Who makes budget speaker cables which are truly “good” or “exceptional” in quality?

very happy with Blue Jean Cables - even made in US - Seattle - I have a pair of their RCA interconnects and locking banana plug speaker cables - I save a ton of $ on the latter by terminating them myself. Great banana plugs and online instructions.

Hi,
I have tried about six different speaker cables across a wide price spectrum, including the OP's Analysis Plus cables. I spent a great deal of time researching speaker cables and found it to be quite frustrating, noting there are two camps, one that says there is nothing special about speaker cable with the exception of resistance, and the other pointing out why very special designs and materials can and will make a difference. During my testing of different cables I found myself in-between the two camps. Different speaker cables DO SOUND DIFFERENT! Solid core, high strand count, low strand count, silver plating, braiding, super special copper, dielectric, etc.. The most important thing I learned was that price was NOT correlated to performance! In fact, the most expensive cable I tried did not perform well in my system, there was a lack of bass. My adventure led me to select either a Kimber 8TC or Blue Jeans 10 White made by Belden for Blue Jeans, 5T00UP. The choice was simple, the Blue Jeans cable for around $50.

I will close by saying during my testing of different cables it was a bit frustrating because the differences in SQ that I noted were small. In some cases very small. I would also like to note that companies like Kimber and Belden post the specifications of their cables and don't hide behind any claims of suspect technology. So, yes, I would recommend Blue Jeans cable 10AWG/White cable if your priority is price vs. performance.

Thanks for reading! 

Hi,
What I would like to correct in my closing of my post is: "Best price to performance ratio".

Thanks!

I guess that this is open to anything if cable deniers are welcome.
There is such a thing as Fire Alarm cable.

It is bare (good) solid copper (good) with polypropylene insulation (good) and a PVC jacket, which it would be better to remove to lessen the capacitance.  It comes in gauges like 18, 16, and 14.
It has the scientific characteristics that you would want in a hi-fi cable, at zip-cord prices.

It costs about a quarter a foot.  You just have to find cable that is polypropylene (some of it is vinyl) and a distributor that will sell you less than a full roll.

mrearl (above)  -  a voice of reason is a sea of misunderstanding, dishonesty, naivete and confusion.