Speaker Cables

I also have had no issues with my Canare star quad cables running in biwire mode on my trusty Epos M22 floorstanders.  The Epos tweeters can sometimes play sharply, but the Canares keep that well under control but also allow excellent resolving detail to come through in my system.  I haven't tried super expensive cables as I always feel that kind of money is better spent on better equipment.

Stay with a single stereo set and use jumpers. Don’t use two pairs or a bi-wire set. Stay with quality copper cables and not silver or silver plated. Traditionally ProAcs are voiced more by ear than specs. I’d suggest looking at litz copper cables as that’s probably closer to what the internal wiring is. WyWires Platinum is where I’d start. Kimber 8TC would be another candidate but not going to have the openness of even WyWires Silver (not silver but copper) Series. Another crazy good cable for the money is Canare 4S11. The Canare takes a lot of hours to burn in but once it does it’s very neutral, with no edge at all and maybe a little on the softer side but not rolled off. Both the WyWyires and Canare do a better job of getting out of the way and not drawing attention to themselves as say the Kimber. The Kimber is still very good but not as open and has a little edge to it when compared to better cables. With ProAcs and quality components, stay with copper. If you want to experiment and not spend much try the Canare as it might be all you need... that being said, WyWires is more refined, more open and if your speakers have a hard time disappearing in your room they will help. Very organic cables that don’t smear, exaggerate or close things in. They simply breath.

Hmm, all these votes for Canare and all of my experience with stranded copper cables were fine, at first, until I happened upon stranded and solid silver cables. Stranded copper has always smeared the sound a bit too much for my liking. It has a very pleasing, but inaccurate, warmth to it that obscures detail and smokes the air, so to speak. Highs are a bit rounded off and the bass gets too fat and inarticulate. I say this only in comparison to what I now use, which reveals lots of info that was AWOL beforehand.

Prices are dirt cheap online what with all the DIYs out there so that gives me a bit of pause as well. I’ve been told by everyone that every cable will sound different and it’s a PITA as there is no consensus. Darn this hobby.

All the best,
Nonoise

Questions like these are always rather futile. In this case the responses that you are going to get will fall into three categories:
(i) a long and (ultimately) confusing list of member‘s favourite speaker cables - mainly reflecting nothing more than their own biases and not specifically directed to your needs.
(ii) inconclusive arguments for and against bi-wiring (which can already be found on numerous other threads).
(iii) posts from those who believe that cables make no difference and tell you that you are deluding yourself if you believe otherwise (which again can be found on numerous other threads).

The concept that there is a specific set of cables out there with best synergy with your speakers, and that they are somehow going be identified out of the sheer morass of feedback generated by your post is folly. On two counts.

Audioquest type 4 is all you need. It has been on the Stereophile’s recommended component list since its inception. Also if the speakers have biwire terminals, I’d take advantage of it. It does make a difference, albeit small, but it is there. Buy the type 4 from Audioadvisor, they will terminate them in house, you will save money.