Against everything that high end cables stand for


I just received a pair of Michael Green speaker cables. 10 ft pairs, $2 ft, totaL cost $40. They are unterminated bare wire and appear to be 3 twisted solid core 20 gauge wires. I spoke with an employee of MGD and he stated that they do not recommend terminations of cables as the spades, and required solder only serve to add more colouration. My impressions from 2 hours of initial listening, is that vs other wires Ive tried, it trounced my Yamamura m4000 and PAD cables in every area except bass definition. I will give them further listening this eve, but MGD has these theories that make logical sense (Tuneable Speaker, Room Treatments, Clamping Components, Racks etc) which to the T so far have resulted in sonic superiority and improvement.
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Justlisten-Interesting point you bring up, though not always true, I am planning on getting a new CD player in spring and it is significantly less then my current digital system and sounds much much better. Also I think I would upgrade speakers to something with a slightly lower msrp then what I am using and get better performance. Though I have a friend at the moment is looking to blow 30k on speakers for no better reason then he feels that more money will buy better or more suiting speakers for his system, his current speakers are 12k, significant price increase for perhaps not that much of an increase in performance.
Justlisten: Please try to post a follow up on these cables (the sound) after they get 100 hours of playing time on them. At the price they may be silver plated copper as they are too inexpensive to be 120' of 20 gage silver wire. What really matters is the sound though.
Sorry Msnloetn,I Didn't mean to be so rude. I don't put faith in any review or reviewer. I guess I took offence to your comments on bare wire. Give me an email some time and we will talk. Again, sorry for my rudeness.
Huh? The oxidation rate of copper in a controlled atmosphere is SLOWED by having the copper purer? Gimme a break, huh? The addition of other elements usually SLOWS the oxidation rate (stainless steel is a good example).
Six 9s copper may LOOK shinier, but I doubt that its surface layer is anything but non-conductive oxide. Just like aluminum...and UNLIKE silver.