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Need recommendations for 20' speaker cable

When I first moved in my place years ago, my speakers fired down the long wall in a rectangular room. The speakers were 5 ft out from the front wall and the rear wall was 12 ft behind my listening seat. My amplifier was between the speakers so the standard 10 ft run of cable was sufficient.

Currently the system is turned 90° and as shown in my Virtual System pics, the speakers fire down the short wall with my listening seat directly at the rear wall.

Out of curiosity, I purchased a 100 ft spool of generic speaker cable and moved my speakers to their old location. I knew this would happen but I immediately got more depth, more separation of instruments. More localization of musicians, etc.

I don't want to move my rack so if I keep it this way I'm going to need 20 ft of speaker cables. The fact that I now use monitors and the terminals are 2 ft off of the floor only worsens the situation regarding length.

So, long story long, I'm looking for recommendations on 20 ft speaker cables preferably under $1,000 new or used.

Thanks.
devilboy
devilboy OP
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@charles1dad  Thanks you. That very question has been festering in my head since I acquired them. Previous pair of Rethm Trishna were driven by an Almarro A3188B. It produced 18 watts of single ended triode heaven and that combination was the best sound I've ever had.
However, life happens and they had to go.

I'm sure I'll be content with the F7 but in the back of my mind I will probably wonder what a nice single ended amp would sound like on the Bhaavas. 

I guess I'll wait and see.
antigrunge2
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@devilboy 

you are running high efficiency speakers, you should be using low capacitance cables. If the absolute ideal, Shindos are too epensive, try Auditorium23, specifically designed for above 100db efficiency.
Enjoy the music
antigrunge2
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Another interesting low cost option is DNM. They do a specific cable for high efficiency speakers
devilboy OP
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@antigrunge2  thank you for the input!
The Bhaavas are 94db, I believe.
melm
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If you can terminate them yourself, and if you don’t mind spending very little money for a quite excellent 9 gauge cable good for long runs you might try Furez FZ124AS 12-4 wired red and black to positive and green and white to negative.

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