Belden 89259

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whubbard

Belden 89259
« on: 27 Aug 2008, 04:12 pm »
I have two things about this cable to talk about.
The first, and most important is that I'm not sure how, but MCM Electronics sells it cheaper than anywhere else.
Belden 89259 $185.28 Plus if you enter code AFL805 you get 10% off of your order until 9/30, so the final price is $166.75. That's about half the price of anywhere else. I personally have bought myself 200 feet.

Now the other part.
I am going to use this cable for my speaker cable (cross connected, twisted, Jon Risch), interconnects (twisted pair), and my DAC 75Ohm Coax cable. I know many have used this for the applications above, so how have you found that they perform? Was it a good investment in cable on my part?

-West

Syrah

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Re: Belden 89259
« Reply #1 on: 28 Aug 2008, 01:10 am »
So funny you ask this.  I just posted something on the GR Research section commenting on how much I love my speaker cables made from this.

whubbard

Re: Belden 89259
« Reply #2 on: 28 Aug 2008, 01:50 am »
Have you tried it for interconnects?

-West

DustyC

Re: Belden 89259
« Reply #3 on: 28 Aug 2008, 04:29 am »
I had a mixed bag of stuff (nordost, down to ancient audioquest) connecting up my gear. I made a set of these 89259's with DH labs RCA plugs and placed them between my power and pre amps. I noticed a very slight brightness in the treble compared to the nordost that was there. Given the price difference I figured the 89259 cable fared pretty well. I made enough to outfit the rest of the system and sold all the other cables. Plus I could make custom lengths to help clear up the clutter behind the rack.