tomthiel,
I don't have direct experience with Straight Wire's current products, but I did have a very helpful conversation with Jerry Willsie at Straight Wire about using Thiel speakers with my PS Audio amps and pre-amp. Jerry seemed very knowledgeable about which wire to use with Thiels, and he didn't try to push more expensive wire on me if I was happy with my current Straight Wire speaker cables. I agree with you that Straight Wire doesn't seem to get a lot of attention as a high-end wire company these days, but there's so much cable competition that it may be hard to stand out. The sales rep I worked with at the Cable Company did tell me that they sell a lot of Straight Wire products, so Straight Wire may still be considered a solid value in the crazy world of wire.
