Like it’s name, this is my garage, and where I greet my friends and local customer. There are also all sort of hifi products kicking around here and there, some I don’t even know they exist, from one-off prototype, model demo / first build, trade-ins, heavily modified street amps, cables, tubes, speakers, and all kinds of accessories THAT WE PERSONALLY USE and RECOMMENDED. This page exist (if I have time this summer), is to help people to buy what we used, and approved for our amps and speakers.
The acoustic design for our lobby room where we greet our friends and local customers is designed by VICOUSTICS (Portugal). Same as a few of our reference rooms at each of my residence across Canada.
Of course, if you are a customer of ours - special discount always applied to you, in thank you for your support. Keep coming to this page! Gears will always come and go quick.
DEMO / PRE-OWNED / TRADE-In
ONE OFF / Prototype / Design sample
SPEAKER WIRES
There is no best speaker wires until you tried them and it matches your system (so stop saying that’s the best wire - we don’t care your wire is made out of space material or dipped in your mix of golden juice). And thats why we make two of our own / versions : the F15 Classica and the F15 Spyder. In many cases of high efficiency speakers we encountered, the F-15 Classica solid core speaker wires usually champ anything we have heard. But there are special cases, where the cheaper F-15 Spyder could sound times better. So you won’t know until you match them to your system, and that’s why we offer demo to our customers for comparison.
And we are very happy CARDAS finally come back with a speaker cable that is dedicated for lowered power / higher efficiency speakers system. Back in the old days their Cardas SE-15 was our reference speaker wires. But ever since they discontinued it in the prime time of solid state / low efficiency speakers era. We had to made our own. So the successor of the SE-15 finally come back, the new SE9 MP. Do not confused with the previous SE9 speaker wire, which is really a 9 gauge thick cable. Where as the new SE9 MP is thinner/softer, and is actually a 15 gauge. Like the SE-15. Maybe they should call it the SE-15 Gen II, avoiding confusion of the out going SE9. So we test it immediately and compare it with our speaker wires, and we can verify the new SE9 MP is as good or better to our F15 series speaker cables.
So how does it sound? Its right in the middle between the Classical and Spyder. And it sound very like the Duelund speaker wire we and our friends all approved for its high ratio quality of sound per dollar. With except it has further details, richness, and balance. And it just sound like the top tier Cardas cables - which are consistent good / agreed by our Knights of the Golden Ear.
In short, we recommend the F15 Spyder and Duelund for budget and those who are newer to the “high end”. The F-15 Classica for high efficiency / classical speaker systems (the Spyder COULD sound better so make sure you ask for it to demo as well). And if you want name brand and no-brainer good - best sound, the Cardas will be our recommendations. We all agree it is reasonably priced for what it brings.
F-15 Classica
Solid core speaker cables. Usually works well with highly revealing speakers. But there is no best until you tried both F-15 speaker wires. (Demo available to our customers with deposit.)
$499 USD 2M
F-15 Spyder
This is the stranded version of the above. Recommended for most people. Unless they know they want the sound of solid-core.
$299 USD 2M
Cardas SE9 MP
NEW FOR 2022!!! The successor of the SE15 which they discontinued a decade ago.
Performance
This minimalist design approach has proven to be very successful. Pairs very well with low to medium power amps and above average efficiency speakers. Don’t let the small diameter fool you, this cable sounds much bigger than it looks. Very exible so it ts well in tight spaces. Not available with internal bi-wire.
Standard Terminations: Cardas CGMS spades or CABD bananas. Hand soldered in Bandon, Oregon.
$990 USD / 2M
For different lengths and connectors, please email us for pricing.
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