Best wires for cost

I agree that the Coincident is very good for the money. Even better in my system is the fairly unknown and low cost Vantage Audio Siver Marina interconnect. They offer a 45 day money back guarantee to audition them. They are however not the match of Nordost Quattro Fil (which is 5x as expensive.) I currently own Coincident, Tara Mst Gen 2, AQ Diamond, Quattro Fil, Harmonic Tech Pro Silway 2 and the Vantage interconnects. I would rate the Vantage as the best value of the bunch. Try as many as you can in your system.

I love my Coincident IC's and feel that dollar for dollar they are a bargain. If Coincident made only cables as opposed to great speakers with cables as a very small sideline they would definately be priced up there with the higher end (but not stratospheric) cables and no where near $299.

Ejlif, is your system tube or solid state?

I also think the Coincident cables are one of the best values out there. I absolutely love the pair I use. Best copper cables I have had in my system, bar none. If it were not for the success I have had with silver in my system(HomeGrown Audio's new Silve Lace), I would just use the Coincident and call it a day. My system has tubes, and I have found silver to be better than copper. But, for those who have not had a good match with silver, definitely go with Coincident.

If you are willing to make your own cables, this one may be the best sound for the buck (by a wide margin). Procure some belden 1701A cat5 data cable (this is their best cat5 : pure teflon dielectric, perfect bonded coductor pairs, extremely consistent capacitance for any length). Take apart the outer jacket exposing the inner teflon bonded conuctors. Configure eight bonded pairs (two full original 1701A cables worth), tightly heat shrink all 8 pairs in Canare shrink tubing, then strip each bonded wire's insulator, connect the solid color wires together for positive , the banded color coductors for negative. Amazingly, this works just as well for both speaker and interconnect cables. ( For the final touch, you can also psuedo chryo freeze the cables with dry ice in a sealed styrofoam container, placed overnight in your freezer. This adds a bit of smoothness to their overall sound..i.e., more analog sounding) The sound of this cable has beat the following cables in comparison tests: Transparent,Music meter, Wire world, Monster's best and XLO. This is saying something since the overall construction cost is less than $3.00 per foot. (I should note that this design was a serious effort, that involved 18 audiophiles and 3 high end audio designers, over a two year period)