Blue Jeans Cable Ten White Speaker Cable, with Welded Terminations (Single Cable - for one Speaker), Assembled in USA (6 Foot, Bananas to Bananas)
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Easyreader
Greater than one weekI purchased a cheaper, good looking 6ft pair of cables from Amazon. After using for a while I decided I needed to space my speakers out more. On a recommendation I purchased these. I was caught off guard by the way they plug in. They after you insert them, you tighten the binding post and it locks the connection. My cheaper cables seemed to work themselves out of the connection from time to time. I really appreciate this feature. I was not expecting the sound to be any different. And I was just looking for a good cable. I am amazed that the detail of my speakers was a lot better immediately. I am not sure I could bring myself to spend more, but at this price point I am very satisfied.
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Barbara Gallagher
> 3 dayeasy to connect. they could have been a little bit longer. but they work fine.
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Mark van Berkel
> 3 dayThis is an excellent speaker cable for a very good price. These are quality! I have purchased other Blue Jeans Cable products and these cables do not disappoint.
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Waylon Auer
> 3 dayWhat an effective, super high-quality product at a fair price! I have to admit that I was skeptical that a higher-end cable would make much difference to the sound quality over my basic speaker cable. I also have to admit that I was wrong. Better detail and clarity is what you can expect from using this product. All in a high-quality and affordable American made package. Highly recommended.
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switchman
> 3 dayNo need to spend $$$$ for connecting ampler and speakers, these are best cable for your money.
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switchman
Greater than one weekI had to return the 20 ft. BJ 10 white cable I originally ordered due to component placement change but its the same 10 gauge Belden wire in use. The locking banana plugs are topnotch quality, they stay in place when tightened to get a solid connection to speaker and/or amplifier. I do not believe sound will be any better using other high priced speaker cable.
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T L
> 3 dayI dont have to turn my amp up as high with these cables. Im startled by the difference. It is due to these being 10 gauge and thus having lower resistance, the most important factor in speaker cables. Is the sound better? Maybe, its definitely not worse. Factoring in the placebo possibility lets say tie goes to the runner. These were cheaper than the cables they replaced. The other ones looked better but, werent. Im very satisfied.
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Shana
> 3 dayI have heard many speaker cables over the years including mega buck stuff. These are the real deal for the money ! Can’t believe how good they sound and very easy to use ! Very happy using them with my AS2200 Yamaha/Oppo disc player and Klipsch bookshelves ….great job Blue Jeans cable !!!
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Robert
> 3 dayHere more of the music and at a price point that is very reasonable. I upgraded my surround systems speakers with this purchase for my TV and my high-end analog stereo system is next. I have a set of Nordost speaker cables on my analog stereo system that I purchased used from a buddy that originally retailed for $880+ for an 8 foot run and I cannot hear a difference when I swapped the Blue Jeans cables in for a listening test. All the good press is well deserved - I would purchase them again - which is my highest accolade I can offer !!!
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Daniel Day
> 3 dayVery pleased with these substantial cables.
BJC Speaker Cable, made with our Ten White cable stock and Welded Locking Banana Plugs
At Blue Jeans Cable, we were never happy with the conventional methods of attaching speaker cable to banana plugs. Setscrews are fine, but lack pull strength; compression connections are never as strong as they look like they"re going to be; and solder, on large high-mass connectors, is slow going and tends to cause a lot of insulation meltback. Our solution: ultrasonic welding. Our Sonobond Ultrasonic Welder (made in West Chester, PA) welds the copper wire to the brass banana plug body without the excessive heat associated with conventional welding, fusing copper to brass in a tight, strong, low-resistance, reliable connection.
Our Ten White speaker cable stock is a 10 AWG cable with each conductor made up of 65 strands of bare copper for high flexibility.
Ultrasonic-Welded Locking Bananas: a Blue Jeans Cable exclusive feature
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The PlugThis is our locking banana plug, disassembled. Notice anything? There"s no attachment mechanism for the wire -- no set screws, no clamps, nothing but a channel for the wire to sit in. |
The WelderThis is one of our Sonobond Ultrasonic Welders, in our Seattle shop. Unlike heat-based methods of welding, it drives a large amount of ultrasonic vibration into the junction between the wire and the plug, fusing them together. |
The WeldHere"s a plug body after welding. The surface structure of the wire breaks down during welding, allowing dissimilar metals to fuse. The resulting weld has extremely low contact resistance and high pull strength. |
The "Locking" FeatureThe outer collar of the banana plug is threaded. It should inserted into the binding post with the collar "backed off" from the plug end (top image). When the plug is in the binding post, simply turn the locking collar clockwise (bottom image) and it pushes a central pin forward, expanding the splines for a firm engagement in the post. |
