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What speaker cable made a major difference in the sound quality of your speakers??

I am curious what speaker cables made a big "jaw dropping difference" in the sound quality of your current speakers.  What most impressed you about the difference;  that is, overall musicality, tighter, deeper bass, midrange clarity and soundstage depth, etc.etc. 

Keep the price of the speaker cables chosen or auditioned at  between $800- $1000 or  from  $1000-$1500. Was the cable bought new or used??

  Thank you,   SJ

sunnyjim
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lowrider57
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@sunnyjim , I just happened across this thread. Did you ever pursue the Grover Huffman speaker cable upgrade?
sunnyjim OP
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Thanks to all who responded since my last response and also before.  I have been out of the loop for a while and trying to avoid impulse buying or "audio nervosa"


To stringreen, I 've  seen several  recommendations for   Clear Day speaker cables on this thread, and actually, as mentioned. above, auditioned about 5 years ago, the single Shotgun cable which I thought was very good. I might see if Paul has a 6 ft pair  of the Double ShotGun cable for loan and audition.


To lowrider. I never followed up on Grover Huffman's offer of trading up to his newest speaker cable.  I might just have him terminate them with banana plugs. the bare wire that the previous owner of the cable used.  I love the sound of Harmonic Technology Pro 11+ cable, I  currently use, but they are a 12 ft pair and  awkward to lay out because of their girth and use  with cable risers.  The older model of the Huffman cable sounded very good; and,  I can always use for backup or bi-wiring.  I will probably try the Clear Day Cable and if I think it out performs the HT cable, then I will go with that in a shorter length   

Cheers., SJ..  .  

baaach
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Frey 2 was a very pleasant surprise, and still is every time I turn on my system.  It turned out to be worth every dollar.  I have no desire to try another cable.  It works perfectly with the rest of my gear.  I don't even turn on the Rel S/3 SHO anymore.  The Proacs are perfectly happy and balanced.  
twoch
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   cable.? spend as much as you can. Or you will be buying again next year.     but no flat cables 
They put a hole in the midrange 
  
jgoomba5
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+ 1 @zacho. I recently tried Cerious Technologies graphene extreme SC's based on glowing reviews on the A'gon and elsewhere. Found them to add some weight to low end but lost quite a bit of high end clarity and air, so I returned them. Just received Triode Wire Labs American Speaker Cables and right out of the box they are much improved over Cerious Technologies - add some nice weight and provide great balance and depth throughout the tonal range. Highly recommended and similar to graphene extremes in price. As always, YMMV
 

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