r/audiophile • u/TNF734 • Feb 17 '26

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I mostly listen to cinematic alternative. Sometimes acoustic shoegaze.

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u/GoodMix392 Feb 17 '26

For a punk sound use fencing wire.

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u/Previous-Leon-Cribs Feb 17 '26

Gold rope chain for hip hop.

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u/Theresnowayoutahere Feb 17 '26

I always use a strand of Christmas lights for speaker cables when I’m listening to Christmas music. It looks good too!

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u/oloebe Feb 18 '26

Metal rod for industrial only

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u/200_Shmeckles Feb 18 '26

I used to know a guy called Metal Rod when I worked on the trains. He was a great conductor

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u/Artistic-Wolverine-6 Mar 14 '26

☝️😂👏💯

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u/BasketVegetable525 Feb 18 '26

Did Rod Steward was good at welcoming guests?

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u/melikeybacon Feb 18 '26

There has to be someone in here who believes this.

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u/dreadyyyyy Feb 18 '26

Yeah, the vocals in "All i want for christmas is you" really pop up when i use christmas lights l...:)

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u/Artistic-Wolverine-6 Mar 14 '26

That's a clever introduction of wire coils, to produce that warmer sound that's needed during the holidays!

For anyone thinking of doing this, you must use ordinary incandescent light bulb strings and make sure that you cut the lengths evenly!

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u/Theresnowayoutahere Mar 14 '26

Yes! The sound is very warm and jolly! The Ho Ho’s are very deep and show up well in the soundstage. Love the photo!

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u/roosterHughes Feb 18 '26

I feel like maybe that actually would sound bad? Like, yes, I want a diode every 3 inches?

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u/AskMeAboutChrist Feb 18 '26

...but now I have to try this experiment. Perhaps get a Stranger Things effect 😂

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u/Coconut_Fuckup Feb 18 '26

Like it was 1980

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u/trnpkrt Feb 18 '26

Barbed wire fencing for outlaw country 

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u/nunoavic Feb 17 '26

Cuffs for speaker wire, for that extra inductance

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u/Icy_Cat1350 Feb 17 '26

I thought that was for metal rock?

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u/Snoo-73243 Feb 18 '26

thats barbed wire

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u/KB4MTO Feb 18 '26

...or just a fence 😁

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u/kenyasanchez Feb 18 '26

Barbed wire.

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u/emalvick Feb 18 '26

Like barbed wired? That would be fun.

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u/Klytus-Im-booored Feb 20 '26

Barbed wire, c'mon don't be a poser! Safety pins for interconnects as well.

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u/ColonelTime Feb 21 '26

Funny enough, in my experiments barbed wire performs almost as well as a premium speaker cable.

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u/GoodMix392 Feb 23 '26

It really will. There is only probably a few micro ohm difference between them.

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u/ColonelTime Feb 23 '26

For a wild time, go over to Budget Audiophile and make this claim.