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I'd like to upgrade my speaker wire

I am fairly new here and still learning.  I have a Yamaha R803 receiver and Vandersteen model 1s.  I'm happy with them for now but I'd like to upgrade my speaker wire. I presently have 14 gauge wire I bought years ago at Best Buy. I need 40 feet.  I've read great reviews about Back Cat but I think 40 feet may be a little pricey for me. I'd greatly appreciate any advice on a good quality wire at a reasonable cost. Maybe under $500?   BTW,  I bought Jim Smith's book as recommended here, great advice, thanks.   Doug
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millercarbon
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Nobody with 40 feet of speaker wire needs better wire. What they need is better speaker placement. Or component placement. Or both.

When you get things situated to where they should be you will need 8 ft per side, if that. At that point then a good $500 speaker cable will have tremendous impact. Right now though it would be throwing money down the toilet.


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stereo5
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@millercarbon.............

I would like to know how you came up with no more than an 8 foot pair of wires for the speaker to be optimal?   My speakers are across the room from the audio rack and I have two 23 foot speaker cables going under the floor to the speakers.  Works great and sounds fantastic.  Just because you have your own opinion doesn’t mean it is right or wrong. 
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yogiboy
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Many moons ago when I owned Vandersteens I used Audioquest and they worked well together!
https://www.audioadvisor.com/ssearch.asp?txtsearch=audioquest+speaker+cable
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yogiboy
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I doubt the OP means 40 feet per channel!
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