is the case, why not make them look the best you can.
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Buy Amazon Basics (plenty enough) and spray the damn thing the colour you want if it must be in plain sight.
 
raysablade said:
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I think that was the point of my OP. If the new arrangements work hiding 8m of cable will involve some significant and expensive building work. Lifting the floor; removing skirting or chasing through plaster. Whilst the cables are on the floor during a trial I’d like them to look nice.
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And there's nothing wrong with that, in my post it was going to cost £20 at the most to make the cables look better, why do these people post on a thread they aren't interested in beats me, maybe they have nothing better to do than spoil other folks enjoyment.
 
My speaker cable is an Audioquest made for in-wall installations. I dressed it up by putting a Tech-Flex braided sleeve over it and heat-shrinking the ends. It's fairly presentable, as far as speaker cables go.
 
Well of course it is Yank, that is why I suggested a braided sleeving, especially if you can get the colour you want. I did also put heat shrink, which would go over the sleeve and part of the plug.
 
I use sommer 4mm2 cable, it's very flexible, rubber coated, does what it says on the tin, and is cheap (£3.30 per metre).

This is how flexible it is:

PXL_20201015_064157590 by Cesare Ferrari, on Flickr

And you can get it here:

https://www.studiospares.com/Cables...ian-24mm-Black-Speaker-Cable-per-m_546415.htm

There's a grey version as well.

It will also work as an install cable, although they have a specific one for this which is less flexible, but is slipperier so pulls through ducts more easily.

Without knowing your exact layout, the other long term solution would be a flat cable which could be laid under carpet if you are in a carpetted space, but that's going to be something to consider when you have decided that your layout works better as it'd be quite a disruption to get things moved around to allow for this to be laid.
 
Thanks all, I think I've decided to agree with almost everyone.

Plan A: This and this initially, then
Plan A+: Add these when I can get them from China:
I really do love those copper spades, its worth waiting for them before braiding the cable. I also like my own idea of putting a flat ethernet cable in the braid with one of the speaker cables.

Plan B: If I like the sonic outcome but not the aesthetics, call the joiner

PS: Missed the Sommer 4mm2 cable directly above, that might fit both scenarios i'll investigate.
 
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I think if you can't hide them then 'nearly unobtrusive' doesn't work.

May as well make a bold statement.
 
RoA said:
I think if you can't hide them then 'nearly unobtrusive' doesn't work.

May as well make a bold statement.
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I'm not so sure. The brain is pretty amazing at factoring out stuff which it sees all the time, that's how you can end up with a front room looking like mine, feeling it's totally normal, and then other people who don't know me go sort of quiet when they walk in... :)
 
Salamander said:
Well of course it is Yank, that is why I suggested a braided sleeving, especially if you can get the colour you want. I did also put heat shrink, which would go over the sleeve and part of the plug.
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So you're snarking at me for agreeing with you?
 
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