No one actually knows how to lculate what speaker cable they need


It goes back to cable manufaturars, mostly provide no relevant data! to sales and the users. None will answer this!
Whay do you think that you own now the optimal cable to your setup?
I think I've figured it out. 


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Mr. keppertup
Siver has a 9% better conductivity than cooper. It should cost 94 times more. A 16 AWG silver wire would have a very similar resistance to a 16 AWG cooper wire. For the price of the silver ( $2.87 per foot ) you should buy it by the mile and sel by the ounce. 
Your Hegel H200 integrate amp has a Df of 1,000. Very good.
http://www.hegel.com/images/discontinued/H200manualenglish.pdf
That would call (by calculation) to a 2x 0 AWG cable @ 8' long.
How long is your cable?
You might have $9,500.- value of speaker cables that were all purchased without any serious guidance, to become obsolete inventory.
What you need is a set of 2 x 0 AWG, if 8' long, that should cost you less than $2,500.-



OP
You mentioned earlier that Ribbons are an exception. What would you recommend for a Mark Levinson ML3  with a 12 ft run to a ribbon array?
Thank you
Have not found the Spec of DF on the ML, but did on the 23.5: >600.
The ribbon ( Magnepan) is still a hard cookie to drive (4 ohms with 86dB/w/SPL sensetivity).
If that would be a coil loaded speaker, it would be a 2 x 0 AWG for 12 ft.
As it is a ribbon, it migh be less (0 AWG would do).


Actually, silver is 7% more conductive than copper but who’s counting?
Be civil, people.  Personal invective is mean-spirited and counterproductive,
      (A certain amount of generalized invective launched into the aether can be fun.)
     As an audio dilettante and a scientist, I find all the discussions of cables not based on laws of physics or blind comparisons to be , well, entertainment.

     BE NICE NOW!