The Anti-Cables Terminated Speaker Cable

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Product Information

Handling:

The Anti-Cables are flexible enough to loop around a Magic Marker size pen, yet stiff enough to hold that shape after you let go. Because of their unique malleability, they can be drawn and formed into virtually and shape you need, but don't expect them to lie flat on the floor like typical snake sized cables; it's not in their "Anti-Cable" nature. This is a good thing, as like any other cable, they might even sound better when kept from lying flat on the floor or carpet.

The Difference

The Anti-Cable wire is made of one solid piece of highly annealed, super long drawn, Continuously Cast Oxygen Free Copper. They might look skinny, but that is because the insulation (dielectric material) is a very thin red coating instead of the typical thick plastic insulation. They are actually a heavy 12 gauge wire, even though they look much smaller.

We believe the Anti-Cables are sonically transparent and neutral because they virtually eliminate the most common source that give speaker cable their sonic signature, the plastic dielectric material. Beyond the extremely thin red coating, there is nothing left but air, and air is a near ideal insulation dielectric because it causes virtually no dielectric effect! Air is also why break-in time is not so nasty sounding with the Anti-Cables. This is because "break-in" is actually the bad sounding plastic dielectric material, which simply sounds less bad with time. Since the Anti-Cables have much less dielectric material, the break-in period is easier to get through. If you have ever experienced a typical speaker cable breaking-in, you understand how much the dielectric material affects the sound. Again, it gets better with time, but the dielectric effect will never fully go away (unless you mostly remove it, like the Anti-Cables).

Managing the run:

As with any audio cables, they tend to sound better when kept a few inches away from everything, including the carpeted floor. The stiffness of the Anti-Cable wires can help you to keep them suspended in the air. Extra long Anti-Cable runs can be better managed using cable isolators. Twisting the (+)&(-) wires together (3-4 full twists per foot) also works well as a free "tweak". As this will turn two separate wires into one twisted pair (easier to manage), and the lower inductance (see specs below) may provide additional top end extension.

The Anti-Cables have won the following awards:

The Absolute Sound Editors’ Choice Award in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010, AND The Absolute Sound’s Top 200 Audio Products 2 years in a row (issue 197 & 207)