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#22930 - 11/14/02 12:17 PM Bettercable Interconnects
Oil Can Offline
Gunslinger

Registered: 03/05/02
Posts: 138
Loc: Shelbyville, KY, USA
What is everyone’s opinion of Bettercables interconnects, optical cables, speaker cables, and power cables. I am interested in performance vs. price.

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#22931 - 11/14/02 05:46 PM Re: Bettercable Interconnects
gonk Offline
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Registered: 03/21/01
Posts: 14054
Loc: Memphis, TN USA
I've been very pleased with BetterCables' S-Video Silver Serpent cable. I'd say that they are a pretty good value.

I compared Bettercables old (discontinued) Premium analog audio interconnects and their Silver Serpent analog audio interconnects to a couple different analog audio interconnects a year or so ago. The Silver Serpents were comparable to some more expensive cables, but I personally prefered the Outlaw PCA (even without factoring in cost).

Their optical cable is shorter than Outlaw's PDO, but costs more. No benefit in performance (I've used both). I wouldn't get one from them -- other good optical cables are available for less (the PDO being only one example).

Their speaker cables are pretty good. I haven't used the new ones, only the old "Premium" cables. I'm using a pair of BetterCables Premium on my center channel currently (bi-wired). The old "Premium" cables were fairly comparable to some DIY cables that MrSandman built using Canare 4S8 StarQuad cable. The newer cables are a fair bit more expensive, but I haven't heard them to know how much better they sound -- past experience with their Silver Serpent line would suggest that there are some real benefits.

Haven't even considered their power cable. All I know is that it isn't cheap...

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