Speaker Cables

@nonoise   Hehehe. Yeah, I know and hear ya.  :) 

Is "too transparent" something you'd consider as a valid observation or consideration?  Well, its something I wrestled with when I first got my OCC cables new.  Thankfully it all settled in after an unbelievable 200+hrs. AP calls for 300hr.  I would have never believed it myself unless I had gone through it first hand.  Argh, was kind of nauseating along the way with light at the end of the tunnel, eventually.  

As for "going again", now I kind of want to start testing and comparing different brands using OCC only, looking for any sound variance with designs. Why?  To try to make any sense of this wire voodooo magic.  

 

I have been auditioning Kimber Kable’s Bifocals and they sound great - still questioning the dollar value but clearly sound better than other speaker cables in my system. 
Mixed feelings because I was happy using cheaper cables. 

Just use any ordinary 8-10 AWG copper wire and ferrule the ends.
They will sound perfect, look very neat and will not cost you a bundle.

If you are really picky, contrary to common opinion, I would choose a wire with less inductance than capacitance, all other things being equal.

Higher inductance will "resist" sudden changes of current (reverse EMF = -L di/dt), hence may limit the "punch" of sudden swings. Higher capacitance will start rolling off the higher frequencies. Depends which one is more important to you. To me, the "punch" is.

Your mileage may vary.

One of my favorites, which I still use on my office system was HD12D... something like that. Years ago, I think it was Stereophile or The Absolute Sound, just for fun, went to Home Depot and got a 12 gauge extension cord and threw it into the mix. It was actually really good. So, for my let's see... $5 or 6K system crammed in my office it is great. But for my main system with Sonus Faber Amati Traditional speakers and All Audio Research Reference stuff, it doesn't cut it. 

ghdprentice

For your main system, go up to 6 AWG then :-)
At that thickness, almost all copper wires will have negligible resistance.

Seriously, as I said, check the inductance and capacitance of the wire and buy accordingly :-)