I originally ordered my 8TC wire as a single run, no bi-wire.
I would now like to have someone terminate them with either
spades or bananas for bi-wiring. Is there anyone local on LI or
NYC that does good quality terminations?
I tried contacting Kimber, but have received no response.
Thanks.
Jim,
First name that comes to mind is Scott Gramlich at SG Custom Sound in Douglaston. I know he has done work on cable terminations for other club members in the past.
Further info at:
www.sgcustomsound.com
Tom
Thanks Tom, he seems like just what I need. I sent him an email, and hopefully I
can get this done quickly.
Jim
Jim
FWIW - A lot of us Syndrome members (including myself) have used Scott for numerous repairs, mods, etc... He has a great little shop (really cool custom speakers) and he's a great guy to work with.
SN
(Bill)
Jim- for biwiring to work you need two separate cables. Putting separate connectors on what is essentially a twisted pair will not provide any performance enhancement. You need to separate, by a few inches, the stronger magnetic field produced by the bass current, from the weaker magnetic field producted by the tweeter / mids current. You can only do this by separating the wires. In your case, the Kimber 8TC is a worst case scenario as the wires are twisted together.
As always, IMH(but educated)O
Russ
Jim,
Scott G has a wonderful reputation and he is a former Syndrome member. For local service, I concur with the others that Scott can do your work.
Jim,
Russ is right, simply putting extra connectors onto a single run of cable is not really bi-wiring. But if your real objective is to simply use that run of Kimber Cable to connect to a pair of speakers that is set up with Bi-wiring terminals the connectors will do the trick. Unfortunately if you are looking for the sonic improvements of Bi-wiring I think you will really need to invest in another set of cables. It all depends on what your objective is.
Tom
I need a new hobby... :?
Quote from: James Edward on June 23, 2010, 05:24:14 PM
I need a new hobby... :?
Oh, come on Jim, you know this isn't a hobby - it's a sickness. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
It is, it is, a sickness. Lately I have had it bad. :roll:
Kimber used to take cables in on trade towards an upgrade.
They used to be very customer oriented too. My 8TC must be 10 years old.
At one time I had Kimber re-terminate mine for just the cost of postage and ends.
Did you try to call them?
D