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Speaker cables if your amp isn't between your speakers

Hi, I'm hoping for some advice on upgrading my speaker cables. My amp (and the rest of my equipment) sits to one side of my speakers. This means one  speaker is about four feet from the amp, and the other is 10-12 feet. I'm thinking of upgrading my speaker cables and it seems I either need to buy a set of cables 10-12 feet long or buy cables that can be ordered to length.  Buying a matching pair will obviously cost more and will be less tidy. Ordering specific lengths seems to decrease the choice significantly (at least in Australia where I live). I'm interested in what others have done in this situation. Spend the extra and deal with the mess, or go custom. My speakers are Wilson Audio Duette series 1 and my amp is a Plinius integrated. My current cables are the base model anticables   Thanks in advance. 
daniel_b
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grannyring
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Good for you. Be sure to twist the positive and negative runs as you make up your cables. The twist should be about every 1.75- 2 inches or so. Use heat shrink on the ends to keep the cable twisted.

Carefully strip the ends without nicking any of the thin strands. Clean the stripped ends with isopropyl alcohol as there will be some dry oil residue on the surface....just a little. Since the wire is tinned no need for any connectors.

They will take some 100 hours to burn in and sound more relaxed and open.

I think your speakers are biwire. If so, rather than making jumpers simply strip enough of the cotton sleeve off to thread through both sets of posts in a continuous run.
daniel_b OP
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Thanks @grannyring appreciate your help. 
nycjlee
286 posts
 
The other option is to place a custom order with your local audio dealer. I got custom Audioquest cables ordered through my dealer.  
gdnrbob
4,417 posts
 
@nycjlee,
 What cables did you get? I am using a set of Rockefellers, but Johnny said I should move up the line. I forgot which series he recommended.
Bob
whitestix
697 posts
 
Cables matter, no question about it.  I affirm the sonic delight of the Dueland cables if you want to twist them up yourself ,and either their 16 or 12 ga. wire would be wonderful and is very affordable.   Another excellent and affordable cabel is Supra wire.  I re-cabled my main system with the Supra Ply 3.4 wire and it was a vast improvement over my Mogami cables.   There are a coupe of iterations up the food chain in the Supra line of cables from the Ply 3.4 that might better suit the finesse of your fine speakers.  Just my take.  Whitestix
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