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

Of course:

Amp: Classe CT-5300
Speakers: B&W 802 Nautilus
Previous Cable: 4mm / 12 awg, 2.5 m

Cost is £25 for the 5 meters

New cable: 0 awg, 2.5 m (I was recommended at 4 awg but was told 0 would be fine)

Impressions: more detailed, more transparent. Like another layer has been peeled back from what was, in my opinion, an already transparent system. 

I went with Van Dam cable as that’s offered by Mark Grant Cables, a well known and well respected cable maker (in the UK at least).

its also the cables they use in Abbey Road studios, who also happen to use classe amps and B&W speakers.

when I got the amp I spoke with Classe about the best implementation (bi-wire, bi-amp, cables, etc) and their response was: single channel on the amp for each speaker, balanced cables on longer runs, and the van damme cable would be fine.

finally, there’s plenty of user reviews comparing VDB to audioquest, chord etc, some preferring the VD and some not.

Either way, b4icu said he’d recommend a cable that would give me an improvement. I tried it, it did. I don’t see the problem.

And now he’s two for two.

The amount you use is determined by the Cardas triangle.  The connectors will determine the AWG of the cable it can accommodate.

Mr. conradnash

Thanks.

Here is the excell of this subject as so far two had acomplished their cables and shared their impressions:

imgur.com/a/dPO2o1p (add the http...when use the URL)

Both spent under $60.- and ended up with a nice VFM. You know this market. What else would upgrade your sound by that much for $60.-?

If you would like to change the level of satisfaction, please tell me what your score is.

For the rest, who haven’t yet got to the finish line, please enter your sharing in the same format as Mr. conradnash did. Thanks.

Thanks, I reviewed.

It looks good for me in terms of score.

I replaced like for like in terms of length (so 2 x 2.5m was replaced with 2 x 2.5m). The cost of the new cables was £130 ($170) for a stereo pair of 5 m.