Meadowlark owners

Well, they're internally wired with Cardas. That could be a good match potentially. The hot rod is internally wired with Tara cable. Also, I had good luck with Transparent Reference but that wouldn't be considered budget as the cables cost more than the speakers. I found it to be an amazing match though.

I have a pair of Shearwater Hot Rods and a Sima Celeste W-4070 SS amp.

I use Ensemble Voiceflux--very good cables that I think you'll have to find used, but they won't cost you too much if you do.

if you have hot rods, i recommend internally re-configuring them for single-wire operation. i've had good results with Acrotec 1030s 6N solid core speaker cable.

I use JPS superconductor 2's, I went from DH labs to the SC2's and it was dramatic. Have listened to synergistic and transparent but both were constricted compared to the JPS cables.

I think my shearwaters have t14 in them.
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Did you use the t14 or q10? Were they biwired?

DH Labs Q-10 are the cables on my Blue Herons (previously used them on my Heron-i as well.)

Nice cable for the $. However, I have not done much comparing to other brands.