speaker cable suggestion for Magnepans

I am extremely happy with an 8ft pair of Alpha Core Goertz.

my cable runs will be fairly lengthy -- about 15'...i would most likely purchase used cables, topping my budget at $400.00...also, do you think bi-wiring is necessary for this speaker?

I use Tara TFA Return Phase II with mine. A ten foot pair from Cable Company costs about $100. Love them.

With the money saved, buy yourself a better quality digital interconnect between cd and preamp.

R.

I'm using Signal Silvers (single biwire)with my 1.6's. Very smooth, no grain, really allows the nice tight Maggie base to shine in my system. You could probably get these new at close to the upper end of your price range and give them a try.

You are in the same boat I was in needing long 15' runs. The first decent cable I bought was Kimber 4TC. Kimber 4 & 8TC may not have a big glamour aura in the world of audio nervosa, but there is a reason they are consistently mentioned over & over as a good choice. The 4TC is a very decent cable with no aural sins of overt commision. I then wanted something better and bought the Analysis Plus Oval 9's. Yep, that was better, noticeably more detail, airiness, ambience, etc. Then I tried biwiring the 4TC and Oval 9. Better still, but not by the margin that the Oval 9 improved over the 4TC. I'd originally thought I'd sell the Kimber to pay for the Oval 9's, but I ended up keeping both and wound up with $1000 worth of wire driving $1700 speakers. I guess the point of all this is that your Maggies are very revealing of anything downstream. I'd suggest buying used to maximize bang for the buck. The Goertz cable mentioned is a favorite product line of many Maggie users. Kimber and Analysis Plus sound great, and I'm sure there are choices that you can pick up from Discovery, Music Metre, and others that are neutral, easy to live with choices that will do a good job. At your price point though, I think you'll do better to get a quality single wire and use a short length of quality cable as a jumper. The one exception I'm aware of might be the really good deals out there on closeouts of PS Audio's biwires. I've seen good PS Audio biwire cable in your length going for about $400.00. Good Luck.